Western & Wildlife Art Museum, a testament to
the vision of Tom James, chairman emeritus of
Raymond James Financial and his wife Mary. The
James’ donated $50 million to build the museum,
which displays of a portion of the couple’s vast
collection of western and wildlife art, sculpture and
Native American jewelry. Built on the ��rst ��oor of a
former parking garage in the heart of downtown,
the new museum includes a two-story stone arroyo
and waterfall in the lobby.
The James museum is one more jewel in St.
Petersburg growing collection of world-class
venues, which also include the internationally
acclaim Salvador Dali Museum, the Museum of
Fine Arts, and two museums dedicated to glass
– the Chihuly Collection and the new Imagine
Museum, which opened this year. The Museum
of the American Arts and Crafts Movement is
currently under construction and will house
the private collection of businessman and
philanthropist Rudy Ciccarello.
Additional St. Pete museums include the Florida
Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg Museum of
History, Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American
Museum and the St. Pete Sculpture Museum
displaying bronze and clay pieces by local artist
Jon Hair.
Museum of
Fine Arts
St. Petersburg
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Chihuly Collection
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