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Schools

Teachers will museum-hop Tuesday night

By Times Staff Writer
Published September 25, 2005


ST. PETERSBURG - The Florida Holocaust Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Salvador Dali Museum will host the third annual Teachers' Tribute night Tuesday. During the event, from 5:30 to 9:15 p.m., more than 300 educators from seven counties will visit each museum. Participants will also receive study guides and activity plans they can use in the classroom.

Teachers representing schools in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Hernando, Manatee, Sarasota, Polk and Pasco counties have been invited for the evening, whose theme is "Integrating Art, History & Culture."

Guests will begin by visiting the Salvador Dali Museum and the Florida Holocaust Museum and then proceed to the Museum of Fine Arts for closing remarks by Catherine Fleeger, assistant superintendent in charge of Pinellas high schools.

For more information about Teacher Tribute 2005, call the Dali Museum at 823-3767.

[Last modified September 25, 2005, 02:15:40]


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