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Tampa Bay History Center, 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL (2026)

Name: Tampa Bay History Center
Address: 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL, 33602, US
Telephone: +18132280097
Price range: $

The Tampa Bay History Center includes three floors of permanent and temporary exhibition space focusing on 12,000 years of Florida history. The History Center features a Museum Store, the Witt Research Center (a branch of the Hillsborough County Public Library System), a map gallery, an event hall and the Columbia Cafe. One of Tampa’s premier cultural venues, the History Center’s hands-on, kid-fri

endly activities, together with cutting-edge interactive exhibits provide a unique educational experience.

09/02/2026

On Nov. 4, award-winning National Geographic photographer Mac Stone takes us deep into ancient forests through the stories and photographs behind his new book, “Cypress: The Last Old-Growth Swamps.”

From ghost orchids high in the trees to panthers moving through the wetlands below, discover some of the South’s most extraordinary and increasingly rare landscapes through the eyes of a photographer, biologist and conservationist who has spent more than a decade documenting them.

Tickets are just $5 and free for History Center members. Join us in person or online for an evening you won’t want to miss.

09/01/2026

How have streetcars, highways, buses, bikes and boats shaped the Tampa we know today?

Join us at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 2 for “Florida Conversations: How Tampa Moves,” a free discussion exploring Tampa’s transportation history and the future of mobility in the city.

In-person seats are sold out but you can still join for free through Zoom. Register today and join the conversation, link in the bio.

08/25/2026

Teachers, turn your next social studies lesson into an experience your students can see, question and remember.

Field trips at the Tampa Bay History Center are designed for pre-K through 12th-grade students, with age-appropriate programs that closely follow Florida Department of Education state standards and support social studies benchmarks across grade levels.

Through primary sources, historic objects, films and immersive exhibits, students investigate concepts connected directly to their classroom lessons. Programs explore topics including Florida’s Native peoples, the Seminole Wars, immigration, industry, transportation and the development of the Tampa Bay region.

Give your students a deeper understanding of Florida history through standards-aligned learning beyond the classroom.

Explore programs for your grade level and submit a field-trip reservation request today: https://tampabayhistorycenter.org/field-trips/

08/24/2026

How did Ybor City become Ybor City? Explore it with an urban planning professor.

Join Evangeline “Van” Linkous, Ph.D., AICP, a History Center-trained guide and USF professor who specializes in the subjects that shaped Ybor City, including industrialization, mutual aid societies, highway development, suburbanization and downtown revitalization.

During this 90-minute walking tour, Van uses Ybor’s cigar factories, social clubs, brick streets and landmark buildings to explain how the district became a center of the U.S. cigar industry, developed as a rare multiethnic and multiracial industrial community in the Deep South, and changed through postwar development and revitalization.

Sept. 19 | 10 to 11:30 a.m.
$25 | Members save 20%

Explore Ybor City with a urban history export.

08/21/2026

✨ Free admission!✨ Active-duty, National Guard and Reserve military personnel and their families receive free admission through Sept. 7 as part of the Blue Star Museums program.

Simply present a qualifying military ID when you arrive.

08/20/2026

Chinsegut Hill offers a look at another side of Florida, with historic grounds and sweeping views across the rolling hills of Hernando County. In a new article for Florida Rambler, Bonnie Gross heads off the beaten path for a day trip worth the drive.

Address

801 Water Street
Tampa, FL
33602

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+18132280097

Website

http://www.tampabayhistorycenter.org/

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