Volunteers and conservators credited with saving and stabilizing Nygren buggy collection

Sep 11, 2026

Speakers described volunteers and a conservator who preserved early carriages — including a buggy dated to the 1790s — and recounted how community advocates persuaded Bill Nygren to donate the collection to Seminole County so it could be conserved and displayed.

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Organizers at the opening highlighted conservation work that prepared the collection for public display. Donors and volunteers recounted seeing dozens of buggies in a barn and working with conservators to stabilize the oldest pieces; the remarks named Diane Gallant as a conservator who helped preserve a particularly old buggy.

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