A&H - Art & History Museums Maitland

National Historic Landmark Tour
2023-04-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-05-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-05-11 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-05-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-05-25 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-06-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-06-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-06-17 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Step out of time into the fantasy architecture and lush gardens of Greater Orlando’s only National Historic Landmark, the Maitland Art Center. Now home to the Art & History Museums of Maitland, the Maitland Art Center was founded in the 1930s by visionary artist J. André Smith as an artists’ retreat. On this guided walking tour, you’ll pass thousands of sculptures, carvings, and murals while hearing fascinating stories about the history they represent. This tour is appropriate for all ages but recommended for ages 13 and up.
This tour is offered 1st & 3rd Saturdays + 2nd & 4th Thursdays of every month, except holidays.

If you are an A&H member, this event is free! Just enter the code from your membership card at checkout. If you’d like to become a member of A&H and enjoy all the exciting free and discounted programming offered to our members, visit here
Los tours en español se ofrecen el último sábado de cada mes: obtener entradas

Space is limited. Advance registration is required, and includes admission to the 3 main campus museums >>

Homeschool Day at A&H: Architecture Tour & Printmaking Workshop
2023-05-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
You’re invited to step into the fantastical world of artist, master printmaker and architect J. André Smith at the Art and History Museums in Maitland for a special Homeschool Day! Get your tickets here>>
Become inspired on a mini tour of our historic grounds where you’ll see some of the 2,500 concrete reliefs adorned on the buildings, doorways, walkways and gardens. Our tour ends in our main garden, surrounded by a dozen artist studios that André built nearly 100 years ago, designed especially for visiting artists to live and work together in this creative and magical space.
After our tour in our beautiful garden, you’ll learn about the fine art of printmaking. You’ll discover the tools to create a relief print, and then experience printmaking through a guided printmaking lesson. Young printmaker apprentices will have the opportunity to make a plate, ink a plate and then pull a print!
After printmaking, revisit the architectural art of André Smith on a self-guided photo scavenger hunt.
The cost is $10 per child and includes all the art supplies and $5 per chaperone. Afterwards, you’re invited to extend your outing with a picnic lunch right next door at Quinn Strong Park.
Space is limited for students in grades K – 5 and especially chaperones. If chaperones are able, it would be best to bring multiple students due to the small capacity of this program.
If you have any questions about our Home School Day, please feel free to contact our education team at education@artandhistory.org.

Spring Studio Show
2023-05-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Enter our beautiful gardens and discover a wonderland of music and art! Explore our historic campus and its contemporary artists, too.
Enjoy this FREE event featuring live flamenco guitar by Don Soledad. We’ll have a bar with beer, wine and sodas. You’re welcome to bring your own picnic foods, blankets, and camp chairs to relax amongst the beautiful new garden landscaping. (Feel free to bring your own non-alcoholic drinks too but leave the alcoholic drinks to us.) Bring friends or a date!
The Artist in Action studios will be open for visitors, along with Art School classrooms. Chat with artists and art instructors while you enjoy a stroll around campus, drink in hand!
This event is generously sponsored by Stewardship Matters.
This event is free, but space is limited so please pre-register here>>

Little Creatives and Me
2023-05-17 10:00 - 23:00, 2023-06-21 10:00 - 23:00, 2023-07-19 10:00 - 23:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Songs, stories and art time, especially for babies and toddlers and their very special person.
Join us in the main garden on the historic grounds of the Art & History Museums. We’ll have a themed circle and story time plus an art activity especially for littles! A snack will be provided too. Recommend age: under 3, and their very special person (parent, grandparent, caregiver). Older siblings are always welcome!
Space is limited and registration will close 2 days before the program date. Register>>
Please arrive about 5 minutes early to give yourself time to park and walk over to the main garden. We will begin promptly at 10 am. If you’d like, please bring a picnic blanket for your family.
This program is brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums of Maitland.

Tour de Monumento Histórico Nacional (Tour in Spanish)
2023-05-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-06-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Salte fuera de tiempo y entra a la arquitectura de fantasía y los exuberantes jardines del único Monumento Histórico Nacional en la gran ciudad de Orlando – el Maitland Art Center. Ahora hogar de los Art & History Museums of Maitland, el Maitland Art Center fue fundado en 1939 por el artista y visionario J. André Smith como un retiro de artistas. En este tour guiada a pie, pasarás por miles de esculturas, tallas y murales mientras escuchas los cuentos fascinantes sobre la historia que representan. Este tour es apropiado para todas edades pero se recomienda para mayores de 13 años.

Si eres miembro de A&H, ¡este evento es gratuito! Simplemente ingrese el código de su tarjeta de membresía al momento de pagar. Si desea convertirse en miembro de A&H y disfrutar de toda la emocionante programación gratuita y con descuento que se ofrece a nuestros miembros, visite aquí
Este tour se ofrece en inglés cada primer y tercer sábado y segundo y cuarto jueves, encuentre boletos aquí

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Last Wednesday: After Hours at the A&H
2023-05-31 17:30 - 20:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Grab a drink, mingle, and discuss the art in our gallery every Last Wednesday of the month! Enjoy free entry to the Maitland Art Center’s current gallery exhibition and a cash bar.
Become part of the cultured community that gathers in the evenings at A&H for drinks and conversation as the sun sets over our beautiful gardens.
To reserve your spot for this free event, register here >>
A tour with Chief Curator Dan L. Hess will take place during each Last Wednesday, from 5:30-6:15pm. Learn more here >>

FREE Summer Family Art Workshop - Friendship Sculptures
2023-06-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
At the Art & History Museums Maitland, kids can stay creative and artistically engaged all summer long on our beautiful and historic campus, just 15 minutes from downtown Orlando! During these FREE hands-on arts and crafts workshops, families can drop-in and create a new art project every week at their own pace.
On June 7, we’re kicking off six weeks of summer fun by celebrating friendship! You’re invited to join us as we create “new friends” from 3-dimensional sculpture materials – think wooden blocks, fabrics, beads, pipe cleaners, yarn and so much more! So bring a friend, make a friend, and spend the morning getting creative with us!
After the workshop, you can extend your outing by bringing a bagged lunch and picnicking next door at Quinn Strong Park.
Summer Family Workshops at A & H are brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums, Maitland. Space and supplies are limited, so reserve a spot for your family today! Register your family here>>

FREE Summer Family Art Workshop - Nature Wands
2023-06-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
At the Art & History Museums Maitland, kids can stay creative and artistically engaged all summer long on our beautiful and historic campus, just 15 minutes from downtown Orlando! During these FREE hands-on arts and crafts workshops, families can drop-in and create a new art project every week at their own pace.
On June 14, we’re saying hello to summer by creating summer solstice pom-pom and nature wands! Join us for this process art workshop featuring twigs and sticks, yarn, glitter, beads, feathers and more to get ready to welcome the sunniest day of the year!
After the workshop, you can extend your outing by bringing a bagged lunch and picnicking next door at Quinn Strong Park.
Summer Family Workshops at A & H are brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums, Maitland. Space and supplies are limited, so reserve a spot for your family today! Register your family here>>

A&H Book Club
2023-06-25 16:00 - 18:00 | A&H’s Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Make new friends at the A&H Members-Only Book Club! Join A&H Director of Advancement Jessi VanPelt every other month to share your opinions on fascinating topics in the realms of art and history. This month we will meet in the Maitland Art Center gallery. At the end of each meeting, we’ll vote on what book to read together next.
At this meeting, we’ll discuss Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America, by Hugh Eakin. Picasso’s War is the never-before-told story about how a single exhibition, a decade in the making, irrevocably changed American taste, and in doing so saved dozens of the twentieth century’s most enduring artworks from the Nazis. Through a deft combination of new scholarship and vivid storytelling, Hugh Eakin shows how two men and their obsession with Picasso changed the art world forever. You can find this title on Amazon (in print, audio and Kindle) as well as many online used bookstores.
Don’t have time to finish the book? Check out this 1-hour interview with the author!
Book Club meetings are just $5 (which includes snacks and sodas). Space is limited so you must register in advance. If you’re not a current A&H member, you must join or renew before Book Club date. Membership payments cannot be accepted at the event.
If you have any questions or need to verify your membership status, contact Jessi at jvanpelt@artandhistory.org.
Register here >>

FREE Summer Family Art Workshop - Soft Sculpture Bugs
2023-06-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
At the Art & History Museums Maitland, kids can stay creative and artistically engaged all summer long on our beautiful and historic campus, just 15 minutes from downtown Orlando! During these FREE hands-on arts and crafts workshops, families can drop-in and create a new art project every week at their own pace.
On June 28, we’ll be in our garden! It’s is in full bloom – filled with flowers and all kinds of tiny creatures! Join us as we celebrate our creepy crawly friends by making a soft sculpture bugs! We’ll have all the materials you’ll need to bring home a bug sculpture of your very own!
After the workshop, you can extend your outing by bringing a bagged lunch and picnicking next door at Quinn Strong Park.
Summer Family Workshops at A & H are brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums, Maitland. Space is limited, so reserve a spot for your family today! Register your family here>>

Last Wednesdays at A&H
2023-06-28 17:30 - 20:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Become part of the cultured community that gathers for drinks and conversation in one of our museums after-hours from 5:30pm-8:00pm the Last Wednesday of every month. Enjoy free admission to one of our museums. Then grab a drink (we offer a broad selection of both nonalcoholic or alcoholic beverages) and watch the sunset over the iconic lily pond in our Main Gardens. Reserve tickets here>>

A&H Conversations with Dr. Stacy Tanner
2023-06-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Art & History Museums Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
A&H Conversations invites lifetime learners like you to discuss fascinating topics anchored in Central Florida history, arts, and culture. New themes are presented monthly by visiting subject matter experts.
This A&H Conversation will center on one of Maitland’s great love stories. Learn about nineteenth-century LGBTQ history through the poignant relationship of one-time First Lady of the United States, Rose Cleveland, and her “most precious and adored” lover, Evangeline Whipple. Presented by Dr. Stacy Tanner of Seminole State University. Click here to register>>
To learn more about this amazing story, you can visit our Maitland History Museum — it will be open with free admission from 5:30-8pm for Last Wednesday. You can also read a moving collection of their love letters to one another in Precious and Adored by Lizzie Ehrenhalt and Tilly Laskey (copies available in our museum store).
A&H Conversations occur during our Last Wednesday event hours, which run from 5:30-8pm. Every Last Wednesday we open up after hours, provide a bar, and offer free admission to one of the museums. Learn more about Last Wednesdays here >>

FREE Summer Family Art Workshop - Nature Pinch Pots
2023-07-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
At the Art & History Museums Maitland, kids can stay creative and artistically engaged all summer long on our beautiful and historic campus, just 15 minutes from downtown Orlando! During these FREE hands-on arts and crafts workshops, families can drop-in and create a new art project every week at their own pace.
On July 7, summer is blooming all around our campus, and with it a confetti of tiny treasures like pressed flowers and leaves, mini stones and even tiny sea shells! Join us as children hand-build their own clay pinch pots, and then embellish it with wonderful tiny treasures from our garden! Our pinch pots are inspired by A & H’s founding artist, J. André Smith, who was a sculpture artist, and they’ll be ready to take home after the workshop!
After creating, you can extend your outing by bringing a bagged lunch and picnicking next door at Quinn Strong Park.
Summer Family Workshops at A & H are brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums, Maitland. Space and supplies are limited, so reserve a spot for your family today! Register your family here>>

Jules André Smith: The Masterworks
2023-07-08 11:00 - 2023-09-03 16:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Maitland Art Center founder Jules André Smith (1880–1959) created a prolific body of work, beginning with his early years as an etcher, to his later excursions into modernist and surrealist expressions. He constantly shifted from one medium and style to another with great inventiveness, defying easy categorization as an artist. Today the greatest collection of his works is held by the Art & History Museums of Maitland. This retrospective shows the scope of his abilities and vision, and provides a comprehensive introduction to his greatest work.
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FREE Summer Family Art Workshop - Mini Bug Houses
2023-07-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
At the Art & History Museums Maitland, kids can stay creative and artistically engaged all summer long on our beautiful and historic campus, just 15 minutes from downtown Orlando! During these FREE hands-on arts and crafts workshops, families can drop-in and create a new art project every week at their own pace.
On July 13, we’re having an extra fun art workshop for kids who love all things tiny! We’ll be creating mini bug dioramas right in a mint tin! We’ll have books of insects to inspire the drawing of your own bug, and all kinds of mixed-media collage materials to make your little bug a tiny home!
After the workshop, you can extend your outing by bringing a bagged lunch and picnicking next door at Quinn Strong Park.
Summer Family Workshops at A & H are brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums, Maitland. Space and supplies are limited, so reserve a spot for your family today! Register your family here>>

Lego Block Relief Printing
2023-07-22 11:00 - 14:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Ryan Price
Cost: $75 + $20 material fees.
Location: Studio 10
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
Participants will use Legos as a bases to create abstract designs that they will then use a brayer to ink up and do a rubbing with a wooden spoon or run it through the press. For multicolor designs, the instructor will also demonstrate how to create a registration for lining up the print in the same area on the paper.
This workshop is designed to teach participants the basic ideas behind relief printmaking. Using the Legos to “build” your design broadens the audience to those who may not have strong drawing skills or background in the arts but are interested in printmaking. Each participants leaves with prints of their own and new knowledge about relief printmaking.
Open to all levels! Register Here>>

FREE Summer Family Art Workshop - Recycled Bird Mobiles
2023-07-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
At the Art & History Museums Maitland, kids can stay creative and artistically engaged all summer long on our beautiful and historic campus, just 15 minutes from downtown Orlando! During these FREE hands-on arts and crafts workshops, families can drop-in and create a new art project every week at their own pace.
On July 26, we’re saying “so-long” to summer vacation as we “fly” into a new school year by creating bird mobiles right in our very own garden. We’ll be kind to the earth too by using recyclable materials in this colorful and creative process art activity!
After the workshop, you can extend your outing by bringing a bagged lunch and picnicking next door at Quinn Strong Park.
Summer Family Workshops at A & H are brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums, Maitland. Space and supplies are limited, so reserve a spot for your family today! Register your family here>>

Last Wednesday
2023-07-26 17:30 - 20:00 | A&H’s Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Become part of the cultured community that gathers for drinks and conversation in our gallery after-hours from 5:30pm-8:00pm the Last Wednesday of every month. Enjoy FREE admission to the current exhibition of the Maitland Art Center Gallery. Then grab a drink (we offer a broad selection of both nonalcoholic or alcoholic beverages) and watch the sun set over the iconic lily pond in our Main Gardens. A curator tour will take place at 6:00pm.
Register here>>

A Taste Of Marbling on Papers and Silk Scarves
2023-08-05 09:30 - 12:30 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Peggy Wertheim
Cost: $95 + $30 material fee
Marbling will inspire you with instant gratification and success! Peggy teaches Traditional Marbling using acrylic paints on carrageenen on special paper. You will create marbled papers and also create a Long Silk Scarf. A $30 materials fee is paid directly to the teaching artist the day of the workshop. Bring your love of art & your curiosity – everything else is included. Register here>>
