Ybor City Museum State Park

Ybor City Museum State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Front of the museum
Map showing the location of Ybor City Museum State Park
Map showing the location of Ybor City Museum State Park
Map showing the location of Ybor City Museum State Park
Map showing the location of Ybor City Museum State Park
LocationHillsborough County, Florida, USA
Nearest cityTampa, Florida
Coordinates27°57′40″N 82°26′17″W / 27.96111°N 82.43806°W / 27.96111; -82.43806
Arealess than one acre
Governing bodyNational Park Service / Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Ybor City Museum State Park is a Florida State Park in Tampa, Florida's Ybor City. The museum occupies the former Ferlita Bakery (originally La Joven Francesca) building at 1818 9th Avenue in the Ybor City Historic District. The bakery was known for producing cuban bread and its ovens are part of the museum displays covering the history of the cigar industry and the Latin community from the 1880s through the 1930s. There is also an ornamental garden in the building (available for rental after regular hours).

Tours of the gardens and the "casitas" (small homes of cigar company workers) are provided by a ranger. Exhibits, period photos and a video cover the founding of Ybor City and the cigar making industry.[1]