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MUSEUMS<br />
Museum of Florida Art and Culture<br />
600 W. College Drive, Avon Park<br />
863-784-7240 | www.mofac.org<br />
Located at South Florida State College, this museum<br />
boasts several permanent and traveling exhibits that<br />
will delight those who are interested in the culture of<br />
our area. Permanent exhibits include displays on the<br />
archeology and history of Florida.<br />
Highlands Art League Yellow House Gallery<br />
<strong>Sebring</strong> Historical Society<br />
321 W. Center Ave., <strong>Sebring</strong><br />
863-471-2522 | www.sebringhistoricalsociety.org<br />
While not technically a museum, the archives at the<br />
<strong>Sebring</strong> Historical Society are open to the public for<br />
research. There are some artifacts on display, but the<br />
main repository is photos and archived print materials.<br />
Highlands Museum of the Arts<br />
351 W. Center Ave., <strong>Sebring</strong><br />
863-385-6682 | www.highlandsartleague.org/mota<br />
As part of “The Village Where Art Lives,” the Highlands<br />
MoTA features curated exhibits, both permanent<br />
and traveling. Art competitions and receptions<br />
are held in the building, while classes are featured in<br />
the other three buildings in the complex.<br />
Museum of Florida Art and Culture<br />
Kile Brewer<br />
The Alan Jay Wildstein<br />
Center for the Performing<br />
Arts, on the campus of South<br />
Florida State College, is a<br />
1,460-seat, state-of-the-art<br />
venue on a level seldom seen<br />
in a community of our size.<br />
SFSC is also home to the<br />
Museum of Florida Art and<br />
Culture, home to an extensive<br />
collection of art and artifacts,<br />
including the famed<br />
Highwayman paintings.<br />
Picturesque railroad stations<br />
are home to historical museums<br />
in nearby Avon Park<br />
and Lake Placid. The historic<br />
<strong>Sebring</strong> railroad station, still<br />
in use for daily Amtrak service,<br />
has undergone restoration<br />
and has again become a<br />
favorite place to visit or just<br />
to watch the trains come<br />
and go.<br />
The Military Sea Services<br />
Museum honors the Navy,<br />
Marine Corps and Coast<br />
Guard with hundreds of artifacts,<br />
flags, ship and plane<br />
photos, uniforms and more.<br />
It also has the U.S.S. Highlands<br />
Room, which displays<br />
items from the ship named<br />
for Highlands County. The<br />
museum’s mission is to preserve<br />
and maintain the customs<br />
and traditions of the<br />
three military sea services.<br />
Civilian Conservation Corps Museum<br />
5931 Hammock Road, <strong>Sebring</strong><br />
863-386-6094 | www.floridastateparks.org<br />
The CCC Museum is inside the gates of Highlands<br />
Hammock State Park and paid entrance into the<br />
park is required. Celebrating the Civilian Conservation<br />
Corps, which built many state parks nationwide<br />
during the 1930s, the museum building was actually<br />
constructed by the CCC.<br />
Military Sea Services Museum<br />
1402 Roseland Ave., <strong>Sebring</strong><br />
863-385-0992 | www.milseasvcmuseum.org<br />
This museum is the only museum in the United<br />
States to honor the men and women of the Navy,<br />
Marines and Coast Guard who went to sea on behalf<br />
of our country. Items on display include uniforms,<br />
models of ships and other artifacts on permanent<br />
display to the public.<br />
HCA Galleries of Fine Art<br />
128 Authority Lane (<strong>Sebring</strong> Regional Airport)<br />
863-402-8238 | www.heartlandculturalalliance.org/<br />
The HCA gallery at the <strong>Sebring</strong> Regional Airport is a<br />
constantly changing art museum that exhibits work<br />
of select local artists as one-person or group shows<br />
throughout the season. Exhibits change monthly<br />
with an artist’s reception usually the first Saturday of<br />
the month.<br />
Welcome to <strong>Sebring</strong> 17