NEW MUSEUM

The Tampa Bay History Center is more than a mere repository for historical facts. Functioning as a liaison between the past and the present, the museum will honor our community’s character and heritage, stirring the spirit of adventure found in all its visitors with the generations of stories it has to tell.

THE EXHIBITS

The goal of the permanent exhibit experience is to encourage visitors to understand the value of the Tampa Bay area’s history in the larger context of our shared national heritage and to see themselves as history makers. Like the individuals who have gone before them, visitors will realize that their motivations, actions and decisions will also play an important role in influencing the course of human events.

While the exhibit content will focus on the history and events in and around the Tampa Bay region that have shaped our community today, the themes will provide activities and encounters designed to appeal to a broad audience, from children to adult

learners. The permanent exhibits will explore approximately 500 years of recorded history and 12,000 years of human habitation in the region. With the aid of a variety of audio- visual and interactive components, Native Americans and Spanish conquistadors, pioneer settlers and cigar workers, immigrants and cowboys, military and sports heroes will all transcend time to make their acquaintance and introduce museum visitors to their memorable and unique bygone experiences.

More information on specific exhibits in the new museum will be coming soon.

The Exhibits