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.

Florida International Museum

Location within Florida
Established	1995
Location	244 Second Avenue N St. Petersburg College Downtown Center St. Petersburg, Florida
Coordinates	27.7731°N 82.6367°W / 27.7731; -82.6367
Website	Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College

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,^[1] "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.^[2] 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.^[3]