The Clearwater Marine Aquarium is home to motion picture star, Winter the Dolphin. This is a unique facility that you and your family are sure to enjoy. You'll hear about Winter the tailless dolphin and other resident animal stories. Want to learn more about Winter? Watch a dolphin presentation and witness Winter's tail being put on, or enjoy a relaxing movie about CMA and Winter. Watch the staff care for dolphins, sea turtles, otters, stingrays, sharks, and more! A guaranteed fun filled afternoon for all ages. Get up-close and personal with one of our resident dolphins and stingrays in three different types of dolphin encounters, plus a dolphin photo opportunity and a stingray feeding opportunity - an experience you'll remember for a lifetime! This 30-minute program offers participants the opportunity to work side by side with one of CMA's trainers during training and feeding sessions with one of our resident Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins. You'll take a tour of the aquarium to see how animals, food preparation and rehabilitation areas. Then, you will spend fifteen minutes poolside, with a trainer learning about the anatomy, intelligence and beauty of these amazing animals. The Sea Life Safari Boat Tour is one of the most popular activities at CMA. The tour includes a 90-minute trip into our beautiful Intracoastal waters. Look for dolphins, sea birds and other marine life as our staff narrates the scenic ride to a shell island. You'll witness data collection in action as we perform our net pull and pass around sea critters before releasing them back to the bay. Kids and adults alike will love this one-of-a-kind, hands-on experience! Clearwater Marine Aquarium offers senior citizen discounts as well as discounts on packages (behind the scenes tours and eco safaris).
The Garden Outside on the waterfront, the Dali garden creates a unique environment of learning and tranquility. The Mathematical Garden allows students to experience the relationship between math and nature. The Avant-gardens consist of the West Garden, the Grotto, and the East Garden. The West Garden displays pineland acacia, verbina glandularia, and wild petunias along the entry path and attract butterflies. Butterflies were fascinating to Dali as transformative creatures. The Grotto is a place of cavernous shade, fabulous plants, and pooling water. Water splashes, reflected light from the pond plays on the ceiling, and the living wall rises on one side. The living wall is a dazzling display of orchids, peperomias and ferns, and bromeliads. This green wall is irrigated and self-sustaining, and what is usually flat stands up vertically. The East Garden is inspired by Dali's homeland and his fascination with math with homages to the mathematical principles: Pi and the Fibonacci sequence. A labyrinth, modeled after the labyrinth at the Chartres Cathedral, stands at one end of the East Garden.
Saunders Planetarium & IMAX. Take in an astronomy show in The Saunders Planetarium and gaze into the starry nighttime sky. The Planetarium now features a new projection dome, new seating arrangements and a state-of-the-art star projector-the GOTO Space Simulator Chronos projection system-capable of recreating the night sky from any time in less than 20 seconds - from the past, present, and future from anywhere on the planet! Plus, visit Florida's only IMAX Dome Theatre. The IMAX Dome motion picture system projects images of unsurpassed size, clarity and impact onto a dome shaped screen providing 10,500 square feet of visual imagery.
The Henry B. Plant Museum is located in the south wing of Plant Hall on the University of Tampa's campus. Plant Hall was formerly known as the Tampa Bay Hotel. During the 1880s, Henry Bradley Plant was building an empire of railroads, steamships and hotels. He wanted that empire to have a palace so he built the Tampa Bay Hotel, a large room resort hotel opened in 1891 by Henry B. Plant near the terminus of his rail line. With its splendid Moorish architecture, opulent furnishings, and spectacular tropical gardens, Plant's Tampa Bay Hotel attracted a host of celebrated guests, from Teddy Roosevelt to Sarah Bernhardt to Babe Ruth. The hotel itself covers 6 acres (24,000 m2) and is a quarter-mile long. It was equipped with the first elevator ever installed in Florida. The elevator is still in use today, making it one of the oldest continually operational elevators in the nation. The 511 rooms, some of which were actually suites consisting of between three-to-seven rooms, were the first in Florida to have electric lights and telephones. Most rooms also included private bathrooms, complete with a full-size tub. The price for a room ranged from $5.00 to $15.00 a night at a time when the average hotel in Tampa charged $1.25 to $2.00.
Talk Shows. Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo offers many opportunities to get up-close and learn about animals. Part of our mission is education about the natural world and we offer that opportunity on a daily basis through our programs. Zoo Keepers hold fun lectures about the animals and their behaviors and also what it's like to be a Zookeeper. Water Play Areas. The Zoo offers two exciting water play areas designed to help your little ones cool off during your day at the Zoo. Manatee Fountains splash ground is situated among tall palm trees with plenty of benches for parents to relax while watching the little ones play. Billabong Fountains take guests for an aquatic romp with enough water fun to make sure that your little one stays cool in the hot tropical sun.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for these annual festivals: the Gasparilla Pirate Fest in January, The Florida State Fair in February, the Florida Strawberry Festival in March, the Ruskin Tomato & Heritage Festival in May, and the Ruskin Seafood Fest in November. Visit Tampa now and discover how historic Old Florida blends well with the modern, upscale style of some of the most beautiful, master-planned communities for families and retirees. Yes, climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, educational and business opportunities, and the beautiful beaches help make Tampa home to a wonderful lifestyle. Tampa is a lot more than beautiful sunsets! Make it your home, too.
The Garden Outside on the waterfront, the Dali garden creates a unique environment of learning and tranquility. The Mathematical Garden allows students to experience the relationship between math and nature. The Avant-gardens consist of the West Garden, the Grotto, and the East Garden. The West Garden displays pineland acacia, verbina glandularia, and wild petunias along the entry path and attract butterflies. Butterflies were fascinating to Dali as transformative creatures. The Grotto is a place of cavernous shade, fabulous plants, and pooling water. Water splashes, reflected light from the pond plays on the ceiling, and the living wall rises on one side. The living wall is a dazzling display of orchids, peperomias and ferns, and bromeliads. This green wall is irrigated and self-sustaining, and what is usually flat stands up vertically. The East Garden is inspired by Dali's homeland and his fascination with math with homages to the mathematical principles: Pi and the Fibonacci sequence. A labyrinth, modeled after the labyrinth at the Chartres Cathedral, stands at one end of the East Garden.
Saunders Planetarium & IMAX. Take in an astronomy show in The Saunders Planetarium and gaze into the starry nighttime sky. The Planetarium now features a new projection dome, new seating arrangements and a state-of-the-art star projector-the GOTO Space Simulator Chronos projection system-capable of recreating the night sky from any time in less than 20 seconds - from the past, present, and future from anywhere on the planet! Plus, visit Florida's only IMAX Dome Theatre. The IMAX Dome motion picture system projects images of unsurpassed size, clarity and impact onto a dome shaped screen providing 10,500 square feet of visual imagery.
The Henry B. Plant Museum is located in the south wing of Plant Hall on the University of Tampa's campus. Plant Hall was formerly known as the Tampa Bay Hotel. During the 1880s, Henry Bradley Plant was building an empire of railroads, steamships and hotels. He wanted that empire to have a palace so he built the Tampa Bay Hotel, a large room resort hotel opened in 1891 by Henry B. Plant near the terminus of his rail line. With its splendid Moorish architecture, opulent furnishings, and spectacular tropical gardens, Plant's Tampa Bay Hotel attracted a host of celebrated guests, from Teddy Roosevelt to Sarah Bernhardt to Babe Ruth. The hotel itself covers 6 acres (24,000 m2) and is a quarter-mile long. It was equipped with the first elevator ever installed in Florida. The elevator is still in use today, making it one of the oldest continually operational elevators in the nation. The 511 rooms, some of which were actually suites consisting of between three-to-seven rooms, were the first in Florida to have electric lights and telephones. Most rooms also included private bathrooms, complete with a full-size tub. The price for a room ranged from $5.00 to $15.00 a night at a time when the average hotel in Tampa charged $1.25 to $2.00.
Talk Shows. Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo offers many opportunities to get up-close and learn about animals. Part of our mission is education about the natural world and we offer that opportunity on a daily basis through our programs. Zoo Keepers hold fun lectures about the animals and their behaviors and also what it's like to be a Zookeeper. Water Play Areas. The Zoo offers two exciting water play areas designed to help your little ones cool off during your day at the Zoo. Manatee Fountains splash ground is situated among tall palm trees with plenty of benches for parents to relax while watching the little ones play. Billabong Fountains take guests for an aquatic romp with enough water fun to make sure that your little one stays cool in the hot tropical sun.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for these annual festivals: the Gasparilla Pirate Fest in January, The Florida State Fair in February, the Florida Strawberry Festival in March, the Ruskin Tomato & Heritage Festival in May, and the Ruskin Seafood Fest in November. Visit Tampa now and discover how historic Old Florida blends well with the modern, upscale style of some of the most beautiful, master-planned communities for families and retirees. Yes, climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, educational and business opportunities, and the beautiful beaches help make Tampa home to a wonderful lifestyle. Tampa is a lot more than beautiful sunsets! Make it your home, too.
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