Cracker Country

08/28/2026

Get ready for a morning of big adventures for your little explorer! Coming Sept 16, 2026. Get your tickets early: https://floridastatefairgrounds.com/event/pioneertots/

07/28/2026

🏫🚌 Plan Early & Save on Your Next Cracker Country Field Trip!
Register your field trip by July 31, 2026, and receive $1 off per student admission for visits scheduled during September 2026 or May 2027. General registration will begin on August 3.

Signup Here: https://form.jotform.com/262045228496158

More Information: https://mailchi.mp/59579bebbcc3/join-us-for-an-exciting-cracker-country-field-trip-4939507

Learn More About our Field Trips: https://floridastatefairgrounds.com/visit/cracker-country/field-trips/

07/23/2026

Summer is the time for major repairs and construction in Cracker Country. Today, our fairgrounds team members from landscaping, operations and the equestrian center are here helping us remove a dead tree and reconstruct a bridge. Sometimes we find surprises hidden deep in the ground...we think the culvert pipe in photo #3 needs to be replaced. What do you think?🤣

07/08/2026

Cracker Country has been named #2 of the Top 20 Places to take Kids in Tampa Bay for 2026!!! Thank you to all who voted for our little museum! To see the full Top 20 list, visit https://tampa.kidsoutandabout.com/content/top-20-places-take-kids-and-around-tampa

06/30/2026

Congratulations to Judy Valleri, Cracker Country's Docent of the Year!! Our docent team annually nominates and votes for one of their peers and this year they chose Judy to receive this well-deserved honor! Thank you, Judy, for all you do for Cracker Country!

06/29/2026

Let's help the #1 fair in Florida become the #1 fair in the country!

Big news, Fair fans… we’ve been nominated!🎉🎡
The Florida State Fair is up for USA TODAY 10Best “Best State Fair” - and we need YOUR vote to stay on top🙌

Vote here: https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/florida-state-fair-tampa-florida/

✅ You can vote once per day through July 27 - thank you for your support!

06/18/2026

Only two days left to vote for your favorites in Kids Out and About's annual survey of the Top 20 Places to Take Kids in Tampa Bay! Voting ends June 20th. Help us keep Cracker Country in the top five!
https://tampa.kidsoutandabout.com/content/top-20-places-take-kids-and-around-tampa

06/05/2026

Cracker Country has been nominated once again for a spot in the annual Kids Out and About Top 20 Places to Take Kids in Tampa Bay!

Cracker Country has been in the top five consistently for many years, and we need YOU to help boost us into #1!!! You may vote once per device - so fire up that cell phone, tablet, Kindle, laptop and dust off that old Commodore 64 and vote, vote, vote! Link here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KOAASurvey2026

05/30/2026

Big thanks to Scouting America Troop 12 from Lutz for building Cracker Country's kitchen garden a new arbor! This arbor is an Eagle Scout project that will serve the museum well for many years to come. ❤️

05/14/2026

The Sunshine Bluegrass Girls visited Cracker Country on Homeschool Day! Our theme for the event was Art and Music, and it was wonderful to see a new generation carrying on a musical tradition.❤️