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Mark your calendar for the Tampa Bay History Center’s Florida Book Review event for the monthly book club. This free program invites readers to gather for an in-depth discussion of Florida literature, featuring titles that span history, fiction, politics, and culture. Hosted at the History Center with a Zoom option available, the Florida Book Review …
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, …
Enjoy a guided tour of America at the Crossroads: The GUITAR and a Changing Nation and explore America’s evolution through the lens of its most popular instrument. Discover how the guitar has reflected generational change, racial division, politics, consumer culture, and shifting trends throughout the nation’s history. Registration is free but required. Registration includes 20% off regular …
Join Michelle Hearn, Director of Curatorial Affairs, to learn about the process of curating an exhibition that spans more than 14,000 years of regional history. Then head into the gallery for an up-close look at the finished installation and the stories it brings to life. Registration is free, but required. Registration is free and includes …
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 …
Enjoy a guided tour of America at the Crossroads: The GUITAR and a Changing Nation and explore America’s evolution through the lens of its most popular instrument. Discover how the guitar has reflected generational change, racial division, politics, consumer culture, and shifting trends throughout the nation’s history. Registration is free but required. Registration includes 20% off regular …
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.
