Tampa Bay Area Museums

Wednesday, March 10, 2010


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Tampa Bay area has a few unique Museums that should be on any visitors must see list:

  • Salvadore Dali Museum The excitement of the Avant-garde, the audacity of Surrealism - this is the most comprehensive private collection of Dali’s work in the world.
  • MOSI - Museum Of Science and Industry Dedicated to advancing public interest, knowledge, and understanding of science, industry, and technology. MOSI's core ideology is to make a difference in people's lives by making science real for people of all ages and backgrounds.
  • Henry B. Plant Museum Discover the charm of "turn-of-the-century" Florida. This Museum is located in the Tampa Bay Hotel, built by Henry Plant in 1981. It is located right in the heart of downtown Tampa.
  • The Florida Holocaust Museum The Florida Holocaust Museum honors the memory of millions of innocent men, women, and children who suffered or died in the Holocaust.
  • Tampa Museum of Art Tampa Museum of Art provides a broad range of art-related experiences for visitors of all ages. The Museum collection includes twentieth-century and contemporary art and a renowned collection of Greek and Roman antiquities.
  • St. Petersburg Museum of History The Museum houses both the growing collections of the St. Petersburg Memorial Historical Society (today numbering over a remarkable 32,000 objects) and the collections of the Florida Aviation Historical Society including a full-size working replica of the Benoist Airboat, the world's first airline.
  • Florida International Museum Florida International Museum has become one of Florida's premier cultural attractions dedicated to providing educational, cultural and historical exhibitions.
  • Museum of Fine Arts The Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida was founded by Margaret Acheson Stuart. The Museum of Fine Arts has the only comprehensive art collection, extending from antiquity to the present, on the Florida west coast. See outstanding works of art in galleries designed for leisurely reflection. In the meantime, please enjoy an online preview of our collection:
  • Tampa Bay Automobile Museum Located in Pinellas Park, Florida, this museum features a unique collection of vintage cars and vehicles that demonstrate special creativity and imagination in their history and engineering.
  • Ybor City State Museum The Ybor City Museum State Park is a state historic park consisting of the Ybor City Museum, housed in the Ferlita Bakery building (a neighborhood bakery operated by the Ferlita family, Italian immigrants who established the business at that location in 1896), the Casita, and the Garden. The State Park contains permanent exhibits on Vicente Martinez Ybor, the founding and early history of Ybor City, the cigar industry, the social clubs of the city, and the Ferlita Bakery itself. Two years ago, the Ybor City Museum Society initiated changing exhibitions in the Museum space; these change twice yearly. The Ybor City Museum also houses a museum store with a variety of items for sale reflecting the ethnic heritage of the community, the cigar trade, and the site's history.

 



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