Mimi Hardman Collections and Research Center Celebrates Grand Opening With Dedication Ceremony by James Coulter More than 25,000 historical items, many dating back to the 1850s, will be stored in a refurbished historic building named after the Lake Wales Historic Museum's founder. Mimi Hardman, the late Lake Wales museum director whose endeavors helped contribute to the…
Fire Truck Dedicated At Lake Wales Museum Christmas Party by James Coulter When most people think of Christmas and the color red, they think of Santa Claus pulling his red sleigh. Something equally red appeared at the Lake Wales History Museum last week, but it wasn't Santa Claus' sleigh: it…
Fire Truck Dedicated At Lake Wales Museum Christmas Party by James Coulter When most people think of Christmas and the color red, they think of Santa Claus pulling his red sleigh. Something equally red appeared at the Lake Wales History Museum last week, but it wasn't Santa Claus' sleigh: it…
LAKE WALES Although her given name was Mary Leigh Reid, everyone knew her as “Mimi” Hardman.
That’s the name of the new Mimi Hardman Collections and Research Center, founded by the Lake Wales History Museum to house its permanent collections and to be open to the public as a research facility.
The dedication is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the facility, 104 S. Scenic Hwy.
The Mimi Hardman Collections and Research Center is located in the restored 1916 Seaboard Airline Freight Station, one of the buildings in the museum s historic corridor on South Scenic Highway. The museum was once Lake Wales’ Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot before being relocated and converted into the museum in 1976 under Hardman s leadership.