Tampa’s Emancipation Day Celebration

Join us as we commemorate Tampa’s Emancipation Day with an unforgettable celebration at Tampa’s Black History Museum! Experience a powerful reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, live music, and a special …

Apr 09, 2025

Tampa Bay History

Gasparilla floats through the years

Colorful floats carrying bead-throwing pirates and a whole host of others have been a mainstay of Gasparilla for decades.

Jan 14, 2024

Exhibitions

‘Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s’ opens Nov. 4

Bootleggers flooded cities with prohibited booze, flappers danced to jazz, and workers erected bungalows and Mediterranean Revival-style suburban homes in Florida in the 1920s.

Oct 26, 2023

Tampa Bay History

Tampa’s overlooked boom-time neighborhood

Nestled among sprawling oaks and curved roads with names like Fairway, Fore, and Bogie lies an interesting neighborhood whose homes, judging by their general sizes and ages, belie the area’s …

May 26, 2023

Tampa Bay History

Kate Jackson: A woman well ahead of her time

Born in 1857 to pioneering parents, Kate Jackson was a bold leader and entrepreneur in Tampa, Fla.

Mar 27, 2023