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Stranahan House is open 5-6 days a week for tours. We highly suggest booking tickets in advance. Our availability changes weekly due to field trips, private tours, and venue rentals. If there is a date you wish to attend or would like to secure a private tour, please call our office for more information.
*Please note that like many metropolitan areas, parking is limited. We have 1 handicap accessible parking spot available to anyone with a handicap placard on a first come, first serve basis. For all other parking, please use the lot to the East of Boathouse at the Riverside (620 SE 4th Street) and then walk about 150 yards to our gate.*
Don’t want to deal with parking downtown? Come to Stranahan House on the Water Taxi and see why Fort Lauderdale is nicknamed the “Venice of America.”
Why not stay a while? Enjoy 20% off a room at the beautiful Riverside Hotel, located right next door to Stranahan House, with code HSM954 at checkout.
The Historic Stranahan House Museum is Fort Lauderdale’s oldest and most historically significant surviving structure. This is where it all began. The Stranahan House holds the story of a family, a house, and the birth of a city.
See an interview with our caretaker, John Della-Cerra, about Ivy Stranahan in honor of Women’s History Month!
Top-Rated Museum & Guided Tour in Fort Lauderdale
Major support for Stranahan House provided by the Broward County Cultural Division, the Cultural Council, and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. Educational programs are also funded in part by The State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, as well as, the Kiwanis Club of Fort Lauderdale.