The Tampa Bay History Center officially opened Saturday at 801 Old Water St. in downtown Tampa. It has 25,000 square feet of exhibit areas featuring 12,000 years of local history, interactive displays and multiple theaters. ...more

January 18, 2009

A proposal for a Riverwalk in downtown Tampa has been around in some form or another since the 1970s. And, through the years, some folks have ridiculed it as a pipe dream, a boondoggle and a waste. ...more

January 17, 2009

The Tampa Bay History Center's grand opening is scheduled today. And the history of how a 60,000-square-foot shimmering building on the waterfront with interactive exhibits came to be is itself worth the public's attention. ...more

January 17, 2009

The grand opening of the 60,000-square-foot Tampa Bay History Center will feature entertainment, interactive exhibitions and door prizes. ...more

January 15, 2009

The news media got a sneak peek Wednesday of the new Tampa Bay History Center, just days before its grand opening Saturday. The museum, on Garrison Channel in Tampa's Channel District, tells the 12,000-year story of Florida's history through centuries-old artifacts and modern audiovisual exhibits. Visitors can walk through a replica of a cigar shop from 1920s-era Ybor City and experience the Seminole Wars in a multisensory theater. Maps dating as far back as the 16th century are on display, as are Florida's Cracker culture and the civil rights movement in the Bay area. ...more

January 15, 2009

A pro football player from 1921, a leafy stem caressing a woman's back, three very placid dogs fishing from a rowboat, a medieval knight on horseback, a towel-wrapped neck and head hanging out of a bathtub: These are just some of the images to be found at four very different museum exhibits opening this month around Tampa Bay. ...more

January 14, 2009

Several downtown buildings will be transformed into works of art this month. ...more

January 8, 2009

Visitors to the new Tampa Bay History Center will be able to manipulate models of ships and trains to learn about the city's seaport and transportation system, the facility's president said this morning. ...more

January 7, 2009

TAMPA -- Several downtown buildings will be transformed into works of art this month. Beginning Saturday, the city's "Lights On Tampa" exhibit gets under way with installations that will remain up through Feb. 1, coinciding with the Super Bowl and Gasparilla events. ...more

January 5, 2009

The role Tampa's seaport has played throughout history will be the focus of a display to debut at the Tampa Bay History Center's new building, which is scheduled to open on Jan. 17. ...more

January 5, 2009