Today we visited the Plant Museum located on the University of Tampa campus in Tampa, Florida. The museum is full of late 19th and 20th century pieces that Margaret and Henry Plant used to decorate the Tampa Bay Hotel. The Hotel was built by Henry B. Plant in 1891. Henry Plant brought the railroad to Tamp in the 1880′s and began to construct an exotic hotel. The buildings architecture is unique in its design with the many turrets, domes, and minarets reaching for the bright sun of Florida.
The staff at the museum absolutely showed their southern hospitality and pride in talking about the museum. The museum is not that large, but will take at least 2 hours to carefully read the interesting history and admire the historic pieces. The University of Tampa is across the Hillsborough River and is an easy walk from downtown Tampa.
