{"id":46607,"date":"2024-06-14T16:44:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T20:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=46607"},"modified":"2024-06-14T16:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T20:44:36","slug":"wizard-of-oz-museum-moving-out-of-brevard-headed-closer-to-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/06\/14\/wizard-of-oz-museum-moving-out-of-brevard-headed-closer-to-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizard of Oz Museum moving out of Brevard, headed closer to Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Wizard of Oz Museum,\u00a0which opened about two and a half years ago, in Cape Canaveral, will be relocating out of the county. Fred Trust, the museum\u2019s owner, said he had been looking for a new location because he was told the building that houses the current museum would eventually be demolished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnfortunately, I could not find the right property in Brevard, so I settled in Kissimmee,\u201d Trust said. \u201cYou pay in Brevard for proximity to the ocean and there you are paying for proximity to Orlando. Orlando has nine times more tourists than Brevard, so it was not a hard choice to make.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When will the Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral close?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Brevard location will still be open for at least 18 months, or as long as two more years. It\u2019s located at 7099 N. Atlantic Ave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust said the timeline is based on construction and building permits for the new location.\u00a0The Cape Canaveral Museum will remain open\u00a0until construction is done on the Kissimmee Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where will the new Wizard of Oz Museum be located and what will it have?<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The new museum will be located in Osceola County on roughly four acres of land along U.S. Highway 192.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For comparison, the existing museum is a 4,500-square-foot facility in a strip mal<\/a>l.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe main difference is it will be two times bigger and will allow more displays and areas for kids’ activities and movie-watching rooms,\u201d Trust said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added the new location will even include a Wizard of Oz-themed miniature golf course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does the Wizard of Oz Museum have?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While the museum does have some original movie props, it is dedicated to the entire Wizard of Oz franchise beginning with the first book by Frank Baum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust said he owns the first copy of \u201cThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u201d on record. He said he bought the book, which was printed on May 23, 1900, at an auction about 15 years ago. Signed by Baum, Trust said the novel is worth $250,000 \u2014 but he considers the book “priceless.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are dozens of display cases filled with board games, figurines, masks, plates, autographed photos, costumes, plush dolls, posters, sheet music, even vintage collectible soaps shaped like the movie characters. Some artifacts date back to 1850.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also a life-sized Wicked Witch of the West and a trio of flying monkeys. Guests can use their smart phone to scan a QR code for an audio tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adjacent to the displays is a 2,000-square-foot room that features an immersive experience inspired by Vincent van Gogh. The roughly 30-minute show includes seven different scenes that transport guests into the world of “The Wizard of Oz.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust said guests of all ages often come to the museum dressed as Wizard of Oz characters to capture memorable photos with the scenery and props.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wizard of Oz Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where: 7099 N. Atlantic Ave., Cape Canaveral<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets: $31.99 for adults, $15.99 for kids, $29.95 for seniors and military<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call: 888-949-6369<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website: wizardofozflorida.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wizard of Oz Museum,\u00a0which opened about two and a half years ago, in Cape Canaveral, will be relocating out of the county. Fred Trust, the museum\u2019s owner, said he… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[8809,8808],"class_list":["post-46607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-and-world-news","tag-headed-closer-to-disney","tag-wizard-of-oz-museum-moving-out-of-brevard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46611,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46607\/revisions\/46611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}