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Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens

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The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens is a non-profit museum on 3 acre (12,000 m²) grounds, founded in 1961 and dedicated to the life and works of Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek. It is located at 633 Osceola Avenue, Winter Park, Florida, USA.

The museum includes Polasek's former retirement home, studio, galleries, and chapel, as well as surrounding gardens containing figurative sculpture and mythological pieces. The permanent collection of approximately 400 pieces includes sculpture by Polasek, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Charles Grafly, and Ruth Sherwood, as well as antiquities from Polasek's collection.