Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

The Stephen Foster Museum honors the accomplishments of American composer Stephen Foster, and features dioramas and exhibits about his famous songs, including Old Folks at Home, more commonly known by the words of its first line as "(Way Down Upon the) Swanee River".

This is the Stephen Foster Memorial Carillon, the park's 97-bell carillon tower, playing at noon when I was there. It went on forever! Every time I thought the bells were done, they started up again. This went on for about 20 minutes. Sorry for the shaky camera. I was holding onto my dog Ruby.

Foster's songs each day. A second museum area in the tower also features exhibits about Stephen Foster and the carillon. This park is just beautiful and I can't wait to go back.

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• Florida State Parks
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[elviejo1998]

Good day to upload this as November 23 is my birthday.