The museum will throw an anniversary party and festivities Feb. 11. The centennial celebration is $1 to attend for the full day, and the first 100 guests will receive a complimentary one-year membership pass to the museum.
The St. Petersburg Historical Society’s Museum opened its doors Feb. 11, 1922, after Mary Wheeler Eaton and a group of civic leaders approached the mayor and city council about donating an abandoned aquarium perched on the city’s pier. This forgotten building soon became a museum housing the young city’s history.
Since then, the museum has seen a century worth of municipal changes, pier reconstruction and evolving history.
Celebration attendees can enjoy a historic calendar giveaway, cake and several of the museum’s most iconic exhibitions and artifacts, including a 3,000-year-old mummy, a St. Pete history-filled “Building the Sunshine” exhibit and more—including modern pieces that help paint a picture of the city’s growth.
The St. Petersburg Museum of History, located at 335 2nd Ave. NE, is open Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from noon-5 p.m.
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This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2022.