OLLI-USF: Tampa Grows
Starting with its first suburb, Tampa Heights, Tampa grew north by annexing neighborhoods like Seminole Heights, College Hill, and others.
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OLLI-USF: FDR’s New Deal
Well into the Great Depression, newly elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt needed solutions to the nation's banking, unemployment, and environmental problems. He decided to go big. Join us to discuss the dramatic changes implemented to save the country, their successes, failures, and long-term impacts. Shelley Blood, Fred Hearns, Ross Lamoreaux, Janet Lorenzo, and Carl Zielonka, DDS, …
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Ybor City Walking Tour
Tour Tampa's only National Historic Landmark District and learn about early Ybor City people, social life, and work culture.
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Legacies in Place, Memories in Mind: A Tribute to Black History and Memorial Park Cemetery
C. Blythe Andrews Jr. Public Library 2607 E Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tampa, FL, United StatesThe Black Cemetery Network (BCN) connects people and projects from across the country to protect, preserve, and promote the histories of African American burial grounds and sacred spaces. Join us for a morning of remembrance, research, art, and fellowship at Memorial Park Cemetery. Presentation, Panel Discussion, music, visual art, spoken word, site walk LEARN MORE …
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Florida Conversations: Tampa’s Soulwalk
FeaturedTampa Bay History Center 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, United StatesFred Hearns and Robin Nigh discuss the Soulwalk arts and heritage "trail"–nearly 100 stops tell the history of Tampa's Black communities.
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OLLI-USF: FDR’s New Deal
Well into the Great Depression, newly elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt needed solutions to the nation's banking, unemployment, and environmental problems. He decided to go big. Join us to discuss the dramatic changes implemented to save the country, their successes, failures, and long-term impacts. Shelley Blood, Fred Hearns, Ross Lamoreaux, Janet Lorenzo, and Carl Zielonka, DDS, …
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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.
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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.
