Free Museum Day!

Free Museum Day is a Daylong city-wide celebration of St. Petersburg's cultural community. Residents of Pinellas and Hillsborough get to enjoy the museums for free! Throughout St. Petersburg select museums give the public the opportunity to view their collections by offering free admission to residents. We first went to the Dali museum. It was very cool and had lots of Dali’s work including the Lincoln/girl looking though window painting, some glass sculptures, some wax moldings and sketches. It had a good variety of pieces from the 40’s through the 80’s. Rob loves Dali. Aliya was very good; she slept through most of the Dali Museum. Before we went in Rob heard that someone needed an ambulance and they were looking for a doctor. He stepped up and helped an elderly man who had fallen. Everything turned out okay for the man, I was so proud of Rob. After Dali we went to the Florida International Museum. They had really neat sculptures and pieces. It was a good blend of photography, sculpture and paintings. It had some very contemporary art mixed with more traditional pieces. Our next stop was the Florida Craftsman Gallery. Aliya was more interested in her mobile than in the art there but Rob and I liked it. What was neat about that gallery was all the prices were up and you could purchase any of the art. They also offer classes in everything from jewelry making to photography. The fine arts museum was next. Rob and I were both really impressed with how big it was for a smaller city. The museum had my favorite art piece I had seen all day and for that matter ever! I fell in love with it. It was a mosaic piece made from handmade paper. I just loved the colors and everything about it. The name of the piece is The Healer it is by Allison Massari. Our last stop was the history museum. It was a bit of a let down, very small and kinda boring but I found the average height in 1528 was my height 5 ft! I would’ve fit right in! We also saw these calves. They lived 6 weeks. Aliya was awesome all day. We tried to take her to the children’s museum but the wait was over an hour. Everywhere else we went we never waited in line, always found parking and had a great time! I am so glad we went and we will definitely go again in the future. Not a bad deal for free!