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The museum was founded by Mary Wheeler Eaton [1] in 1920 as the St. Petersburg Memorial Historical Society. The city of St. Petersburg granted the organization the site after the 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane destroyed the aquarium standing on the land. It is the oldest museum in Pinellas County. [2]
A Wall Street Journal article titled "U.S. Art World Dillydallies Over Dalí" caught the attention of the St. Petersburg, FL community, who rallied to bring the collection to the area. [10] A marine warehouse in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida was rehabilitated and the museum opened on March 7, 1982, [9] where it remained until 2010.
Volk stated that "a museum should give a feeling of permanence and that is what I have tried to do with this building." [3] Chartered by the State of Florida in 1961, the MFA opened its Beach Drive doors to the public in 1965; the first art museum in St. Petersburg. The size of the museum was more than doubled in 2008, when the 33,000 square ...
Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement (MAACM) is a 137,000 sq ft (12,700 m 2) museum which opened in 2021 in St. Petersburg, Florida. [3] The museum is funded by The Two Red Roses Foundation, [4] which in turn was endowed by art collector, businessman and philanthropist Rodolfo (Rudy) Ciccarello.
ST. PETERSBURG — Tom Jones says he is an American Indian person first and an artist second. ... Here We Stand,” on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg through Aug. 27. Jones is an ...
Pages in category "Museums in St. Petersburg, Florida" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art is a museum [1] located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The museum was founded by businessman Thomas James, and opened in 2018. [2] [3] [4] The museum has thousands of pieces from the James' collection, including both contemporary and traditional works. [5] Tom and Mary James spent $75 million creating the ...
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the most populous city in the state that is not a county seat (the city of Clearwater is the seat of Pinellas County). [4]