Florida Carriage Museum & Resort

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The Grand Oaks Resort
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Location within Florida
Established2011
Location Weirsdale, Florida
Coordinates 28°57′13″N81°54′18″W / 28.95369°N 81.90488°W / 28.95369; -81.90488
TypeCarriage museum [1]
Website The Grand Oaks Resort

The Florida Carriage Museum was an equestrian-themed museum established by carriage collector Gloria Austin and located in Weirsdale, Florida. [2] It contained more than 160 antique horse-drawn carriages from Europe and America, as well as equine-related artifacts and artwork. [3] In 2011, Austin sold the 400-acre equestrian resort property, of which the museum was part, to her ex-husband, Tom Golisano; it was renamed Grand Oaks and the carriage museum became known as the Grand Oaks Museum. [4] [5] Formerly known to be a destination for carriage driving, the property has since hosted different equestrian athletes in a variety of disciplines and is a United States Equestrian Federation accredited training facility. [6] In 2017, Grand Oaks sold and dispersed the majority of the carriage collection, thereby closing the museum. [2] A portion of Austin's collection remains at Austin's Equine Heritage Institute, adjacent to Grand Oaks. [7]

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  1. ↑ MuseumsUSA. "Florida Carriage Museum & Resort", MuseumsUSA website, 2008. Accessed September 7, 2008 Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Jacobson, Susan (September 2, 2017). "'Exquisite' carriages up for sale as Lake County museum transitions to car theme". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ The Grand Oaks Resort, 2008. Accessed September 7, 2008.
  4. ↑ "About the team". The Grand Oaks Resort Official Website. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ Schumer, Tracy (June 17, 2011). "Florida Carriage Museum and Resort Sold". High Minded Horseman. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ "USEF Elite Training Center Program". USEF. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Tour The Austin Carriage Collection". Equine Heritage Institute. Retrieved November 19, 2023.

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