Quick Tour of the Tampa Bay History Center (Tampa, FL) - 8K Travel VLOG & Review

Tampa Bay History Center is a history museum in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is a Smithsonian Affiliate and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 2015. Exhibits include coverage of the Tampa Bay area's first native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadors, and historical figures who shaped the area's history, as well as a reproduction of a 1920s cigar store. The museum is on the waterfront at 801 Water Street in Tampa's Channelside District. It opened on January 17, 2009. The History Center building is 60,000 square feet with 25,000 square feet of exhibit space.

The Tampa Bay History Center includes three floors of permanent and temporary exhibition space covering 12,000 years of Florida history, with a special focus on Tampa Bay and the Gulf Coast. The center has a museum store, classrooms, the Witt Research Center (a branch of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System), a map gallery, an event hall and the Columbia Cafe (a branch of Ybor City's Columbia Restaurant).

Chapters:
00:00 I'm back in Tampa!
00:07 Opening Titles
00:18 Special Thanks to the staff of the History Center
00:35 Introduction
00:50 The museum opened in 2009
01:00 Neat exhibit based on Spanish conquistadors
01:15 Native American exhibit
01:25 A full size replica of a 1920 cigar store
01:35 Located in a very nice section of town
01:50 Admission price
02:00 Located near I-275 for easy access
02:10 The weather forecast was terrible for the day I visited
02:20 I visited this Museum instead of Busch Gardens
02:35 Located on the old Tampa trolley line
02:50 There is a parking garage within walking distance
03:00 The bottom line
03:25 A little music...
04:50 Thanks for watching!

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