Museum of Fine Arts

A Guide to Free Museum Day 2019

It’s time for the 2019 rendition of Free Museum Day! Spend it in St. Pete’s gorgeous museums. We’ve compiled a list of participating museums for you here so you can take full advantage of this fabulous event. Dali Museum Located right along the beautiful Downtown St. Petersburg waterfront, the Dali makes a great Free Museum […]

New exhibitions – and a visit from Monet – at the Museum of Fine Arts

St. Pete Catalyst By Bill DeYoung Two new exhibitions, both opening May 5 at St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts, couldn’t be more different. While one consists of abstract art in a colorful myriad of media, the other offers up a tight focus on stark black and white photography. Yet there’s a powerful thread running […]

Make Beach Drive the heart of your #NationalMuseumDay

As a transplant to St. Petersburg from blustery Minnesota, my house is everyone’s favorite spring break destination. Playing perpetual host to midwesterners unversed in St. Pete’s finer points, I’ve gotten to know the city’s offerings – for locals and tourists alike. Always top-of-mind is the art scene. Scroll through Instagram or a walk down Central […]

Mornings on Beach Drive

We know Beach Drive is a popular place in the evening. It’s time to recognize the beauty of mornings on the strip. You’ll catch a few rare sightings. First, is plentiful parking. I mean this in the nicest way. When people complain about parking in St. Pete, I point out that countless establishments will park […]