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 work with the soil as you help plant crops! Activities and programs change with the seasons, so you’ll want to come back often for new experiences.

This program is an exceptional value, too! An adult admission ticket is $7.00 each; students six to twelve years old and senior citizens' tickets are $6.00 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 please contact Jennifer Becker, Program Supervisor, at 813-627-4225 or Jennifer.Becker@freshfromflorida.com.

Upcoming Dates:

Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day at Cracker Country, Sept. 24th 10am-4pm

Florida Tall Tales, Oct. 21st 6pm-9pm

Fall Rural Life Festival, Nov. 5th 10am-4pm

Christmas in the Country, Dec. 3rd 10am-4pm

Florida State Fair, Feb. 9th-20th

Spring Community Social, April 7th, 10am-4pm

Make & Take Craft Day, May 5th, 10am-4pm