The different places to visit in Tampa

The nation's fourth largest zoo, Bush Gardens is where you can see African animals roaming free and an exciting amusement park featuring its world-famous rides like Kumba and the new inverted roller-coaster, Montu.. Kids will enjoy the Land of the Dragons and the whole family will enjoy shows like Hollywood Live on Ice and Dolphins of the Deep.
Admission - varies, including combination tickets with Adventure Island.

The Museum of Science & Industry presents over 400 "hands on" displays and science exhibits, including the hurricane room where you can feel what it's like to be in an 80-mile-per-hour wind, the butterfly encounter, and three and a half miles of nature trails.

MOSI is the largest science center in the Southeast, has an IMAX Dome theater, where viewers thrill to magnificent scenery projected on an 85-foot-high domed screen.

Admission charged.
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Busch's water theme park, Adventure Island , right down the road from Busch Gardens. Don't miss the new thrills and spills of Key West Rapids, splash your way through more than 700 feet of twists and turns, water mines and a grand finale plunge into a refreshing pool.
Admission - varies, including combination tickets with Busch Gardens

Authentic African artifacts and artwork of leading African and African-American artists are on display at the African Art Gallery and Museum .

Wednesday to Friday: 4:30 - 6:00 pm; Saturday: 11:00 to 6:00 pm

Channelside has every kind of entertainment: complementary catamaran cruises, IMAX movies, extreme games, dance clubs, piano bars, and unique shops and restaurants. Stroll the waterfront and watch the Port of Tampa at work, explore a 3D cave at the IMAX theater, or play state of the art arcade games. Explore the diverse world of Channelside. The best entertainment is waiting for you.

Located in the Channelside area of Tampa, during your visit to The Florida Aquarium you can follow the path of a drop of water from the underground aquifer to the deep sea, see birds, plants and sea creatures of all descriptions in near-natural habitats Admission charged

Visit the Children's Museum of Tampa and watch your children work with the "hands on" exhibits and exercise their imaginations. Admission charged over age 1

Discover a museum which transports you to turn-of-the-century Florida. The Henry B. Plant Museum is housed in the original 1891 Tampa Bay Hotel which is now a National Historic Landmark and the symbol for the city of Tampa. You won't want to miss this Victorian palace featuring dramatic towering minarets.

The Henry B. Plant Museum on the campus of the University of Tampa provides a taste of what the leisure-class visitors to Tampa enjoyed a hundred years ago.


Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo features rare Asian animals and a Florida wildlife section, shaped like the state itself. Marvel at manatees from a unique underwater perspective. The zoo's Aquatic Center is home to one of three critical care facilities in Florida for this endangered species. Admission charged.


The Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts is a non-profit museum of photography exhibiting photographic art presenting a photographer's vision as vital and central to life and culture. Special exhibitions at the gallery, workshops, seminars, and programs for "at risk children" are all part of the programs available from this new player in the Tampa Art scene. Donation requested. Open Weekends



The Tampa Museum of Art has established important collections in two main areas: Greek and Roman antiquities and modern and contemporary paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photography and decorative arts. Traveling exhibitions are also featured. Admission charged.


The Tampa Bay History Center is a history and heritage museum and research library in downtown Tampa, in the Convention Center Annex. Regional history, archeology and multicultural heritage. Special exhibits about Florida and U.S. history, archeology, antiques and collectibles. Gallery exhibits show the geographical, historical and multicultural influences that have shaped the region through the centuries, from 12,000 years ago to the present.
Free - Donations accepted.

The Tampa Theatre opened on October 15, 1926 and during its early days presented extravagant vaudeville shows, concerts by the Tampa Theatre Orchestra, and silent films. In 1977, the City of Tampa reopened the Theatre and began a comprehensive restoration program. Tampa Theatre is now open year-round and features an acclaimed Film Series of cinema from around the world. The Theatre also hosts live concerts and special events.

The USF Contemporary Art Museum brings vital, investigative and scholarly contemporary exhibitions, while simultaneously contributing to the dialogue within the international arts community by organizing exhibitions, producing relevant catalogues, scheduling critically significant traveling exhibitions and by underwriting experimental projects of artists emerging on the national and the international fronts.

Located on the Campus of USF

The Ybor City State Museum complex includes an ornamental garden and three restored cigar worker's houses. One house, La Casita, is a museum. The Ferlita Bakery building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Open daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed on major holidays. Admission is charged.

Historic Tours each Saturday at 10:15 a.m. start at the Ybor City State Museum. Tour of the Cigar Worker's House Museum and a walk about tour of Ybor City. Cost is $4 per person and limited to 20 people, no reservations taken, approximately 1 hour.