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The science museum began in December 1990 as a 1,000-square-foot (93 m 2) room within the Florida West Coast Symphony building under the name Gulf Coast World of Science (GCWS). [3] [4] The nonprofit organization moved to a bigger location after it was awarded a 20 year lease with the Sarasota City Commission in January 1998. The location was ...
In February 2015 Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievements, announced that the Sarasota Chalk Festival, a 501c3 nonprofit cultural arts organization, secured the title for the 'Largest Anamorphic Pavement Art' in the world during the November 2014 Chalk Festival in Venice, Florida, U.S.A. Anamorphic (3D ...
Gulfcoast Wonder & Imagination Zone, The Hands-On Science Museum, Sarasota [45] Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, closed January 2009, collection now part of Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College; Klassix Auto Attraction, Daytona Beach, closed in 2003 [46] Hibel Museum of Art, Jupiter [47]
The contemporary Florida art collections of the now-defunct Gulf Coast Museum of Art became part of the Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College in 2009. The new museum's inaugural exhibit in 2009 was "In a New Light – Selections from the Gulf Coast Museum of Art Collection". The museum was permanently closed on December 4, 2010 ...
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
Funspot is ranked by Guinness World Records as the world's largest arcade. [1] [2] The majority of games at Funspot are part of the American Classic Arcade Museum's collection, a non-profit organization located on Funspot's second floor, [2] whose goal is to "promote and preserve the history of coin-operated arcade games." [3]
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]
Gulf Islands National Seashore map. Gulf Islands National Seashore is an American National seashore that offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi. In 2023, it was the fifth-most visited unit of the National Park Service.