Sanford Museum — Attraction in Sanford

HENRY SHELTON SANFORD GROVE AND EXPERIMENTAL GARDENS

In this vicinity Henry Shelton Sanford, pioneer citrus grower, established the St. Gertrude grove in 1871. There, and at his Belair grove and experimental gardens, he advanced the industry through development of some 140 types of citrus. The Sanford gardens experimented with other tropical fruits, planting 30,000 exotic trees from South America and Africa. Much of the labor in the groves was performed by Swedish immigrants who settled at...

we stayed in Sanford for thanksgiving weekend as we visited family that lives in Sorrento. first time to sanford, a previous guest at our airbnb recommended the museum. We visited one morning and it was cute! The staff was extremely friendly, knowledgeable and welcoming. They spoke with us about Sanford for a bit and what to expect from each exhibit. We learned a lot of the history of Sanford and really appreciated learning the WHOLE truth about it, not sure if you'll get that in any other...

It's free, there's no wait time and you learn the history of Sanford from its very beginning to what it is now. The indigenous people were killed so that the Europeans could take their land and profit from it. At least the museum sticks to the honest truth! The young lady was very knowledgeable about the history of Sanford. I really enjoyed the artifacts throughout the museum. Beautiful! There's even an entire room as it would have liked in...