The Henry Plant Museum interprets the turn-of-the-century Tampa Bay Hotel and the lifestyles of America’s Gilded Age. Critical to the success of this mission is the restoration and preservation of this National Historic Landmark, an opulent 1891 railroad resort, and the artifacts significant to its history and the life and work of Henry Bradley Plant.
Through educational exhibits and events, the museum transports visitors of all ages and backgrounds to the late Victorian period, the beginnings of Florida’s tourist industry, and the early years of the city of Tampa. This quintessential Victorian palace features unique Moorish revival architecture, opulent European furniture and art treasures of the original railroad resort. The past will delight you at the Henry Plant Museum.
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Henry Bradley Plant Museum:
Online: http://www.plantmuseum.com
Address: 401 West Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: (813) 254-1891
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The Zoo is comprised of seven main exhibit areas: Asian Gardens, Primate World, Manatee and Aquatic Center, Florida Wildlife Center, Free-Flight Aviary, Wallaroo Station Children’s Zoo and Safari Africa . Asian Gardens: Malayan tapirs, tigers, komodo dragons, Lorikeet Free Flight Aviary (feeding allowed), Indian rhino, sloth bears, babirusa pigs, Asian python, anoa, the Sulawesi Aviary and clouded leopard. Safari Africa: African elephants, giraffe (feeding allowed), Grant’s zebra, Grevy’s Zebras, African penguins, white rhinos, flamingos. The “Ituri Forest” area in Safari Africa opened in 2007 and is named after a deep jungle in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This area features cheetahs, striped hyenas, red river hogs, pygmy hippos, shoebill storks, ring-tailed lemurs, greater African flamingos, great white pelicans and okapis.
Florida Wildlife Center: Bald eagles, whooping cranes, deer, black bear, red wolves, skunks, Florida panther, crocodiles, alligators, flamingos, and river otters. The zoo is the only wildlife center in the world where you can find the most comprehensive collection of Florida’s endangered native species.
Manatee & Aquatic Center: Has the famous manatee & aquatic center with manatees, aquariums, reptiles and sting rays. The zoo’s David A. Straz, Jr. Manatee Hospital is the only non-profit manatee hospital in the world specifically dedicated to the treatment of sick, injured and orphaned manatees.
Free Flight Aviary: A sub-tropic rainforest with over 200 species of birds from around the world.
Primate World: Habitats include chimpanzees, siamangs, orangutans, colobus monkeys, marmosets, lemurs, mandrills and Guenon.
Wallaroo Station: The zoo’s four-and-a-half acre Australian themed children’s zoo features Eastern gray kangaroos, Bennett’s wallabies, ponies (Pony Trek ride), llamas, goats (petting area), New Guinea singing dogs, flying fox bats, emus, laughing kookaburra and koala. This is the childrens area. Animals include kangaroos, horses, singing dogs, fruit bats, emu, and other animals native to Australia.
Families can get hands-on at interactive exhibits like giraffe and white rhino feeding, Stingray Bay, the Kangaroo Walkabout, Lorikeet Landing and a petting zoo.
Enhance There are fun rides for every size like The Safari Ride, Treetop Skyfari Skyride, Jungle Carousel, Camel Safari and Gator Falls water flume ride. Children always enjoy cooling off in the zoo’s water play areas located at Manatee Fountain at the entrance and at the Billabong in the zoo’s Wallaroo Station.
The Florida Environmental Education Center or “Zoo School” at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo was developed to serve as an educational resource for the community and to provide exciting, nature-based programs for children of all ages.
The Zoo School offer year-round, onsite daycare, preschool and kindergarten programs for children ages one through five, licensed by the Hillsborough County Child Care Licensing Office. It is the only accredited school in the country run by a zoo itself.
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Lowry Park Zoo:
Online: http://www.lowryparkzoo.com/
Address: 7530 North Boulevard Tampa, FL 33604
Phone: (813) 935-8552
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Want all the fun a theme park in Orlando has to offer but less crowd and travel distance? Busch Gardens of Tampa Bay is the place to visit on your next trip to Tampa, FL.
Busch Gardens offers a little bit of everything for everyone old and young. If you’re into roller coasters, you’re in luck, because Busch Gardens offers many large coasters including a wooden roller coaster and the new Shekria which takes you on a wild ride with twists, turns and a 90 degree drop! Florida gets hot in summer, so what’s better then a water ride to cool you down? With three fun water rides you’ll have a blast going down a steep drop in a log or spinning under a waterfall while on the Congo River Rapids. If rides are not your thing, check the times for the different shows that Busch Gardens has to offer. The animals are abundant in the park, with a bird aviary, zebras, hippos, giraffes, lions, monkeys and more; you’ll feel as if you’re right in the heart of Africa.
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Busch Gardens:
Online: http://www.tampaelectric.com/manatee/
Address: 3000 East Busch Blvd. Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 987-5082
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Big Cat Rescue, a non profit educational sanctuary, is devoted to rescuing and providing a permanent home for exotic (i.e. wild, not domestic) cats who have been abused, abandoned, bred to be pets, retired from performing acts, or saved from being slaughtered for fur coats, and to educating the public about these animals and the issues facing them in captivity and in the wild.
The sanctuary is home to the most diverse population of exotic cats in the world, with 14 of the 35 species of wild cat represented among more than 100 residents. These include tigers, lions, liger, leopards, cougars, bobcats, lynx, ocelots, servals, caracals and others, many of whom are threatened, endangered, or now extinct in the wild.
The sanctuary began in 1992 when the Founder, Carole Baskin, and her then husband Don, mistakenly believing that bobcats made good pets, went looking to buy some kittens. They inadvertently ended up at a “fur farm” and bought all 56 kittens to keep them from being turned into fur coats.
In the early years, influenced by breeders and pet owners, they believed that the cats made suitable pets and that breeding and placing the cats in homes was a way to “preserve the species.” Gradually they saw increasing evidence that not only was this not the case, but that it was leading to a consistent pattern of suffering and abuse.
Today the sanctuary is devoted to its Vision of a world where animals are treated with respect, and its Mission of providing the best possible home for the animals in our care and trying to stop the flow of animals needing sanctuary by educating the public about the plight of the animals and supporting stronger laws to protect them.
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Big Cat Rescue:
Online: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/
Address: 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625
Phone: (813) 920-4130
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Tampa Electric’s environmental education facility features new exhibits, games for kids and a hurricane simulator. That’s in addition to the vibrant Florida plants and birds on display and – when the water temperature of Tampa Bay falls below 68 degrees Fahrenheit – manatees up close in the wild. From Nov. 1 through April 15, join the more than 2.7 million visitors who since 1986 have to come to experience a unique destination in Apollo Beach. From home, you can also operate our two Web cameras at the center. No pets, please, but service dogs are permitted. Admission and parking are free!
The Manatee Viewing Center is open to the public daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., November 1 through April 15. (The center is closed Thanksgiving, at 3 p.m. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Easter.) From home, you can operate the center’s east and west Web cameras. Make your reservations here for your class or group to visit the Manatee Viewing Center.
Directions to the Manatee Viewing Center. The Manatee Viewing Center is proud to feature free parking and admission for its guests. Any donations you choose to make to the center are greatly appreciated and go directly toward the purchase and maintenance of educational exhibits and publications that can help teach more visitors about the manatee and the many animals and plants that share its habitat.
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Tampa Electric Manatee Viewing Center :
Online: http://www.tampaelectric.com/manatee/
Address: 6990 Dickman Rd Tampa, FL 33572
Phone: (813) 228-4289
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