American Clown Museum & School — Attraction in Lake Placid

Florida must see! When we arrived, we were greeted by Silly Dilly. She showed us around the gift shop and said she had a video for us to watch. The video introduced us to Toby, the founder of the museum. Toby began visiting the hospital after moving to the area. The best part was the tour by Silly Dilly. She explained what the classic clown faces are. Then showed us paintings, posters and pictures of hundreds of clowns! From Red Skelton and Charlie Chaplin of course, Toby, there are hundreds of portraits of lovely clowns. There is a collection of over 1000 clown salt and pepper shakers. Hand-blown glass clowns. And even clown shoes and the props that Toby used over the years. This is an amazing collection. And my regards to Monica Goodwin Turner, the local artist who painted all of the clown school graduates on ceiling tiles. This is just a happy place commemorating incredible people who take the time to help make the rest...

we drove all the way from pensacola (8 hours) to visit the museum for bestie’s birthday! it was ABSOLUTELY worth it! their collection is so beautiful and heartfelt. shoutout to miss silly dilly for taking the best care of us and sharing her extensive knowledge with us clown enthusiasts! also the gift shop is incredible! all sorts of different clown figurines and attire and ornaments, and all for an incredible price!! i walked away with about 15 items and only spent $160. ALSO they accept donations, so if you have some clown memorabilia youd be able to part with, this is an incredible...

If you are ever in Lake Placid, FL you must stop be the American Clown Museum & School. Silly Dilly is the clown in house and she will tell you all the things about clowns that you never knew you needed to know! So fun and very interesting. And, you must see the ceiling portraits of real working clowns which are created by a local artist. It's a very cool place. They even have a school where you can learn all the things to do to become a clown. You must pre-register and classes are only 3x a year. Give them some love, stop in, and learn a thing or two about the...