INUSA Museums
Pioneer Florida Museum
15602 Pioneer Museum Rd (PO Box 335), Dade City, FL 33526
904-567-0262
Restored 1860s schoolhouse, church, depot, home, shoe repair shop
depiciting pioneer family life in FL. Tue-Sun 1-5. $
Crowley Museum and Nature Center
16405 Myakka Rd, Sarasota, FL 34240 941-322-1000
Exhibits emphasizing pioneer history and lifestyles of the late 19th
and early 20th century. Replica of homestead cabin, working blacksmith
shop, country store, Victorian parlor. Folk art. Call for hours.
Donation.
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium
1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota, FL 941-388-4441
Not your run-of-the-mill tourist attraction. Daily 10-5. $
Children's Museum of Tampa
7550 North Blvd, Tampa, FL 813-935-8441
Jun-Aug Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 1-5, Sep-May Mon-Fri 9-3, Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5. $
Cracker Country
4800 N Hwy 301 (PO Box 11766), Tampa, FL 33680 813-626-8577
12 buildings, 1870-1912, located on the Florida State Fairgrounds. All
buildings contain period furnishing, Lionel train collection in Depot,
collection of oil portraits of FL Governors beginning with Andrew
Jackson. Old Fashioned Christmas Dec, State Fair Feb. $
401 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606 813-254-1891
History and decorative arts museum housed in 1891 Tampa Bay Hotel.
Railroad, steamship, hotel artifacts. Tue-Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4. Donation.
Hillsborough County Historical Commission Museum and Library
Court House Room 250, Tampa, FL 33602 813-272-5919
Hillsborough County and Florida memorabilia, Spanis-American War,
southern states history. Mon-Fri 10-4. Donation.
Museum of Science and Industry
4801 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33617 813-987-6300
25,000 sq ft open-air exhibition area, 300-seat auditorium,
planetarium, 30 acre natural habitat, GTE Challenger Learning Center,
cafe, gift shop. Sun-Thu 9-4:30, Fri-Sat 9-9. $
Ybor City State Museum
1818 Ninth Ave E, Tampa 33605 813-247-6323
Exhibits and artifacts on the cigar industry in Tampa's Latin District.
1923 Bakery with original brick commercial ovens, c.1895 restored and
furnished house, originally rented to workers. Gift shop. Tue-Sat 9-12
and 1-5. $