This place was awesome. Rich history of the area is presented well. And has a nice little trail through a historic farmstead and a boardwalk along the river. And apparently the area was a place for Harriet Beecher Stowe to visit.When we were ther that had the Maple Leaf Divers talking about the wreck of the Maple Leaf and their excursion to find and raise artifacts from the ship.Definitely a great place for a day trip, it is pretty cool.
Thank you Mandarin Museum and Sandy Arpen for playing my documentary film - Cane Syrup: From Planting to Boiling with Alfred Geiger! Visiting the Museum with Al and his wife June was a beautiful experience as well. Also, loved playing my jaw harp at Music Under the Oaks! This is a great museum at a beautiful location!
Nice place. We finally bought our Frogs!
Peaceful, beautiful, interesting
Great place to take your dog and while walking the trails, you can take in a bit of history. We really enjoyed it. We will definitely be going back.
Really cool little park, but for the life of me I can’t seem to find a sign that gives the museums open hours. But the gates are always open and haven’t seen one cop come through. Good place to go and watch the water at night along the river.
Nice local piece of history, go first Saturday of the month to see more
Great place to walk next to the river. Full of trees & benches that you can rest & enjoy the breeze. Peace & calm.
2019-02 Good parking. Good security. Patroled. Bathrooms. Dont leave valuables. The real old Florida. Great views, paths and nature with old Florida buildings and atmosphere. GO!
Love the park, and love the painting frogs and animal days!
Pretty views of the river. Historical buildings are nice. The docents are knowledgeable and helpful.
It is one of the top rated places to visit in jax, I didnt know about this Gem in Mandarin aerea.
It was very interesting, museum about a local ship that sank in the St. Johns River. The Maple Leaf. They had some things found on the Maple leaf. Two Civil War uniforms and a WW1 uniform from the family of a local soldier. They also had a model of the Maple Leaf. They have a local one room school, that had the old desk and writing implaments of the children that attended the school. I was nice for being small. My 5yr. old grandson enjoyed it.
Nice visit
Great display of the Maple leaf.
Great place to visit. Every volunteer was eager to share knowledge and answer questions.
Verry cleen and nice, a great place to take your dog for a walk without anyone askingif it is a service dog
A great place to visit and find a Mandarin Frog or Turtle or Squirrel.
Wonderful local history tucked back in the woods in Mandarin. Unique history elements and worth the visit.
This was a great field trip. The guy was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the history of Mandarin.
This is a history jewel in the heart of Mandarin. My favorite park
Nice walk around an old farm in Mandarin.
Very interesting place and well knowledgeable staff.
Museum was very nice saw and bought a frog to put in the yard
I go to this park almost every day. 10/10 would recommend
Very detailed, informative museum and the best part is its free.
A very nice little historic park with great views of the river.
Great post Civil War Era experience in Florida.
Beautiful park in Mandarin with several historical buildings. All on the river.
They could have done more like a demo on fest
Great outdoors place to go with the family
Wonderful for field trips loaded with Jacksonville history.
This is truly the best place to learn the real history in an enjoyable and relaxing atmosphere. From the museum to the farmhouse and barn to the waterfront boardwalk we are blessed the past is preserved in such a beautiful setting.
Great little Mandarin Museum, a fun Saturday morning stop when the museum and school buildings are open.
Great for walking with the family and dogs. People hide painted rocks for others to find.
Great program on the Maple Leaf civil war shipwreck salvage! Displays on WWI and Civil War uniforms.
Very pretty
Great place to get to know the Mandarin area.
Wow those civil war guys were so cool
Go during the day on weekends to see more!
Great family activities scheduled. Neat place to go to learn about Mandarin History.
Well i went and it was my first time going so I went in I got greated by this nice lady and she told me about the place and I find it a cool and nice and Teaching place and YES I will go back with my family its nice to have around the community I like it verry much !!
Great place to spend a weekend sfternoon ans learn about its history
Great place for a walk!
A relaxing place and educational
It was a wonderful place to picnic with the Cub Scouts and they really enjoyed seeing a little piece of history in the museum!
Unexpected historical landmark in the heart of Mandarin.
Very interesting place to visit.
Nice view of the river and very quiet walk
Peaceful place.
Dock is rebuilt
Beautiful property.
Great local history.
Great to learn about Mandarin area in Jacksonville.
I like this place.
A friend of mine brags about this place repeatedly!!!!
Its where i perform weddings
Love the Frogs
Really interesting place!!!!!!
Great place and clean