Archives Awareness Week
City of Tampa’s Archives Awareness Week runs July 13 – 19, 2025. During this week, local archives celebrate the importance of preserving our history.
Events
Archiving Class with Tampa Museum of Art
Thursday, July 17, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library
Interested in getting detailed and high-quality photos for your artwork, sculptures, or collection? Learn how to best reserve them. This archiving class helps you build a professional portfolio of your work to preserve and share for years to come! Recommended for Adults. Registration recommended.
Archiving Class with Tampa Museum of Art
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
Maureen B. Gauzza Public Library
Interested in getting detailed and high-quality photos for your artwork, sculptures, or collection? Learn how to best reserve them. This archiving class helps you build a professional portfolio of your work to preserve and share for years to come! Recommended for Adults. Registration recommended.
Colonial Florida: Exploring History and Language Through Maps
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
John F. Germany Public Library
Learn how to read the historical maps in the library’s collection and the abbreviations that are written on them. This lecture will help you delve into cartography and Florida’s history. Recommended for Adults. Registration recommended.
Book Discussion: The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Synopsis: For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stephane Breitweiser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years – in museums and cathedrals all over Europe – Breitweiser, along with this girlfriend who worked as his lookout, store more then three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. Recommended for Adults. Registration recommended.
Genealogy for Beginners
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Family Photos
Additional Resources
Archives Awareness Week 2022 Playlist
From the Archives: An Overview to Historic Sanborn Maps
From the Archives: Money Talks - How Banking Records Contextualize Florida History
Tampa Bay’s Beaches: A Look Back
The Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection provides a historic glimpse of the bay area’s local beaches. This selection of photos show how these popular tourist destinations looked many years ago.