Café con Tampa: Creating Tampa’s Black History Museum
In Tampa's Central Park neighborhood, a new museum is taking shape across from Perry Harvey Sr. Park on Central Avenue. Curators at the Tampa Bay History Center are set to …
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Archives Awareness Week: 100 Years Ago: Tampa in 1924
FeaturedOld City Hall, Council Chambers 315 E. Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, United StatesFred Hearns, curator of Black history at the Tampa Bay History Center, will join a panel discussion about 1924. The event will be held Monday, July 15, from 3 to …
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Archives Awareness Week: 1924: Life in Tampa’s Scrub Community
FeaturedTampa's Black History Museum 1213 N Central Ave, Tampa, FL, United StatesFred Hearns, curator of Black history for the Tampa Bay History Center, and Ashley Morrow, program manager for Tampa’s Black History Museum, will discuss the lives of Black residents in …
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Archives Awareness Week: Maps and Artifacts from 1924
FeaturedTampa Bay History Center 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, United StatesRodney Kite-Powell, director of the Touchton Map Library, and Heather Culligan, curator of collections, will use maps and artifacts to showcase Tampa life in 1924. The event will be held …
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Living History Saturday: Clara Barton
Tampa Bay History Center 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, United StatesBetty Clark reenacts Clara Barton, the pioneering battlefield nurse who began her career at age 11 by caring for her brother. Barton is best known for her contributions during the …
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Living History Saturday: J.C. Newman
FeaturedTampa Bay History Center 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, United StatesJoin Holden Rasmussen, J.C. Newman company historian and certified tobacconist, for Living History Saturday on Aug. 24. He will present "A World Without Cigars: Ybor City From 1953-1984," exploring the …
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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.
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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.
