Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center
The Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center is a local history museum in the Sulphur Springs neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. It opened in 2006 and moved to its current location inside Mann-Wagnon Memorial Park in 2017. The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and you’ll find it at 1101 East River Cove Street, Tampa, FL.
Amy Dao has been the museum’s director since January 2022, succeeding co-founder Norma Robinson.
In 2021, the museum received a $6,500 grant from Florida Humanities as part of the American Rescue Plan.
The museum has three permanent exhibits:
- Sulphur Springs: An Enduring Legacy, which covers the history of Sulphur Springs and its major landmarks.
- Mann-Wagnon Park and the Natural History Museum, which looks at the history of the center that used to be in the park (later moved to the Museum of Science and Industry in the 1970s).
- Spring Hill, which explores Sulphur Springs’ history during segregation.
From April 8 to July 2, 2022, the museum hosted Have Blues, Will Travel: Traveling Blues Musicians in the Jim Crow Era, highlighting the discrimination and violence Black blues artists faced and the role of the Negro Motorist Green Book in helping them find safe places.
The museum has hosted other notable exhibitions, including Smithsonian’s Water/Ways in 2017 and The Art of Forensics (Oct 3–Nov 1, 2021) in collaboration with the University of South Florida, which used art to engage the public in cold cases.
The Kids’ TECO Room provides an ocean-themed space for children to play and develop fine motor skills. The Transitioning Youth into Leaders program helps teens build new skills while assisting with museum events and operations. The museum also hosts adult events, such as book talks and lectures, and its programs emphasize Black culture and African American history.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 03:51 (CET).