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When you visit the Henry B. Plant Museum in Tampa, you are certainly taking a step back in time. The museum itself is inside the south wing of what was once the Tampa Bay Hotel. And if you visit the museum on a Sunday afternoon, you will feel even more immersed. Upstairs/Downstairs at the Henry B. Plant Museum are performances that bring turn-of–the-century Tampa Bay Hotel staff members and guests to life and let visitors experience what life was really like in the grand hotel.

An associate professor of biology at The University of Tampa was awarded $87,775 to study the phenomenon of seagrass in Tampa Bay being replaced by macroalgae called Caulerpa. The Tampa Bay Environmental Restoration Fund awarded the grant to Michael Middlebrooks to study seagrass changes in Tampa Bay.

Scene from the Nutcracker.Brandon Ballet. The Brandon Ballet is taking over the Henry B. Plant Museum for Thanksgiving! Dancers from the Professional company and the Student Company will present performance installations from their upcoming production of The Nutcracker. The performance is free with museum admission.

Conca hopes that visitors of the buildings feel refreshed and energized when they view her pieces.Photo by Marc Vaughn. There’s a new exhibit at the University of Tampa. It’s the creative, imaginative, and energetic works of a local abstract artist in the halls of its latest technology building. Abstract painter Sara Conca has 77 pieces that you can see at the Jenkins Health and Technology Building.

Tampa's River Walk has a lot of fun places to visit. Definitely check out Ulele, a very cool restaurant with a touch of Steampunk inspiration, and Heights Public Market which is a beautiful food court.