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CRAFT

October 24 For 15 years, A Night at the Museum has brought the community together for a family-friendly Halloween celebration at the Tampa Bay History Center. Join us on Saturday, October 24, as we celebrate the...

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15th annual A Night at the Museum

Children & Youth
October 28 Making Sense of the Wild Frontier: Early Survey Work in Florida, 1821-1880 Featuring historian Joe Knetsch, Ph.D. Join us this year in October for our annual Nell Ward Lecture. Historian Joe Knetsch...

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Nell Ward Lecture: Making Sense of the Wild Frontier

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November 4 Join the Tampa Bay History Center for an evening with award-winning National Geographic photographer Mac Stone as he shares his work documenting the last old-growth cypress swamps of the American South. Drawing...

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Florida Conversations: An Evening with Mac Stone

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November 11 Explore Tampa's military history from the water during Craft’s history lunch cruise, narrated by Florida historian Rodney Kite-Powell. The journey begins with Fort Brooke and the early Village of Tampa,...

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Crafted History Lunch Cruise

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November 13 Golden Hour: Sunset in Sevilla Presented by The Gonzmart Family The Tampa Bay History Center Annual Gala is dedicated to celebrating our region’s heritage and ensuring its preservation for future generations....

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Tampa Bay History Center Annual Gala

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  • October 2024

  • Thu 17
    Introducing Craft, a vessel designed specifically for Tampa as the city's first dining river cruiser.

    CRAFT: History Lunch Cruise

    Featured October 17, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    CRAFT 603 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL, United States

    Set sail aboard Craft’s inaugural history lunch cruise featuring narration by one of Florida’s most esteemed historians, Rodney Kite-Powell.

    $89.95
  • January 2026

  • Thu 22
    Introducing Craft, a vessel designed specifically for Tampa as the city's first dining river cruiser.

    Craft: History Lunch Cruise

    Featured January 22 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    CRAFT 603 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL, United States

    Set sail aboard Craft’s history lunch cruise featuring narration by one of Florida’s most esteemed historians, Rodney Kite-Powell. From tales of Henry Plant’s railroad to the evolution of Hillsborough County, Rodney’s narration promises to be both enlightening & entertaining. Rodney will also highlight a section on Gasparilla to welcome the 2026 Gasparilla season during this cruise. …

    $89.95
  • April 2026

  • Mon 13
    Promotional graphic for “CRAFT History & Cigar Cruise” featuring Drew Newman on the left holding a cigar and Rodney Kite-Powell on the right smiling with arms crossed. Center text reads “History & Cigar Cruise” and “Monday, April 13 | 12:00pm to 2:00pm,” with logos for J.C. Newman Cigar Co. and the Tampa Bay History Center. Captions identify Drew Newman as a fourth generation member of America’s oldest family owned cigar maker and Rodney Kite-Powell as director of the Touchton Map Library, author, and historian.

    History & Cigar Cruise

    Featured April 13 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    CRAFT 603 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL, United States

    board America’s first open-kitchen river cruiser, guests will enjoy a chef-crafted brunch prepared fresh in view of the dining room using state-of-the-art gas cooking equipment. As the captain guides the vessel under Tampa’s historic bridges—sometimes with only inches to spare—Rodney will weave stories of Ybor’s cigar rollers, factory life, and the city’s rise as “Cigar City.”

    $89.95
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