OLLI-USF: Florida’s Land Boom
Tampa grew a lot in the early 1900s – its neighborhoods, homes, and hotels. Historian Rodney Kite-Powell will share these changes using artifacts and maps from that era. History Center …
$30
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Book Group: “The Apartment” by Ana Menéndez
Tampa Bay History Center 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, United StatesThe Helena is an art deco apartment building that has witnessed the changing face of South Miami Beach for seventy years, observing the lives housed within. Among those who have …
FREE
Book Group: “Through the Groves: A Memoir” by Anne Hull
Tampa Bay History Center 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, United StatesAnne Hull grew up in rural Central Florida, barefoot half the time and running through the orange groves her father’s family had worked for generations. The ground trembled from the …
FREE
Book Group: “The Reformatory: A Novel” by Tananarive Due
Tampa Bay History Center 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, United StatesTwelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school …
FREE
Book Group: “Collision of Power” by Martin Baron
Tampa Bay History Center 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, United StatesMarty Baron took charge of The Washington Post newsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would buy the Post, marking a sudden end to control by the venerated family that had presided over the paper for 80 …
FREE
OLLI: USF Florida in the Civil War: Not What You Think
Tampa Bay History Center 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, United StatesIn early 1861, Florida became the third of 11 states to secede from the Union. Join docents from the Tampa Bay History Center to learn what role Florida played in …
$40
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Museum hours
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.
Admission prices
Adult: $18.95
College Student: $16.95
Senior (60+): $16.95
College Student: $16.95
Senior (60+): $16.95
Youth (7-17): $14.95
Child (0-6): Free
Members: Free
Child (0-6): Free
Members: Free
**First responders and veterans may receive discounted admission at Visitor Services.
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Weddings
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.
Corporate events
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.
