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Cover story Museums
By Times staff
© St. Petersburg Times
published March 20, 2003
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Hoop du jour
Have you worked up an appetite cheering on your basketball team? Here's a culinary full-court press.
If shopping's
your game . . .
Just a few of the many shopping opportunities close to the basketball action in Tampa:
Attractions
Museums
If the sun gets too hot, head indoors for a helping of culture. Here are some of the area's larger museums.
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If the sun gets too hot, head indoors for a helping of culture. Here are some of the area's larger museums.
Tampa Museum of Art
[Photos: Times files]
600 N Ashley Drive. Current big show, in its last U.S. outing, is "Magna Graecia: Greek Art from South Italy and Sicily."
Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg
Permanent exhibits include art of the Holocaust, library and electronic learning center, plus a boxcar used to transport prisoners to Auschwitz.
Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Tampa
Includes IMAX Dome Theater. Permanent exhibits include features on hurricanes and weather, the human body, dinosaurs, space, flight and Florida, plus daily planetarium shows.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Located on the downtown waterfront, permanent collection includes 19th and 20th century French and American art -- paintings, photography and decorative arts. Current special exhibits: French drawings and studio glass, including work by Dale Chihuly.
The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota
Along with the permanent collection of baroque masterworks, a current show focuses on Chinese ceramics. Also on the grounds: the Circus Museum and John and Mable Ringling's restored waterfront home, Ca'd' Zan.
Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg
In addition to the famous huge works by the Spanish master, current shows feature works by Dali contemporary Joan Miro.
Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg
Permanent exhibit: major collection of mementos from the life of John F. Kennedy. Current shows include Soviet-era art and a photo show of famous women.
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