Henry and Margaret Plant filled the Tampa Bay Hotel with an eclectic collection of late 19th century ceramics and treasures from Europe and Asia. The core of the Henry Plant Museum collection is composed of these rare and exotic finds. The ceramics in the collection include artifacts made of pottery, stoneware, porcelain, terra cotta, and majolica. These artifacts were purchased on lavish buying trips to Europe and were displayed in the hotel solarium, rotunda, grand salon, dining room, and along the quarter of a mile long corridors. Click on any of the images below for more information on an item.