Open Hours: Mon - Thur 7:00 am - 5:30 pm & Fri 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Research Collections

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Museum Location:
520 East 1st Street
Sanford, FL 32771
407.688.5198

Tuesday-Saturday
9 AM – 5 PM

The Sanford Museum’s research collection includes:

  • The Sanford City Archive: Photographs, family histories, yearbooks, city directories, maps, letters and memorabilia collected from public and private sources.
  • The Naval Air Station Sanford Collection: Photographs, memoirs, biographies, base newspapers, cruise books and station records 1940s-1960s.
  • The Sanford Herald Collection: Microfilm of the local newspaper 1908-2000, Photographic negatives 1973-2000.
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The Sanford Museum Research Library:

  • Books of local interest
  • Florida history
  • Polk City Directories
  • Local telephone books
  • Maps
  • Seminole High School annuals
  • City tax rolls 1920-1966
  • Memoirs
  • Genealogies
  • Subject files
  • and so much more!

The Sanford Museum Research Library:

  • Books of local interest
  • Florida history
  • Polk City Directories
  • Local telephone books
  • Maps
  • Seminole High School annuals
  • City tax rolls 1920-1966
  • Memoirs
  • Genealogies
  • Subject files
  • and so much more!

300 N Park Ave
Sanford FL, 32771

Opening Hours:

Mon – Thur:  7:00 am – 5:30 pm

Fri:  8:00 am – 1:00 pm

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