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Gateways to the Caribbean

Mapping the Florida-Cuba Connection

Tampa Bay History Center, Touchton Map Library, 1889, Map of North America Showing Direct Passenger Transportation Lines between the United States, Mexico, The West Indies, Central and South America, also Illustrating the Geographical position of Florida and Location of the Railroad, Steamboat and Steamship Lines of the Plant System for Commerce with other States and the Countries South and East of the Gulf of Mexico

Virtual Gallery Tour

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“Strumming Through History at the Tampa Bay History Center” with Visit...

Watch “Strumming Through History at the Tampa Bay History Center,” a conversation filmed inside the History Center’s Treasure Seekers gallery. In this episode of Unlocking Tampa...

Long-lost cutter, local memory and mural outside our door

The wreckage of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, lost with all hands during World War I, has been located off the coast of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, the U.S. Coast Guard announced...

Duckwall Lecture: “Ybor, the City Cigars Built”

Watch the recording of the 17th Annual Frank E. Duckwall Lecture, presented by the Frank E. Duckwall Foundation and Tampa Bay History Center. This special lecture celebrates Ybor...