Tampa Bay’s Next
Great Museum
St. Petersburg’s James Museum
By Aaron R. Fodiman
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016
| TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 41
Anyone who knows Mary and Tom James will have no question
about how the Tom and Mary James Museum of Western and
Wildlife Art was conceived and born. They are both longtime
residents of St. Petersburg, who have been leaders in the
city’s cultural development on many levels. Tom took over his family
business, Raymond James, as a young man after his father’s death
and has built the company into one of the finest in the world. He has
received the respect and admiration of those who have dealt with him,
while building a remarkable business culture for the firm.
The Tom and Mary James Museum
of Western and Wildlife Art will be
built in downtown St. Petersburg
in the space they purchased at 100
Central Avenue.
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