Florida International Museum

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.

History

The 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, "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.http://www.spcollege.edu/fimuseum/about.html About Florida International Museum 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

The 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.

References

External links

Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College
- official website

Museums in St. Petersburg, Florida
Art museums and galleries in Florida
University museums in Florida
Art museums established in 1995
Art museums disestablished in 2010
1995 establishments in Florida
2010 disestablishments in Florida
Defunct museums in Florida

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