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The Winter Park Historical Association was founded in 1974 in a community effort to collect, preserve and exhibit materials of local historical significance. Today, the Association sends newsletters to over 350 members. Our members are not only Central Florida residents but also friends and former Winter Parkers now living in other parts of the United States. Individual, Family, Sustaining and Patron memberships are available, as well as other categories of membership and gift-giving. Our long-distance members keep up with local historical issues and events, and often purchase items from the museum gift shop which have been publicized in the newsletter. We publish upcoming historical programs and museum exhibitions. Information about our collections can be found in the Acquisitions Column. We also occasionally publish excerpts from Oral Histories and essays.

Our Association endeavors to identify and actively support efforts to preserve local historic properties. The oral history program is an active and continuing project. The archives are accessible to all members.

Membership meetings are generally held on second Wednesdays, October through March, at 2:30 pm at the Winter Park Woman's Club. At each meeting, a program of unique historical interest is presented. The December meeting is a festive holiday open house held in an historic Winter Park home and the May meeting is an annual picnic with a special preview of our new museum exhibit. Our annual fundraisers, the Peacock Ball and the Historic Garden Tour, have become two of the most popular events on the city's calendar.

Visits to historic sites and other unique events are scheduled on an occasional basis. Docent and other volunteer opportunities allow for individual interests and experience.

For more information on memberships, or to join, contact the administrative office at Casa Feliz at 407.647.2330 or wphistory@aol.com.