Museums

As Tampa grows faster than its memory, the History Center’s new leader sees the past as civic infrastructure.

The Tampa Bay History Center has named Audrey Chapuis as its next president and CEO following a global search.

► Clearwater Marine Aquarium broke ground for its Manatee Rehabilitation Center which will allow CMA to accept manatees in need of restorative care. (Pictured above) ► The Pickleball Club, a Sarasota-based company that develops and operates private membership-based high-amenity indoor pickleball facilities throughout Florida, plans to open a pickleball club in Pinellas Park.  ► Sam and

The Shape of Dreams exhibit is nearing the end of its run at The Dalí Museum, in St. Petersburg.  The exhibit explores 500 years of dream-inspired paintings from the 16th to 20th century, demonstrating how artists, throughout time, have depicted a profound yet universal phenomenon of the human experience — a dream.  It features a

The Tampa Museum of Art has received a $25 million donation from Dick Corbett as the lead donation to the Museum’s Centennial Capital Campaign for Renovation and Expansion, which began during its 100th anniversary celebration in 2020. “This gift from Dick Corbett makes history in Florida’s art community because it constitutes the single largest private

Brad Massey, curator of public history at the Tampa History Center, knows that it’s the objects that tell a story. The Center’s current exhibition, “Cuban Pathways,” showcases more than 130 different objects to reconstruct the diverse, vibrant stories of the many peoples who traveled the pathways between Cuba and Florida, spanning more than 500 years

Cuba is a fascinating place with deep ties to the Tampa Bay area community. And a new exhibit at the Tampa Bay History Center seeks to portray that. “What do you imagine when you think about today’s Cuba? Or the Cuba visited by pastel-wearing tourists in the 1950s? The island nation is the largest in

The Glazer Children’s Museum is enhancing the sense of play for children in Tampa Bay with the new exhibition, “Flag Series” by award-winning artist Maxwell Emcays. The exhibit opened on July 10 and will have complimentary admission on Saturday, July 24 and July 31 during museum hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Flag Series” is

The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts anchors a row of museums in downtown Tampa, including the Tampa Museum of Art and the Glazer Children’s Museum. FMOPA is dedicated to the art of photography and has a prominent place at Tampa’s rich, cultural table. It’s filled with exhibition and event spaces that showcase photographers and images,from

St. Pete’s hidden glass art treasures come to life inside First United Methodist Church, home to rare Tiffany style stained glass windows.