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Past Exhibits

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Spirited: Prohibition in America

Adapted from the National Constitution Center’s flagship exhibition, Spirited explored the history of Prohibition, from the dawn of the temperance movement to the unprecedented repeal of a constitutional amendment in 
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Against All Odds: The Art of the Highwaymen

When they began selling their artwork along Florida’s roadways during the Jim Crow era of the 1950s, Harold Newton, Alfred Hair, Roy McLendon, James Gibson, and other African American artists 
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Repurposed DooDad Art / Sculpture Competition

What would you do with 3,000 cigar boxes? Visitors found out when hundreds of art students from Hillsborough County public schools unveiled their creations at the 3rd Annual Repurposed DooDad 
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More Than Dots on a Map: Florida Cities and Towns

General maps of the state of Florida, like most maps that cover large geographic areas, usually resort to showing cities and towns in the most basic ways, sometimes represented only 
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Suited for Space

Suited for Space, an exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, explored the history and technology used to design NASA’s 
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JFK in Tampa: The Exhibition

JFK in Tampa: The Exhibition, captured the tension and joy of Kennedy’s 1963 Tampa visit. The exhibit featured exclusive, rare film footage of Kennedy in Tampa, the podium he used 
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Charting the Land of Flowers: 500 Years of Florida Maps

One of the most comprehensive exhibitions of Florida cartography ever presented, Charting the Land of Flowers traced six centuries of Florida history, bringing together maps from museum and library collections 
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Circus: The Photographs of Frederick W. Glasier

On loan from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the collection of more than 60 rare black and white photographs captured the working life of circus performers in