The kiddos will love a spook-tacular afternoon of trick-or-treating, entertainment, games, and fun at the Orange County Regional History Center! Calling all ghosts, ghouls, and families... It’s spooky season, and time for Downtown Orlando's Trick or Treat Safe Zone at the Orange County Regional History Center. On Sunday, October 11, 2026, families can enjoy trick or treating throughout the History Center and the Orlando Public Library. along with a scavenger hunt, creepy craf

Events happening at the History Center during the month of October includes their most anticipated event of the year: Trick or Treat Safe Zone! During October, the Orange County Regional History Center in downtown Orlando presents an exciting selection of programs, ranging from LGBTQ+ history to family-friendly Halloween-season events. The month opens with a Lunch & Learn tracing Orlando’s LGBTQ+ history through the unexpected lens of citrus and a History Alive day devoted to

Exhibition marking city’s 150th anniversary receives Silver Award for excellence. The Orange County Regional History Center’s exhibition Orlando Collected, created to mark the city’s 150th anniversary, has received a Silver Award in the Over $25,000 budget category of the Southeastern Museums Conference’s 2026 Exhibition Competition. The annual competition recognizes outstanding exhibitions at museums throughout the Southeast. Exhibitions are judged by museum professionals an

The $50,000 grant from the Harvey & Carol Massey Foundation will help bring more than 2,000 students from Title I schools to the museum. A $50,000 grant from the Harvey & Carol Massey Foundation will help bring more than 2,000 students from Title I schools across Central Florida to the Orange County Regional History Center for hands-on encounters with the region’s history. The grant will cover field trips and transportation to and from the History Center, removing a significa

The Orange County Regional History Center in downtown Orlando offers a diverse series of monthly events and special exhibitions. Wet n Wild Water Park Image - University of Central Florida The Orange County Regional History Center invites visitors to explore Central Florida history through a lively September lineup featuring lost water parks, famous Floridians, heritage traditions, and textile arts. Programs include a Lunch & Learn on the region’s defunct water parks, Histor

The Orange County Regional History Center has lots of events in August, including History Alive, Lunch & Learn, Sensory Sunday and Swamp Legends After Dark. The Orange County Regional History Center invites visitors to explore Florida traditions, early Orlando, enchanted tales, and mysterious creatures during a full lineup of August programs. Events include hands-on family activities, a Lunch & Learn featuring bird’s-eye-view maps of 19th-century Orlando, a sensory-friendly a

Haddock Family Foundation funding will help safeguard irreplaceable African American history. The Historical Society of Central Florida, the nonprofit organization that supports the Orange County Regional History Center, has received a $55,000 grant from The Edward E. Haddock, Jr. Family Foundation to support a partnership with Orlando’s Wells’Built Museum of African American History and Culture focused on preserving and documenting the Wells’Built’s historical collections. T

Know Your Place offers firsthand accounts of segregation-era in Central Florida. The Orange County Regional History Center will screen the award-winning documentary “Know Your Place” on a continuous loop throughout Juneteenth, Friday, June 19, following Heart of Florida United Way’s donation of the film to the History Center and the Historical Society of Central Florida. Admission to the History Center will be free that day, courtesy of Orange County Government. “Know Your Pl

Check out the awesome events at the History Center during the months of June and July. The Orange County Regional History Center invites visitors to explore a June and July filled with engaging programs for all ages, from Juneteenth celebrations, history talks, and family-friendly museum experiences to the museums Adventures in History Summer Camp for ages 6–11, with select sessions still available through Aug. 7. Learn more and register at TheHistoryCenter.org/Camps. History

Bank of America offers cardholders free general admission during the first full weekend of every month to museums across the county, including many throughout Central Florida. During the first full weekend of every month, Bank of America and Merrill Bank offer cardholders free general admission on both Saturday and Sunday to more than 225 cultural institutions in dozens of cities across the US including here in Orlando, and throughout Florida. The latest free entry days take

On Sunday at the History Center you can enjoy hearing from artists who were part of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida. Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando is giving you lots of good reasons to visit this weekend! On Saturday, March 7, the History Center's monthly offering History Alive will take you into Florida's Natural World. Enjoy family-friendly activities throughout the day and guided tours at scheduled times. Then on Sunday, you can enjoy free admissio

Orange County Regional History Center is taking it on the road, presenting Colonial Plaza and the Era of Malls this Friday. After a recent Lunch & Learn program on this topic, the Orange County Regional History Center is taking it on the road! Join History Center historian Rachel Williams at The Nook on Robinson for a lively look at Colonial Plaza and the heyday of Orlando’s shopping malls. Learn how suburban growth reshaped our city’s retail landscape, why malls became such

If you go to downtown Orlando this weekend you'll experience history after dark... Experience history with a haunting twist at the Orange County Regional History Center this spooky season! On Friday, October 25, 2025, from 5 - 9 pm, you’ll step into the past like never before in an evening of immersive storytelling, interactive activities, and unforgettable encounters. During the History Center's History After Dark: Halloween Edition, e xplore the museum at your own pace as h

This year's Trick or Treat Safe Zone, the annual collaboration between Orange County Library System, and the History Center, features...

Pack your bags and buckle up. WUCF’s Florida Road Trip returns this fall with eight brand-new episodes, including a brand-new Orlando...