Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens

Pierre A

A must see yet easy to miss place in Winter Park. A 10 minute gentle walk (if you are European, as Americans don't walk in the heat) from the main street, it is a very interesting small museum and lush art garden, with the works of Czech American artist Albin Polasek, a talented sculptor and painter. Little known outside the US, his works are very interesting. Many, the largest ones, are still visible in Chicago. Many other, smaller ones, are spread in the lush gardens of his villa. The themes of his work often revolve around Christian figures and European mythology, and sometimes a mix of the two, for instance with his admirable Sower. His fantastic masterpiece, which epitomizes his (very American) worldview, is visible in the front garden: "man carving his own Destiny". This piece is all the more admirable since it was carved after he got paralized on one side after a stroke. Our guide Marty was really great, with a in depth knowledge of Polasek, his life and work. Don’t miss it!

daria kraukhina

Interesting museum nearby a lake in Orlando. The garden is beautiful. We got a tour by the caretaker of the museum, he is passionate about this place and explains nicely the life and work of Polasek.

Ufa Kefe

Older gentleman gave me tour of home, really knowledgeable, interesting history, inspirational work of art, sculpting. Some art better in person.

Julia S

Pleasant place, though we were somewhat disappointed in the number of statues overall and with how many were of a very religious nature. The museum housed a couple of very small galleries with local artists' work. Interesting, but not our taste. We would not put this on our list to ever do again, but we can imagine it would be a lovely venue for an event.