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Top Attractions in Tampa Bay
1. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
2. Salvador Dali Museum
3. Busch Gardens
4. John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5. American Stage
1. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
1010 N. WC MacInnes Place
Tampa, FL 33602
813-222-1000
www.tbpac.com
Since 1987 the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center has had 20 million guests to its variety of stage plays, musicals and comedy shows. During the 2005-06 season, TPAC held 3,742 on-site events. The complex has five distinct theaters, a performing arts conservatory, a rehearsal hall, boutiques and three on-site restaurants and banquet facilities.
2. Salvador Dali Museum
1000 Third St. S.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-823-3767
www.salvadordalimuseum.org
Founded by A. Reynolds and Eleanor Morse, the museum is the world’s largest collection of the Spanish artist’s work. It has 96 oil paintings, more than 100 watercolors and drawings and 1,300 graphics, photographs and art objects that the Morses compiled over a 45-year period. Located just a few blocks from downtown St. Petersburg, the museum is one of the top draws for tourists.
3. Busch Gardens
1001 N. McKinley Drive
Tampa, FL 33612
888-800-5447
www.buschgardens.com
It’s an adventure theme parked based on Africa and its culture. More than 4 million visitors took in its sights and sounds in 2007. It has a blend of adventure rides, including the country’s first dive roller coaster and one of the nation’s best zoos, with more than 2,000 animals.
4. John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
941-359-5700
www.ringling.org
Organized on a 66-acre estate in Sarasota, the museum houses 21 galleries of European paintings as well as Cypriot antiquities, Asian Art, American paintings and contemporary art. The museum also has an art conservation laboratory and a 65,000-volume art library. The Historic Asolo Theater is also on campus, with its year-round artistic calendar.
5. American Stage
211 Third St. S.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-823-7529
www.americanstage.org
A small, intimate theater, with seats for 148, American Stage is the only professional theater company in St. Petersburg. It presents a year-round schedule of mainstage plays with one to six actors, including an open-air play in the park each spring.
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