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Volunteer training week prepares new and returning volunteers for public-facing roles throughout the History Center, including gallery interpretation, school group support, tours, education programs and visitor engagement. Participants will learn how to share exhibit content, lead conversations in the galleries and support guests of all ages as they explore the people, places and events that …
Join the Tampa Bay History Center Book Club for a discussion of “It’s Hard to Kill a Bougainvillea: From Slavery to the American Dream” by Sylvia A. Alvarez. Alvarez will serve as the reviewer for the September discussion.
Join docent Amy Tyrrell for a 20-minute guided walkthrough of Cigar City and discover how Tampa became one of the world’s leading cigar manufacturing centers. Amy connects Henry B. Plant’s transportation network with Vicente Martinez Ybor’s cigar factories, revealing how industry and immigration transformed a small Florida community into the city of Tampa. Explore maps, …
Tampa Bay History Center members can join us for our VIP Member Reception preview of "Cinema in the Sunshine State," the Tampa Bay History Center’s newest temporary exhibition, on Thursday, Sept. 17th, before it opens to the public on Sept. 19th. Discover Florida’s remarkable filmmaking history, from its early years as a rival to California …
Join docent Jim Dinsmore for a 30-minute guided tour at the gallery entrance on the second floor and learn how maps document the people, movement and conflicts that shaped Florida. Jim connects individual maps on topics such as Indigenous communities, European explorers, settlers, U.S. troops and Seminoles, showing how geography influenced encounters, transportation routes and …
Celebrating USF's Black Alumni Celebrate the University of South Florida's 70th anniversary and commemorate the 65th anniversary of Ernest Boger becoming the university's first Black student in September 1961. USF alumnus Imam Askia Muhammad Aquil, formerly known as Otha Favors, will reflect on the experiences of Black students at USF during the 1960s, followed by …
The history center is open daily from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
**Galleries are closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas and open until 3 p.m. on Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
The History Center provides a dramatic and historic backdrop for your wedding, wedding reception or rehearsal dinner. Give your wedding a unique Tampa flair your guests will remember for a lifetime.
Are you looking for a one-of-a-kind Tampa experience for your next corporate event or convention party? Are you a meeting planner looking for a unique setting to host a board retreat or employee function? Located within walking distance of downtown hotels, the History Center is perfect for your next corporate event.
