Fun Adventures........................................................................................... Polk Museum of Art – Lakeland
Lake Wales Museum and Cultural
Davidson of Dundee Center (The Depot)– Dundee
– Lake Wales
Featuring permanent exhibits from Lake Wales history,
its industries, a railroad layout and caboose as well as
seasonal displays. Open Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free
325 S. Scenic Hwy. (Hwy. 27 to Central Ave. in
Lake Wales. Turn right on Scenic Hwy. 17.) 863-678-4209
www.cityoflakewales.com Map grid G-7
Featuring a gallery of pre-Columbian artifacts, an
The Lake Wales Arts Center – Lake Wales
Citrus candy and marmalade factory. Take a free tour
outdoor sculpture garden and galleries of rotating
Housed in an old Spanish mission-style church building,
and see their candies, chocolates and marmalades
exhibits. Open Tue. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
the Lake Wales Arts Center provides top-notch musical
being made. Open Oct. - April Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.,
Sun. 1 - 5 p.m. (June - Aug. Tue. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.) $
performances, educational in-school programs, a fun
Sat. - Sun. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. ;
800 E. Palmetto St. (I-4 exit 32. Go S. on Hwy. 98,
arts camp, tours, lectures, classes, art exhibitions and
May - Sept. Mon. - Sat. 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Free
becomes S.R. 37/S. Florida Ave. Turn left onto Walnut.
an impressive annual art show.
28421 U.S. Hwy. 27 (I-4, exit 55, Hwy. 27 S., approx.
Turn right onto Lake Morton Dr. Turn right onto Palmetto.)
Open Tue. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
18 mi. on left-hand side.) 863-439-2284,
863-688-7743, www.polkmuseumofart.org
(Sept. - May Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.) Free
800-654-0647, www.davidsonofdundee.com
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1099 S.R. 60 E. (E. on Hwy. 60, two miles east of
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Lake Wales, left on 11th St.) 863-676-8426
www.lakewalesartscenter.org Map grid G-7
Explorations V
Lang’s Sun Country
Children’s Museum AWSEF Water Ski
Groves Fruit Shop – Lake Alfred
– Lakeland
Hall of Fame – Polk City
Located in the Water Ski Capital of the World. Display
includes the skis Ralph Samuelson, “Father of Water Skiing,”
used when he created the sport in Lake Pepin, MN in 1922.
Open Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $
1251 Holy Cow Rd. (I-4, exit 44, N. on 559,
right on 557-A, left on Holy Cow Rd.) 863-324-2472
www.waterskihalloffame.com
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Experience hands-on, fun-filled adventure in learning
Pictured is Lang’s 50 years ago. Come in and see why
on three floors of kid-powered exhibits and programs.
Mulberry
Lang’s is Polk County’s oldest Gift Fruit Shipper. Gift
Open Mon. - Sat. 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. $
Phosphate
shop, packing house, fresh squeezed juice. Taste of
109 N. Kentucky Ave. (I-4, exit 32, S. on Hwy. 98.
Museum Florida Café, featuring grapefruit pie, strawberry
– Mulberry
Continue on S. Florida Ave. Take a left on Pine. Take a
shortcake, sandwiches, homemade soups, salads.
An extensive collection of fossils,
right on Kentucky Ave.) 863-687-3869
NEW to the café, orangeberry frozen yog-cream. Open
phosphate industry gallery, old
www.explorationsv.com Map grid C-6
Oct. - May Mon. -Sat. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 5900 Hwy. 17
photographs and memorabilia from the town of Mulberry.
& 92, 863-956-1460, 1-800-535-1199
Open Tues. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
www.langsuncountry.com Map grid F-5
The Florida Air Museum
101 S.E. First St. (On Hwy. 37, one block S. of Hwy. 60 in
Mulberry.) 863-425-2823 Map grid C-8
at Sun ‘n Fun – Lakeland
Webb’s Citrus Candy
L.B. Brown House Museum – Bartow
Factory – Davenport
Lawrence B. Brown, a former slave and self-taught master
Watch the making of fudge,
carpenter, built this house in 1892. It is now on the National
citrus candy, peanut brittle,
Register of Historic Places. By appointment only.
hand-dipped chocolate and
Call Mon.- Fri. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free
many other delights.
470 Second Ave. (E. Main St. in downtown Bartow, turn
Open daily 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
S. on Second Ave., 2 blocks on the left.) 863-534-0100
38217 N. U.S. Hwy. 27 (I-4 , exit 55, approx. 4 mi. south
www.lbbrown.com Map grid E-8
Featuring more than 50 vintage, sport and military
on the left.) 863-422-1051, 800-289-9322
aircraft, home of the Howard Hughes Aviation collection
Polk County Historical and
www.citruscandy.com Map grid G-4
and Florida Aviation History wall among others.
Genealogical Library O’Hara Restorations, Inc. – Frostproof
Open Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.;
– Bartow
Sun. noon - 4 p.m. $
Tucked away in a 1908 courthouse in historic Bartow is one
Take a walk down memory lane and see classic cars and
4175 Medulla Rd. (I-4, exit 25, S. on County Line Rd.
of the largest historical and genealogical research libraries
other antique items. Royal Enfield, Hyosung and Vento
4.5 mi. Left on W. Pipkin Rd. to Medulla. Left on Medulla
in the Southeastern U.S. Open Tues. - Sat. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
motorcycles, Diamo scooters and United Motor’s ATVs.
to entrance.) 863-644-2431
Free 100 E. Main St. (Corner of Broadway Ave. and
Open Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 10 S. Scenic Hwy.,
www.floridaairmuseum.org Map grid B-7
Main St. in downtown Bartow.)
(S.R. 17 in Frostproof) 863-635-9008
863-534-4380, www.pclc.lib.fl.us Map grid E-8
www.ohararestorations.com Map grid H-9
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