Mennello Museum of American Folk Art, Orlando

The museum and collection are outstanding. It is easy to find, and getting in, parking and getting out are effortless. The facility is spotless and well decorated, in a beautiful lakeside setting. The staff is elegant. The cost is low. Most importantly, the Cunningham paintings, and the collection of horse sculptures and paintings are overwhelmingly beautiful.

The Mennello Park museum is set in the beautiful Lock Haven Park complex of museums. Spending time within the park itself is a welcome treat from the theme parks to the south. Cypress trees covered in moss shade crab grass and geckos as you walk between museums. Mennello itself is a small but very professional museum with an impressive collection of folk art. There are several rooms that house collections from City Hall, Earl Cunningham and other folk and outsider artists. I enjoyed my time there immensely and recommend it to anyone wanting to get a sense of true Florida culture through the lense of regional artists as well at a look at more nationally recognized folk artists.