Central Florida Railway Historical Society

The Central Florida Railway Historical Society operates the Central Florida Railroad Museum at 101 South Boyd Street in Winter Garden, Florida, which opened in 1983 inside a former Tavares and Gulf depot built in 1913. The depot stands within the Winter Garden Downtown Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the museum is run in conjunction with the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. Railroading is woven into the town's own story: the arrival of the Orange Belt Railroad, together with growing citrus, turpentine, and lumber production, drove Winter Garden's growth through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — the era the museum's exhibits on Central Florida railroading interpret. Admission is free, and the museum welcomes visitors Tuesday through Saturday.