Seminole County School Student Museum

Went here about 20 years ago on a field trip and still have good memories of it! We drive by it occasionally and it looks like they’re keeping it up well.

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The Student Museum of Sanford is the fourth oldest school in continuous use in Florida. It started out in 1902 as Sanford High School and then when the new high school was built in 1911 was changed to a grammar school. It served in this capacity until 1984 and now is an interpretive center and teaching museum. A building that has taught a lot of things to a lot of people.
The structure is in a Romanesque Revival Style and is one of the few buildings left in Florida from this period. It had two wings added in 1916 but still retains it’s very distinctive and cool looks.
The outside is interesting to look at with the fascinating architecture and nice gardens in the back but it’s the inside that has the really good stuff. Lots of well designed rooms with different names that emphasized aspects of the regions history. My favorite was the early school room with the quaint old desks, items and artifacts that really takes you back in time.
The museum is only open to the public on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 1:30 to 3PM because it takes on it’s other role as a interpretive center and teaching museum and is usually crawling with kids. They is no charge and there are always people around to answer any stupid questions you might have.
Definitely one of the most fascinating museums in the area that just has so much cool stuff to look at. Unfortunately not many people have even heard of it because the the short hours that it is open to the public. That’s fine because it continues to function in it’s main role as a place that educates and teaches. One that it has been doing for a long, long time.