Region: Southwest

YBOR CITY MUSEUM STATE PARK
Tampa, Florida

Contact Information
1818 Ninth Ave.
Tampa, 33605
(813) 247-6323

Driving Directions
Ybor City State Museum is located at the corner of 9th Avenue and 19th Street in Tampa.

Take Exit 1 off I-4

Hours of Operation
The Ybor City Museum State Park is open daily from 9 am - 5 pm. We are closed Christmas day and Thanksgiving day.

Don Vicente Martinez Ybor, an influential cigar manufacturer and Cuban immigrant, came to a sandy, palmetto-covered frontier and turned it into a city for thousands of immigrants. These newcomers brought their skills and their culture, making Ybor City unique in Florida and the "Cigar Capital of the World."

Museum
Open year-round with the exception
of major holidays. -- 9 AM-5 PM

Tour through the Ybor City Museum State Park (housed in the historic Ferlita Bakery) and explore the history and founding of Ybor City. Through interactive exhibits, learn about Tampa's cigar industry (known as "the cigar capital of the world"), cultures and lifestyles of the early founders. The Ferlita Bakery, established in 1923, was a major source of the community's daily bread. Museum fee: $2 per person. Call the park for more details.

La Casita Tours
Open year-round with the exception of major holidays.
11 AM - 3 PM on the hour

Docents lead guided tours through La Casita, a cigar maker's house. The house is an excellent example of the "shot-gun" houses in which many cigar makers lived. It also reflects the family life in the early part of the 20th century. Fee: included in the museum fee of $2 per person.

Cigar Heritage Festival
Nov. 2
9 AM-5 PM

This sixth annual event celebrates the importance of cigar manufacturing in Ybor City. Produced by Clear Channel Broadcasting of Tampa Bay, it serves as a fundraiser for the Ybor City Museum Society. It includes ethnic foods and entertainment and family activities. Entry fee for museum $2 per person All ages are welcome (age six and under free).