Open in App
  • Local
  • U.S.
  • Election
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • Education
  • Real Estate
  • Newsletter
  • Tampa Bay Times

    Florida Holocaust Museum will be closed until 2025 for renovations

    By Gabrielle Lazor,

    10 days ago
    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3lWghG_0uOuZZFj00
    An exterior view of the Florida Holocaust Museum, 55 5th St S, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]

    Beginning July 22, the Florida Holocaust Museum will temporarily close for renovations, with plans to reopen in early 2025.

    Following construction, the updated museum will aim to offer a more visitor-centered experience. A remodeled entrance will feature enhanced security features, an open-air second-story balcony and space for the Danish rescue boat Thor.

    The vessel, acquired by the museum in late 2022, was part of a 1943 evacuation operation that brought nearly the entire Jewish population of Nazi-occupied Denmark to a neutral Sweden, saving more than 7,000 lives.

    “We’ll also be bringing that into the museum, so people can see in real time what...

    Expand All
    Comments / 0
    Add a Comment
    YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
    Most Popular newsMost Popular

    Comments / 0