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It was founded in 1986 by The Junior League of St. Petersburg and Hands-On, Inc. Great Explorations - The Hands-On Museum was formerly housed in a warehouse type location in Downtown St. Petersburg with similar building architecture to the Salvador Dalí Museum and P. Buckley Moss Museum.
Miami-Dade County was the first in Florida to certify hurricane-resistant standards for structures which the Florida Building Code subsequently enacted across all requirements for hurricane-resistant buildings. Many other states reference the requirements set in the Florida Building codes, or have developed their own requirements for hurricanes ...
Armed Forces History Museum, Largo, closed on January 29, 2017, displays included World War I, Japanese memorabilia associated with the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor, USMC in the South Pacific, D-Day landings, German Third Reich, Korean War and 8063rd M.A.S.H memorabilia.
Operated and staffed by the Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs, the museum uses a 27,000-square-foot-gallery and 3,000 square feet of changing exhibition space to display exhibits ...
A state grant of $69,000 allowed for the completion of the museum renovation. [6] The warehouse was restored to its 1890 condition, with modern additions to meet building codes. The front half of the building was dedicated to exhibits on the history of Micanopy and the North Central Florida area.
The Indian Temple Mound Museum was opened in 1962 as “the first municipally owned and operated museum in the state of Florida." [1] According to the city's official website, “Over 1,000 artifacts of stone, bone, clay, and shell are here, as well as one of the finest collections of prehistoric ceramics in the Southeastern United States.
Glazer Children's Museum. The Glazer Children's Museum is located in central downtown, next door to the Tampa Museum of Art and Curtis Hixon Park, alongside the Tampa Riverwalk. It is part of the Waterfront Arts District. Based in a 53,000-square-foot (4,900 m 2) facility in downtown Tampa, Florida, the Museum has 170 hands-on exhibits in ...
The Charles and Linda William's Children's Museum features hands-on science exhibits in a 9,000-square-foot (840 m 2) state-of-the-art facility. The Children's Museum is home to interactive exhibits that demonstrate various principles of science, including a raceway where kids can build their own vehicles, doctor and radiologist exhibits, video ...