Plan Your Visit
Your Visit
All displays are located in climate-controlled galleries and docents are available to answer your questions.
The galleries house historical information, photographs and artifacts from the railroads that served Winter Garden and Central Florida.
An extensive dining car china and silver collection is a highlight of the museum. We display more than 40 china patterns from 25 railroads from the golden age of passenger trains.
Lanterns, lamps, locomotive bells, a motor car and station signage are on display, along with artifacts from railroads around the country.
If you have a group who would like to visit, please contact us in advance using the Contact page form. Group tours of the museum can be scheduled Tuesday to Friday (subject to availability) with a suggested donation of $1 per person.
Parking
The museum has several free public parking spaces on the south side of the museum along Tremaine Street in an unpaved, gravel area.
A three-story public parking deck is located across the street from the museum and provides wheelchair accessible spaces and electric vehicle charging stations on the street level.
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All parking in downtown Winter Garden is free of charge.
The Winter Garden Farmers Market, which features more than 100 vendors, is held across the street from the museum every Saturday from 8:00am until 1:00pm. Parking spaces are in high demand on Saturdays.
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Downtown Winter Garden
Be sure to visit Plant Street and downtown Winter Garden, just one block north of the museum.
There are numerous locally-owned restaurants and shops in the downtown historic district.
The Winter Garden Heritage Museum, the SOBO Art Gallery, the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation History Research, Education and Visitors' Center and Garden Theatre are all within walking distance of the railroad museum.
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The 22-mile West Orange Trail passes through downtown Winter Garden following the former Orange Belt Railway route.
Saturdays feature the popular Winter Garden Farmers Market, one block west of the museum.
For more information about downtown Winter Garden, visit the official city site:
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Links are provided as a courtesy and do not imply an endorsement.
Museum Accessibility
The museum is located in a depot built in 1917, so there are limitations to wheelchair access. The street level is accessible to wheelchairs.
The freight area of the depot houses multiple displays, is about four feet higher than street level, and is accessed by six steps on a narrow stairway. A handrail is provided on one side of the stairs, however the freight area is not accessible to wheelchair-bound guests.
The restroom is located in the upper freight area of the depot.
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We ask that strollers be parked outside the museum entrance and away from sidewalk pedestrians.
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Drinks, food, pets or animals are not permitted inside the museum. Only dogs that are trained to perform a task directly related to its handler's disability are allowed inside the museum.
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Virtual Museum Tour
Thanks to Florida Stops for visiting our museum and sharing it on YouTube.
