Tampa Bay History Center

Tampa Bay History Center
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Established2009
LocationTampa, Florida, United States
Coordinates27°56′34″N 82°27′01″W / 27.942702°N 82.45041°W / 27.942702; -82.45041
Websitewww.tampabayhistorycenter.org

Tampa Bay History Center is a history museum in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is a Smithsonian Affiliate and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 2015.[1] Exhibits include coverage of the Tampa Bay area's first native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadors, and historical figures who shaped the area's history, as well as a reproduction of a 1920s cigar store. The museum is on the waterfront at 801 Water Street[2] in Tampa's Channelside District. It opened on January 17, 2009. The History Center building is 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) with 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) of exhibit space.[3][4][5]

The Tampa Bay History Center includes three floors of permanent and temporary exhibition space covering 12,000 years of Florida history, with a special focus on Tampa Bay and the Gulf Coast. The center has a museum store, classrooms, the Witt Research Center (a branch of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System), a map gallery, an event hall and the Columbia Cafe (a branch of Ybor City's Columbia Restaurant).

  1. ^ "About". Tampa Bay History Center. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  2. ^ 801 Water Street
  3. ^ "Tampa Bay History Center opens as jewel of city". The Tampa Tribune. January 18, 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  4. ^ Hooper, Ernest (February 10, 2009). "Dreamer's work for Tampa Bay History Center will endure for generations". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Tampa Bay History Center lands $1 million". Tampa Bay Business Journal. August 25, 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2010.