The Appleton Museum of Art is Ocala's main cultural stop, with galleries covering European, American, Asian, African, contemporary, and pre-Columbian work. The building sits on the Appleton Cultural Center campus east of downtown, close enough to combine with Silver Springs.
Its equine collection makes particular sense here. Ocala's horse farms are not just scenery; they shape the local economy and self-image, and the museum uses that connection well without becoming a niche horse museum.