Arts / Culture / Museums
405 Cleveland Street, Clearwater (727) 441-8868.
Totally restored to its original 1920s glory, this community theater features all types of entertainment.
1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater (727) 791-7400.
Ruth Eckerd Hall is recognized as one of the best acoustic facilities in the state of Florida. The building is a Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation design and features international, world-class artists from Broadway to classical music, pop stars to comedy, and modern and classical dance.
Bill Irle Early Bird Dinner Theater
1310 North Fort Harrison Avenue, Clearwater (727) 446-5898. Musicals and dramas are presented with earlier than customary show times throughout the year.
1010 North McInnes Place, Tampa (813) 222-1045.
Largest performing arts center in Southeastern United States, with three theaters providing the entire range of theatrical performances.
4801 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa (813) 987-6100.
Largest science center in the Southeastern United States and home of Florida's only IMAX DOME theater.
1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin (727) 298-3322.
Only children's art museum on the West Coast of Florida and one of three in Florida with award-winning exhibitions featuring Floridian art.
Dunedin Historical Museum
349 Main Street, Dunedin (727) 736-1176.
The original station for the Orange Belt Railroad System dating to 1889, houses history of Dunedin and Pinellas County.
55 Fifth Street South, St. Petersburg (727) 820-0100.
Third largest of its kind in U.S. featuring art, photography and documentary exhibits from around the world.
100 Second Street North, St. Petersburg (800) 777-9882
A Smithsonian Institute Affiliate with a permanent collection of early 1960s popular culture with a focus on the Cuban Missile Crisis and a Kennedy collection. New wing houses Smithsonian artifacts.
1927 Fourth Street North, St. Petersburg (727) 821-8992.
Stretch mental muscles, test wits, fire up the imagination with exhibits in the arts, sciences, technology and health, all designed to be touched, moved, explored at the 'Children's Hands On' museum popular with all ages.
11909 125th Street North, Largo (727) 582-2123.
A 21-acre, turn-of-the-century Pinellas County village. Attractions include restored houses of local pioneers, the Lowe Barn, an old railroad depot, and some 10 other historical structures. The Pinellas Historical Museum traces the county's history from the Spanish-Indian period to contemporary times.
600 Klosterman Road (St. Petersburg College), Tarpon Springs (727) 712-5718
Extensive collection of art mediums by Abraham Rattner, noted figurative expressionist artist, and Allen Leepa, renowned abstractionist, plus works by other expressionist artists of the period.
225 Beach Drive North, St. Petersburg (727) 896-2667.
Only comprehensive art collection from antiquity to present day on Florida's West Coast. Collection of 4,000 objects includes works by Cezanne, Monet, Renoir and Rodin.
1003 3rd Street, St. Petersburg (727) 823-3767.
Features the world's most comprehensive collection of Dali's work. Collection includes 94 oils, 200 watercolors and drawings and 1000 graphics, sculptures and objets d'art.