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Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, FL

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Henry B. Plant Museum

A Gilded Age museum set inside the former Tampa Bay Hotel, a winter resort on the University of Tampa campus.

401 W. Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33606 · Tampa, FL

About Henry B. Plant Museum

The museum occupies the south wing of Plant Hall, a former resort hotel built by railroad and shipping magnate Henry B. Plant. Its rooms show period furnishings used by early guests and present the lifestyle of the era's wealthy travelers. Exhibits also cover the building's use as a military headquarters during the Spanish-American War and the wider Tampa Bay tourism history of the period. Displays are arranged to match how the rooms were originally used.

  • #Gilded Age
  • #historic house museum
  • #Tampa Bay Hotel
  • #Spanish-American War
  • #National Historic Landmark

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