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Help us preserve Tampa Bay’s story for future generations
Dear friends of the Tampa Bay History Center, My great-grandfather, Beman Beckwith, was born in Tampa in 1891 and planted deep roots in our growing city. He founded one of Tampa’s …
History you
can touch.
Treasure Seekers
There’s more than meets the aye at this exhibit on conquistadors, pirates and shipwrecks. All aboard -- or walk the plank.
A Place of Your Own
Experience Tampa’s port industries from inside an actual cargo container. Test your knowledge of Florida’s natural resources. Play with regional history in a whole new way.
Dig through
our archives.
Touchton Map Library
Navigate more than 8,000 maps, charts and logs from the early exploration of Europe and North America.
Witt Research Center
View nearly 10,000 books, manuals, maps, documents, microfilm, and family/subject papers spanning prehistoric to present-day Florida.
Cafe
Modern flavor.
Historic taste.
Resting on the Tampa Riverwalk inside the Tampa Bay History Center, this charming cafe captures the flavor of the original Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City. We offer a sampling of the Spanish- and Cuban-inspired dishes that made the 118-year-old restaurant famous.
