Tampa Bay History Center, Florida, United States

5Barry M 5:00 PM Feb 2, 2023

Tampa Treasure
We started by watching a short film on Tampa the strolled through the multi-level museum. My favorite exhibit dealt with pirates and treasure hunting, encompassed most of 4th floor. It was so well done with a combination of static displays and interactive exhibits. The museum covers all facets of the history it Tampa from pre-Spanish exploration through current times.

4Olde_biL 5:00 PM Mar 27, 2020

Informative and Interactivve
Our visit to the Tampa Bay History Museum improved our knowledge of the history of Florida and of Tampa Bay. The quality of the exhibits was excellent and many were interactive and suitable for younger museum goers. We chose to to visit the museum on a day between spring training baseball games and were not disappointed. The museum itself begins on the 2nd floor of the dedicated building in which it's housed. The first exhibit encountered is for Florida's first peoples and also addresses 'interactions' with Spanish Conquistadors, the short film is worth viewing. Also from this floor, we enjoyed learning more about the Cigar industry in Tampa and what we took away dove tailed nicely with some of what we learned at the Plant museum earlier. We found the next floor a little less compelling although it does fill in more contemporary aspects of Tampa history. More fun was the floor above this as it concerns privateers and pirates. I got to see if I could remember how to tie some sailing knots and the theater presentation was entertaining even if it's obviously aimed at a younger crowd. BTW, I finally figured out the difference between an Astrolabe and a Sextant. The museum was well worth the couple of hours we invested. We rounded out our trip by enjoying a stroll along the Tampa Riverwalk that begins just outside the building.