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Visit These Tampa Bay Museums For Free On Museum Day 2022

Smithsonian Magazine's 18th annual Museum Day will be held Sept. 17. The event gives free access for one day to museums across the country.

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With its distinctive Moorish architecture, opulent furnishings and tropical gardens, Henry B. Plant’s Tampa Bay Hotel attracted celebrated guests from Teddy Roosevelt to Sarah Bernhardt to Babe Ruth.
With its distinctive Moorish architecture, opulent furnishings and tropical gardens, Henry B. Plant’s Tampa Bay Hotel attracted celebrated guests from Teddy Roosevelt to Sarah Bernhardt to Babe Ruth. (Plant Museum)

TAMPA BAY, FL — From the space program to maritime artifacts to local history, gather your family and friends this weekend to learn something with free admission at MUSEUM NAME and several others in Tampa Bay.

Smithsonian Magazine’s 18th annual Museum Day will take place Sept. 17 at select museums in Tampa Bay and in other cities across the country.

This year’s theme, “Experience America,” celebrates “the return to, and resurgence of, our country's diverse cultural experiences,” following closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a news release.

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The following museums in Tampa Bay are participating in this year’s Museum Day:

Cracker Country in Tampa
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Find out what's happening in Tampafor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Henry B. Plant Museum in Tampa
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Imagine Museum in St. Petersburg
Hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Manatee County Agricultural Museum in Palmetto
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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May-Stringer House Museum in Brooksville
Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Palmetto Historical Park in Palmetto
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Tampa Bay History Center in Tampa
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Ybor City Museum State Park in Tampa
Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature in Bradenton
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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1885 Train Depot Museum in Brooksville
Hours: noon to 3 p.m.
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Countryman Family One-Room Schoolhouse Museum in Brooksville
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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The purpose of Museum Day, according to a release, is to promote equal access to the wide array of museums in the United States, especially among children and underrepresented communities.

Museum-goers can head to the Museum Day website to download their ticket. Each ticket grants the ticket holder and one guest free, timed access to any participating museum. One ticket is permitted per email address; each ticket admits two people to a venue on Saturday.

See the full list of participating museums at SmithsonianMag.com.

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