Current Exhibits

Exhibits

  • Imperfect Harmony: Man, Machine, and Music at the Tampa Bay Hotel
    Mar 24, 2024 - Dec 23, 2024
    10 am - 5 pm

    Discover the lost world of self-playing musical instruments in an exciting new exhibit on music at the Tampa Bay Hotel.

  • Exotic Souvenirs
    Jan 1, 2020 - Jan 1, 2030
    10 am - 5 pm

    Visitors will see the European, Middle Eastern and Asian themes emerge as they examine the furnishing.

  • Parlor Suite
    Jan 1, 2020 - Jan 1, 2030
    10 am - 5 pm

    Directly under a minaret, the Parlor Suite is perfectly located to catch cool cross breezes.

  • Plant’s Southern Empire
    Jan 1, 2020 - Jan 1, 2030
    10am - 5pm

    “We are not working only for the present, but for the future.” - Henry B. Plant, 1892

  • Spanish-American War & its Tampa Connection
    Jan 1, 2020 - Jan 1, 2030
    10 am - 5 pm

    Tampa and the Tampa Bay Hotel played an important role in the Spanish-American War during the summer of 1898.

  • Sports & Amusements
    Jan 1, 2020 - Jan 1, 2030
    10 am - 5 pm

    Open from December to April throughout the 1890s, the Hotel was a lively place with magnificent balls, tea parties, and organized hunts during the winter social season.

  • Tampa Bay Hotel Gardens
    Jan 1, 2020 - Jan 1, 2030
    10 am - 5 pm

    Gardens were an important center of living for the Victorians, and the Tampa Bay Hotel.

  • The Grand Hallway
    Jan 1, 2020 - Jan 1, 2030
    10 am - 5 pm

    The collection reflects the lifestyle of the late Victorian period, an era of conspicuous consumption appropriately dubbed "The Gilded Age.”

  • Women & Their Pastimes
    Jan 1, 2020 - Jan 1, 2030
    10 am - 5 pm

    The floor covering in this room is original to the Tampa Bay Hotel.

  • Writing & Reading Room
    Jan 1, 2020 - Jan 1, 2030
    1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

    The room looks just as it did in 1898 when Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Clara Barton and others stayed here.