The St Pete History Museum is very small but has some interesting exhibits.

Some photos from a recent visit.

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The St Petersburg Museum of History

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A collection of signed baseballs

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Micky Mantle

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Items from the old Vinoy Hotel

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Our Lady of the Nile: an Egyptian mummy that was given to the Port of Tampa by a ship captain who could not pay the fee

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World War One items

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World War Two items

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Replica Benoist XIV, the first commercial flights in the US from St Pete to Tampa

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Roberts six-cylinder engine, the type that powered the Benoist. Only two still exist.