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Join us at the inaugural session of the Black History Book Club at St. James @ Encore. Our first meeting is on Monday, February 26, 2024, from 5:30 to 7 …
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
AARP Tampa Bay and the Tampa Bay History Center are thrilled to invite AARP Members and their guests to attend AARP Member Day at the museum for FREE. The History Center will host AARP Day on select days throughout the 2024 calendar year. Register Now
Resident David E. Barclay, Ph.D., is an excellent storyteller who will share his family history while connecting to the challenge of acknowledging one's ancestors, whether Confederate or Union. On Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m., his talk in TECO Hall at the History Center includes many notable Tampa names, including the Ashley and Jackson families. In-Person …
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Embark on a Saturday walking tour through Ybor City, Tampa's historic gem, and trace the district's compelling tale from its cigar-making heyday to its lively contemporary culture. Stroll through brick-lined streets, discovering the echoes of Ybor's immigrant roots and the legacy that continues to shape this eclectic neighborhood. GET TICKETS
This spring break, we will turn our classroom into a theatre! Watch movie clips of films featuring Tampa Bay and Florida locations. Enjoy bingo, prizes, and popcorn! Museum staff will …
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
This spring break, we will turn our classroom into a theatre! Watch movie clips of films featuring Tampa Bay and Florida locations. Enjoy bingo, prizes, and popcorn! Museum staff will …
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
This spring break, we will turn our classroom into a theatre! Watch movie clips of films featuring Tampa Bay and Florida locations. Enjoy bingo, prizes, and popcorn! Museum staff will …
This spring break, we will turn our classroom into a theatre! Watch movie clips of films featuring Tampa Bay and Florida locations. Enjoy bingo, prizes, and popcorn! Museum staff will …
This spring break, we will turn our classroom into a theatre! Watch movie clips of films featuring Tampa Bay and Florida locations. Enjoy bingo, prizes, and popcorn! Museum staff will provide fun historical and cultural analysis about each clip. No registration is needed.
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Celebrate Women's History Month by tracing the journey of Fortune Taylor, a formerly enslaved person who was a true Tampa pioneer, business owner, and community leader. She acquired over 30 acres on the Hillsborough River's eastern bank in the 1800s. Our 90-minute walking tour highlights Taylor's homestead location, the origin of Fortune Street in downtown …
From its humble beginnings as a 19th-century military outpost to its evolution into a bustling hub of commerce, discover Tampa's past as you stroll through historic districts on this Saturday walking tour. Go to April 20
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
The 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 called apartment 2B home are a Cuban concert pianist who performs in a nursing home; the widow of an intelligence officer raising her young daughter …
Take a deep dive into Tampa’s history along the Hillsborough River with a Tampa Bay History Center docent. The 1-hour cruise will feature narration as well as viewing the sights of Downtown Tampa from the Pirate Water Taxi. The cruise will set sail from stop 7 located at the Tampa Convention Center where guests will …
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
AARP Tampa Bay and the Tampa Bay History Center are thrilled to invite AARP Members and their guests to attend AARP Member Day at the museum for FREE. The History Center will host AARP Day on select days throughout the 2024 calendar year. Register today for more details about accessing this AARP local offer. REGISTER HERE
Embark on a journey through Florida travel and tourism in the 1920s. Join Tim Heintz, regional Tin Can Tourists historian, as he shares stories of the many tourists steaming into Florida, their day-to-day struggles and the life they enjoyed. In-gallery presentations at 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 p.m. GET TICKETS
Learn about Tampa Bay's origins from the recent studies of an archaeological panel in the fields of paleoenvironment, Indigenous ecology, and history. This special edition of Florida Conversations is happening on March 23 at 2 p.m. at the Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center. In-Person Signup ZOOM Signup Florida Conversations, the …
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, which is included with museum admission.
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, …
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, …
Digital Preservation and Urban Heritage Learn about Tampa’s historic streetcar system, an iconic element of the city’s urban heritage that connects the past to the present. Residents and visitors may …
Embark on a journey through Tampa's historic Central Avenue district, once celebrated as the "Harlem of the South." Explore the rich narrative of this African-American community from the 1890s through …
Decade of Change: Florida in the 1920s offers a glimpse of the fashion, music, architecture, social movements, and politics that defined Florida during the decade. Join this afternoon gallery tour, …
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.
**First responders and veterans may receive discounted admission at Visitor Services.
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.
