Tampa Bay History Center Field Trip

Mon, 17 Mar, 2025 at 10:00 am UTC-04:00

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Busy Bee Homeschool Hive, LLC
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Tampa Bay History Center Field Trip Join us for a tour and scavenger hunt at the Tampa Bay History Center.
Groups can explore a life size pirate ship replica and artifacts, a life sized cabin they explore, and much more.
It is a fun and interactive way to learn about Florida's History, from pirates and shipwrecks to Spanish explorers and settlers
Direct Link:
https://www.busybeehomeschoolhive.com/event-details-registration/tampa-bay-history-center
The Tampa Bay History Center proudly provides museum themes that closely follow the Florida Department of Education State Standards, and incorporate numerous benchmarks into their presentations that are tied to Florida History curriculum.

When:
Monday, March 17, 2025
Starts at 10:15am - There will be a 75 minute guided tour and 30 minute scavenger hunt.
Everyone is welcome to stay as long as they like.
Where:
Tampa Bay History Center
801 Water Street, Tampa, FL 33602

Experiences:
1- Guided Tour for 4th -6th graders
The tours will vary, based on the ages of the kiddos. Grades 4th-6th may enjoy a 75 minute tour designed for their level.
All tours are fun-filled, interactive, and engaging for kids. Using hands on exploration, the museum utilizes a combination of exhibits, films and activities for the group.

2- Scavenger hunt for all ages-
The museum offers a scavenger hunt designed for our group. It takes 20-30 minutes to complete on each floor (there are 3 floors).

*Chaperones-
Chaperones are welcome and encouraged. During the tour, it is encouraged that there be one parent or less per student. We have 15 student spots available for the tour.

All adults and family members are encouraged to join. However, the tour is only available for 30 people total. We encourage families to tour the museum and complete the scavenger hunt, if not partaking in the tour.

Lunch:
Picnic lunches and boxed lunches are available for PRE-ORDER through the Columbia Cafe that is located in the museum.

If you would like a boxed lunch, they must be reserved by March 7, 2025.

Parking:
Not included

There are multiple parking options, but unfortunately, it is not included in the rate here.

1- Channelside Parking Garage
369 S. 12th Street

I strongly encourage you to reserve parking ahead of time online at: Channelside Garage Water Street Tampa
https://waterstreettampa.com/explore/channelside-garage

Mondays tend to be cruise ship days. This being said, cost for parking may be higher on such days if you do not reserve parking ahead of time.
Typically, it costs $12/day if reserved ahead of time.

2- Garrison Street Parking Lot
615 Channelside Dr.

3- East Cumberland Parking Garage
1046 E. Cumberland Ave

Museum Etiquette-
1- Leave bags or large tote bags outside of the galleries
2- No Food or Drink in the galleries
3- Only bring NONPERMANENT writing utensils - pencils

Gallery & Exhibit Themes:
2nd Floor:
1- Florida's First People
Artifacts, dug-out canoe, pottery and exhibit of early inhabitants of Florida.
2- Winds of Change
Film - 20 min. film telling the story of Spanish explorer Panfilo de Narvaez's landing near Tampa Bay
3- Seminole Culture
Seminole Wars artifacts
4- Coacoochee's Story
Film- 20 min film reviewing the Second Seminole War
5- Ybor City - Immigration
1920's cigar shop factory and exhibit of immigrant communities

3rd Floor:
1- Your Tampa Bay
virtual tour of regional landmarks
2- Cowmen
Interactive exhibit showcasing Florida's cattle ranching history
3- Natural Resources
Florida's industries- fishing, phosphate mining, agriculture
4- A Land of Citrus
5-Port City
Shipping container
6-Travails & Triumphs
Stories of change in Tampa Bay, including civil rights, urban development, and black history
7- War Stories
8- A Land Remembered
Large replica cabin from Patrick Smith's novel A Land Remembered, where kids get to interact and re-enact living in a cabin in the early settlement days

4th Floor:
1- Treasure Seekers Gallery
Interactive exhibit of Florida's conquistadors, pirates, and shipwrecks.
There is a 60-foot replica of a Bermuda sloop (A real pirate ship!)
2- Explorers of Florida
3- Follow the Stars
Learn how sailors used early technology to navigate, and interact with the actual tools they used.
4- In the Hold/ Life at Sea Armory
5- Pirates
6- The Pirate's Fate Theater
7- Shipwrecks
8- Touchton Map Library - Cartographic Education

Event Venue

Tampa Bay History Center, 801 Water St, Tampa, FL 33602-5418, United States,Tampa, Florida

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