Exhibits to Explore

The American Soldier: Conflicts, Shipwrecks and the Homefront

American Soldier: Conflicts, Shipwrecks & The Homefront is a powerful exhibit of three elements of American military history, woven together to share the American determination to defend its beliefs and people. It includes more than 30 images of the award-winning American Soldier photography exhibit, cases filled with military weaponry and artifacts dating back to the Civil War, artifacts and storyboards from the Union naval ship Maple Leaf sunk near Jacksonville by the Confederates in 1864, and photographs of St. Petersburg’s contribution to the World War II effort.

The Florida Highwaymen

From the 1950s to the 1970s, 26 Black artists would, in a herculean effort, produce over 200,000 pieces of artwork depicting Florida's rich landscape in a way never before seen. Dubbed the “Florida Highwaymen,” these artists sold their art from the trunk of their cars on US Highway 1 when Jim Crow laws prevented them from showing in galleries.

The St. Petersburg Museum of History is proud to exhibit a private collection of 26 unique Florida Highwaymen pieces.

Meddling: The Women Who Built St. Pete

From the Pinellas Peninsula's first settlers to the trailblazers of today, women have always had a hand in the development of St. Petersburg. Referred to as "meddling" by historians for stepping out of gender norms and into male-dominated spaces, these women were politicians, civic leaders, educators, real estate developers, business owners and more. Through photographs, info panels, artifacts and video, this exhibit shares the stories of the women who created the Sunshine City. This exhibit was made possible through funding by the Adelphi Trust Company, the first trust company in Florida founded, owned and led by women

Vote Like It's 1919Vote Like
It's 1919

In August of 1919, just months after earning the right to vote in municipal elections, St. Pete women cast their first ballots. They voted alongside men on 21 potential amendments to the City Charter.

Vote now on five of those amendments to see if the St. Petersburg of Today would vote like the St. Petersburg of 1919!

Flight One Gallery

Get up close and personal with the world’s first airliner and experience the birth of commercial aviation. The panoramic Flight One Gallery is only yards from where aviation history was made on January 1, 1914.

Schrader's Little Cooperstown

Where America’s pastime helps share American history. Made up of 5,000 baseballs, Schrader's Little Cooperstown is certified by Guinness World Records as the largest collection of its kind. This exhibit takes visitors on a journey through our rich history with stories and artifacts of baseball legends like Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, as well as the Women’s Professional Baseball League and Negro Leagues.

Piers through the Years
Presented by Pilot Bank

This newly renovated exhibition explores the stories behind St. Pete’s iconic waterfront piers and illustrates their significance to our city’s history as a waterfront destination.

Sunshine City Gallery

From the first Post Office, the wonder that is Webbs City, the remnants of World War ll, to the cites oldest resident our 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy.

Stroll through St. Petersburg Unique pass.

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Vote Like It's 1919Vote Like
It's 1919

In August of 1919, just months after earning the right to vote in municipal elections, St. Pete women cast their first ballots. They voted alongside men on 21 potential amendments to the City Charter. Vote now on five of those amendments to see if the St. Petersburg of Today would vote like the St. Petersburg of 1919!

Here Are The Five Ballot Questions, Vote Yes or No!

 
 

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1919 Ballot Question 1

Giving the mayor the power to appoint the chief of police, chief of fire department, municipal judge, city attorney, building inspector, food inspector, to be confirmed by a majority of the board of commissioners.

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1919 Ballot Question 2

Provides for the establishment of a department of finance, department of public works and utilities, board of tax commissioners, board of public park, library and city advertising board, board of health, hospital board.

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1919 Ballot Question 3

Fixing the salary of director of finance at three thousand dollars ($51,158.64 today) per year, and that of director of public utilities and works at twenty-five hundred ($42,632.20 today) per year.

 
 

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1919 Ballot Question 4

Prohibiting officers or employees of the city or of any department thereof, from participating in any municipal convention, meeting, campaign, or use his office or position to influence political municipal movements, or receive, demand, or solicit money for political municipal purposes. And providing for the discharge of any officer or employee of the city for violating the provision of this section.

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1919 Ballot Question 5

That civic improvements be exempted from taxation in the city of St. Petersburg.

 


"[The St. Petersburg Museum of History.] What a pearl that place is, what a gem."
— Randy Wayne White,

Best-selling Author, 2019 Lifetime Literary Award Winner

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