Art & History Museums of Maitland

Art & History Museums of Maitland The Art & History Museums of Maitland (A&H) is a premier Central Florida cultural destination and co

The Art and History Museums of Maitland operates the Maitland Art Center, Waterhouse Residence Museum, Carpentry Shop Museum, Maitland Historical Museum, and The Telephone Museum.

06/18/2026

✨ Learn about our FREE monthly Last Wednesday event from Dane Kolb, our wonderful Volunteer & Visitor Services Manager!🗣️

And while you're here, we’d love your support and vote! 🎉 We're honored to be finalists in 7 categories for Orlando Weekly's Best of Orlando 2026, including Best Date Spot & Best Recurring Arts Nights.

How to Vote:
✅ Vote every day through July 15
✅ Your votes are saved as you go
🔗 vote.orlandoweekly.com

Thank you for supporting our museum, exhibitions, and community. ✨

All 2025-26 free programs at A&H are supported by a grant from Duke Energy Foundation.

🗣️FREE Curator Tour🗣️ Join Chief Curator Dan L. Hess for a special tour of the current exhibition: a loom, a fence, a wi...
06/18/2026

🗣️FREE Curator Tour🗣️ Join Chief Curator Dan L. Hess for a special tour of the current exhibition: a loom, a fence, a wire, a thread by Mär Martinez! Plus, enjoy a drink from our cash bar, have great conversation while exploring our beautiful National Historic Landmark grounds along with your free gallery admission.✨⁠

⁠📅Wednesday, June 24 | 5:30-8PM⁠
🔗Claim your free tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984886084711

From the Vault 🗞️ This 1889 issue of The Eatonville Speaker tells the story of a community determined to create a place ...
06/18/2026

From the Vault 🗞️ This 1889 issue of The Eatonville Speaker tells the story of a community determined to create a place of its own.

In this issue, town founder Joseph E. Clark reflects on Eatonville's founding and acknowledges the important role Maitland residents like Louis Lawrence played in helping Black residents purchase land when they were unable to buy property in the neighboring city. The front page also invited new residents to join the growing town, promoting Eatonville as a thriving community and encouraging “actual settlers” to purchase lots and build homes.

Written in pencil across the top is the name “Geo. H. Packwood,” suggesting this copy may have once belonged to George Horatio Packwood, an early Maitland settler, citrus grower, and landowner who helped shape the community's development. Packwood planted orange groves near Lake Sybelia, filed one of Maitland's earliest town plats, and lent his name to Packwood Avenue—the street where the Art & History Museums of Maitland stands today.

📜 The Eatonville Speaker, 1889, from the Art & History Museums of Maitland collection can be seen in our Maitland History Museum’s permanent exhibition, “Maitland’s Attic”

Image 4: Courtesy of The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Public domain.

🎶Join us for Make Music Day!🎸 Presented locally with Orange County, we’re pleased to welcome Leo Aether for a FREE live ...
06/17/2026

🎶Join us for Make Music Day!🎸 Presented locally with Orange County, we’re pleased to welcome Leo Aether for a FREE live performance in the gallery on Sunday, June 21, from 3–4 PM.

🎟️ Admission is free all weekend long as we celebrate Make Music Day, the Juneteenth holiday weekend, and Father's Day! Spend the weekend exploring our exhibitions, historic campus, and a special performance of live music.

Special thanks to United Arts, Vicki Landon, and Make Music Day for supporting arts and culture in our community.

We are so excited to celebrate Juneteenth with Patisha Johnson and the Veterans Heritage Youth Preservation Foundation! ...
06/16/2026

We are so excited to celebrate Juneteenth with Patisha Johnson and the Veterans Heritage Youth Preservation Foundation! 🖼️

In partnership with Welbourne Avenue Preschool and Nursery, the Foundation hosted an art contest asking kids what Juneteenth means to them, and the results are beautiful. Their artwork is now on display in our Gallery Mural Room through Sunday, June 21.✨

🎟️Plus, enjoy free admission to our galleries: Friday, June 19 – Sunday, June 21!

“Adding a few details here and there, some trim and bells on the puppets to little symbols and knickknacks on the painti...
06/16/2026

“Adding a few details here and there, some trim and bells on the puppets to little symbols and knickknacks on the paintings. Secretly I’ve also been making books away from the studio so that I can keep making even when I’m away from the space. I’m going to miss this time when it ends.” says Channing Gray from Studio 12.

Our Studio Artists are in the ninth month of working in their studios for the year. Check out the progress they've made!⁠

Follow along each week as we go behind the scenes with our Studio Artists. 🧑‍🎨

🚨Mural Painting returns for the summer!🖌️Sign up now! 🖼️🎨Design & Concepting for Murals | 6 Weeks⁠Learn the professiona...
06/15/2026

🚨Mural Painting returns for the summer!🖌️Sign up now! 🖼️

🎨Design & Concepting for Murals | 6 Weeks⁠
Learn the professional mural designing process where you will plan and paint a mural design for a wall in Maitland!
🗓 Saturdays, 7/18 - 8/22 | 1-3pm⁠
📍Cottage at Lake Lily
🔗https://artandhistory.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/27316

🚨Registration for Week 4 of our FREE Summer Family Art Workshop series is NOW OPEN! ⌛Grab your tickets today! Plus week ...
06/13/2026

🚨Registration for Week 4 of our FREE Summer Family Art Workshop series is NOW OPEN! ⌛Grab your tickets today! Plus week 3 registration is still open🖌️

🏖️We’ve got six weeks of hands-on art projects for kids of all ages!✨Week 4’s theme is a Printmaking Party!

🚨Space is limited & online registration is required through eventbrite.
🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1980204219125

Make this a summer full of creativity, connection, and family! 🌞

🚨Check out these NEW Painting Classes at A&H🖌️ Registration for Summer Session is Open! 🖼️⁠🎨Abstract Landscape in Encaus...
06/12/2026

🚨Check out these NEW Painting Classes at A&H🖌️ Registration for Summer Session is Open! 🖼️

⁠🎨Abstract Landscape in Encaustic | 6 Weeks⁠
Learn the versatility of encaustic painting in this open to all levels class!
🗓 Wednesdays, 7/8 - 8/12 | 6-8:30pm⁠
📍Maitland Art Center Studio 10⁠
🔗https://artandhistory.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/27315

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🎨Modern Impressonism | 6 Weeks⁠
Create 3 paintings in this course using techniques inspired by Impressionist painters!
🗓 Fridays, 7/10 - 8/14 | 10am-12pm⁠
📍Cottage at Lake Lily
🔗https://artandhistory.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/27300

🎨 From the Vault: Did you know the Maitland Art Center’s iconic concrete reliefs weren’t always the soft, weathered tone...
06/11/2026

🎨 From the Vault: Did you know the Maitland Art Center’s iconic concrete reliefs weren’t always the soft, weathered tones we see today?

When J. André Smith created the campus in the 1930s, many of its sculpted reliefs, decorative panels, and architectural details were painted in vibrant colors. Historic photographs reveal floral door surrounds, carved figures, and symbolic motifs accented with rich blues, reds, greens, and golds that brought the Center’s Mayan Revival-inspired designs to life.

Over the decades, Florida’s intense sun, humidity, rain, and storms have taken their toll. While traces of pigment can still be found in some protected areas, much of the original color has faded away, leaving the concrete surfaces we know today.

These rare images from our archives offer a glimpse of the campus as visitors once experienced it—alive with color and carefully integrated art at every turn.

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231 W. Packwood Avenue
Maitland, FL
32751

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

(407) 539-2181

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