The Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College was an art museum located at the Downtown Center location of St. Petersburg College at 244 Second Avenue N, St. Petersburg, Florida.
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| Established | 1995 |
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| Location | 244 Second Avenue N St. Petersburg College Downtown Center St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27°46′23″N 82°38′12″W / 27.7731°N 82.6367°W |
| Website | Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College |
History
editThe original Florida International Museum opened in 1995 in a former Maas Brothers department store and featured traveling blockbuster exhibitions, including "Treasures of the Czars" in 1995,[1] "Splendors of Ancient Egypt" in 1996, "Alexander The Great" in 1996, "Titanic" in 1998, "Empire of Mystery" in 1999, "John F. Kennedy, The Exhibition" in 1999 - 2000 and "Diana, a Celebration" in 2005.[2] In 2006 the museum moved to a smaller space in St. Petersburg College's Downtown Center. The original museum's final special exhibit was "Vatican Splendors" in 2008. The museum became a part of St. Petersburg College later in 2008, and was retitled.
Gulf Coast Museum of Art Collection
editThe contemporary Florida art collections of the now-defunct Gulf Coast Museum of Art became part of the Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College in 2009. The new museum's inaugural exhibit in 2009 was "In a New Light – Selections from the Gulf Coast Museum of Art Collection". The museum was permanently closed on December 4, 2010.[3]
References
edit- ^ http://www2.sptimes.com/Treasures/TC.3.html Treasures of the Czars Exhibit at Florida International Museum, 1995
- ^ http://www.spcollege.edu/fimuseum/about.html Archived 2009-09-28 at the Wayback Machine About Florida International Museum
- ^ "Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College". www.spcollege.edu. Archived from the original on 2009-11-05.
External links
edit- Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College - official website
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