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Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa |
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If you are looking forward to a glimpse of the Victorian lifestyles and their prim fashions then a visit to the Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa is a must. The museum is situated in the Tampa Bay Hotel's southern wing. The Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, capture with absolute accurateness the Victorian lifestyles of the old guests of Tampa Bay Hotel. It also captures glimpses of the 'Gilded Age'. In the year 1972, the Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa was declared as a US National Historic Landmark. This grand monument attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world every year.
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The Tampa Bay Hotel was constructed in the year 1931 by Henry B. Plant. The Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa lies in this historic hotel and has galleries dedicated to the history of Tampa Bay area as well as the Tampa Bay Hotel. Most of the articles collected by Mr. and Mrs. Plant from the Orient and Europe are displayed in the Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa. The museum also gives an in-depth view of the role played by the Tampa Bay Hotel during the Spanish American War. You can also witness beautiful dramatic minarets and traces of Moorish architecture in the museum building.
'Goodbye Victoria.....Hello Flapper' is a new exhibit in Henry B. Plant Museum that very interestingly puts forward the clear difference between the formal dressing during the Victorian age and the casual dressing of the middle class after the Victorian age. The museum authorities also organizes various shows on social issues from time to time.
The Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa is open from 10:00am in the morning to 4:00 pm in the evening from Tuesday to Saturday. On Sunday the museum is open from 12:00 noon to 4:00 in the evening. The admission fee is $2.00 for children and $5.00 for adults.
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