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Situated on the Bayboro Harbor in downtown St. Petersburg, the Salvador Dali Museum is home to the world's most comprehensive collection of works by the late Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali. The collection includes 94 original oils, over 100 watercolors and drawings, plus 1,300 graphics, sculptures, holograms, objects of art and photographs. You will be awed by the size and complexity of some of the largest Dali paintings in the world. These creations will engage the imagination of the world forever. Your mind will be perplexed, confounded, stimulated and intrigued. Discover the strange world of Dali...one of the twentieth century's greatest artists. From the little known early works in which Dali painted in Impressionist styles, to his Classic and Surrealist periods, one will see hints of Picasso, Cezanne, Velasquez and others culminating in a distinctive Dali style. The famous double image paintings and the monumental canvases are among the most popular in the museum.
The Florida International Museum has become the premier museum in Florida for presenting world-class, blockbuster exhibitions with attendance since 1995 at over one million visitors from all 50 states and over 100 countries. The museum was organized in 1992 for the purpose of creating a major international cultural center within a 300,000 square foot former department store building that has undergone a multi-million dollar renovation. The museum is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing educational exhibitions. To date, over 150,000 school children have toured the museum.
The fundamental goal of the Museum is to further education regarding this unprecedented destruction of human life and to promote the lessons of tolerance, respect and responsibility. Rather than dwelling on the horrors of the past, The museum concentrates on the present - reaching the individuals in our communities and classrooms uninformed about the Holocaust, and those who fail to grasp its size and implications. This tragic era in human history, provides the opportunity to study and challenge the impact of bigotry, prejudice, hatred and indifference. The Florida Holocaust Museum is dedicated to advancing public awareness, education and understanding of the Holocaust, honoring the memory of millions of innocent people who suffered, struggled and died in the Shoah. Directions: Coming from the south, take I-275 to I-175 (S Bay Drive) and exit at Sixth Street S. Go north on Sixth Street to First Avenue S and turn right. The museum is one block down on the left side of the street. Coming from the north, Take I-275 to I-375 (N Bay Drive) and exit at Dr. M.L.King (Ninth) Street N. Go south to First Avenue S and turn left. The museum is four blocks down on the left side of the street. Center info The Florida Holocaust Museum is at 55 Fifth St. S in St. Petersburg.
Imagine a museum where you don't just look at the exhibits. You touch them. Move them. Explore them. And in some cases actually become part of them. This is Great Explorations. And it doesn't sound like any place you've been before, it's for a good reason. It's not. Great Explorations is a place for people of all ages to stretch their mental muscles. Test their wits. And fire their imaginations. Prisms and mirrors help turn ordinary sunlight into an extraordinary three-dimensional experience. Are you ready for excitement? Are you ready for fun? Are you ready to be challenged and rewarded? Refreshed and recharged? Educated and entertained? Then you are ready for a trip through Great Explorations, the Hands on Museum.
The elegant Palladian-style building combines the styles of a classic art museum and a Mediterranean villa at home in Florida's tropical climate. Designed by John Volk, the building itself a work of art, has twenty galleries, some small and intimate, others more spacious. The Museum also has splendid Membership and Sculpture Gardens. The Museum, founded by Mrs. Margaret Acheson Stuart, opened in 1965 and is now one of the finest in the Southeast. The collection has more than 4,000 objects extending from antiquity to the present day and includes works by such major French artists as Fragonard, Vigee-Lebrun, Cezanne, Monet, Berthe Morisot, Gauguin, Renoir and Rodin. The Museum also has significant works by the American artists Thomas Moran, George Inness, Robert Henri, George Bellows and Georgia O'Keeffe. Native American, African, Asian and pre-Columbian art, as well as photographs, are also on view and a gallery is devoted to Steuben Glass. Lectures, tours, classes, films and performing arts events enhance visitors' understanding of the permanent collection, special exhibitions, and art and culture in general. The Museum presents classical music and jazz concerts in the striking Marly Room. The Collectors Circle, the Friends of Photography, the Friends of Decorative Arts, and the Marly Group bring together those with special interests. The Museum of Fine Arts welcomes all people. Directions: Take I-275 to Exit 10. (4th Ave N.) Take 4th St. to Beach Drive, and take a right. The museum is on your left.
One of the oldest historical museums in the State of Florida. Since 1920, SPMH has been collecting, preserving and presenting St. Petersburg history through exhibitions and special programs. That tradition continues today, and we invite you to sample what SPMH has to offer. From fossilized footprints to the first commercial airline to St. Petersburg's famous green benches, SPMH has it . . . Directions: The Museum is located on the approach to The Pier in downtown St. Petersburg. Take I-275 exit 10 (Pier exit) to Beach Drive, then south to 2nd Avenue NE. Parking is available on the street, at the rear of the museum, or in the Pier lot next door to themuseum.
St. Petersburg's newest museum is named after Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875 to 1950), a Virginia native and son of former slaves, who has been called the father of Black History Month. The museum's mission is to preserve, present and interpret African American history and promote an understanding to help all respect and value diversity as well as to foster equal rights and social justice. Dr. Carter G. Woodson said, "If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and stands in danger of being exterminated." The museum is located in Midtown section of St. Petersburg - a half block from the historic 22nd Street corridor which in the 1940s and 1950s was the social hub of the African American community. Nearby landmarks along 22nd Street include the Royal Theater Boys & Girls Club, the St. Petersburg College Midtown Achievement Center, the Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center at the historic Mercy Hospital campus, the restored Manhattan Casino and the St. Pete Clay Company (former CSX Railroad Depot). African Americans have played a crucial role in the growth and development of St. Petersburg since the late 1880s - first arriving seeking work, finding it on the Orange Belt Railroad and other emerging enterprises. Settling near the downtown area to be near jobs and the railroad, they established neighborhoods and the community grew, creating independent institutions and a unique culture. The history of this community will be the focus of programming at the Woodson Museum in order to preserve it for present and future generations of St. Petersburg residents.
Arts and Culture inquiries please email to ann.wykell@stpete.org.
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