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Lake Eola Park is a public park in downtown Orlando around Lake Eola, a sinkhole lake of about 23 acres. A path of 0.9 miles circles the water, passing the Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain of 1957, an official city symbol lit in colors at night, the Walt Disney Amphitheater, a Chinese pagoda and swan-shaped pedal boats for hire.

The Orlando Science Center is a hands-on science museum in Loch Haven Park, founded in 1955 as the Central Florida Museum. Its present building opened in 1997 and holds four floors of exhibit halls, among them NatureWorks on Florida's ecosystems and the DinoDigs fossil hall, plus a large-format film theater.

Harry P. Leu Gardens are botanical gardens of nearly 50 acres in Orlando, with paths shaded by old oaks, lakes and thousands of camellias among tropical and semi-tropical plants. The Leu House, a 19th-century farmhouse, stands in a historic district within the gardens; its house museum is temporarily closed.

The Orlando Museum of Art was founded in 1924 as the Orlando Art Association and took its present name in 1986. Its building in Loch Haven Park dates from 1960 and was enlarged in 1997. The collection covers American art, art of the ancient Americas, African art and contemporary prints, shown beside changing exhibitions.

Hard Rock Cafe Orlando opened in June 1990 at CityWalk, the dining district of Universal Orlando Resort. Its building is modeled on the Roman Colosseum, and the multi-level restaurant displays music memorabilia such as a suit Elvis Presley wore in Viva Las Vegas and Buddy Holly's glasses. The Hard Rock Live concert hall stands next to it.

WonderWorks Orlando is an indoor science attraction on International Drive, opened in 1998 in a building designed to look as if it had landed upside down on top of an older warehouse. Inside are more than 100 hands-on exhibits on space, physics, weather and light, along with a glow-in-the-dark ropes course, laser tag and a motion theatre.