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“Discover the Past” on April 4, 2009 

Imagine it’s the year 1898 and you have just settled in rural Florida. What would you be doing, seeing and experiencing? To find out, step through our doorway into history and “Discover the Past!”

“Discover the Past” programs let you use your senses of sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing to relive early rural Florida at your own pace. Perhaps you will churn and taste butter, help make a rope, spin wool into yarn, or maybe feel the soil as you help plant crops.

Offered the first Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except February, this event is a fun way for families to spend an enjoyable day together. Activities and programs change with the seasons so you’ll want to come back often for new experiences.  On April 4, 2009, a special feature will be an old fashion basket social auction, where picnic lunches with Cracker Country Docents will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.  So bring your purse, make a bid and help out the museum!

This program is an exceptional value too. An adult admission ticket is $ 6.00 each; students six to twelve years old and senior citizens tickets are $ 5.00 each. Children five and under are admitted free. Parking is free for this event when visitors enter the Fairgrounds via the Orient Road entrance.

For more information about this exciting new program click here to visit our web site or call Susan Obarski, Programs Supervisor at 813-627-4225 or feel free to send her an email.

New educational resources on our web site

You will find educational documents for parents and teachers to use to teach children about rural Florida history as well as educational tools for children to use during their visit to Cracker Country.  Click here to see the many free educational resources.  Documents for downloads are in PDF format so you’ll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print them.  If you don’t have it you can download it free by clicking here.  

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