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Unit Name: Ybor City Museum State Park<br />

Acres: 0.97 Managing<br />

Agency:<br />

Description:<br />

DRP<br />

Current Management Plan<br />

Approved:<br />

This urban park is dedicated to the preservation <strong>of</strong> Ybor City’s cultural heritage. The museum,<br />

housed in the historic Ferlita Bakery, traces the rich cultural history <strong>of</strong> Ybor City and the cigar<br />

making industry. The museum has self-guided exhibits, with written and audio information, and a<br />

video presentation.<br />

Accomplishments:<br />

Resource Management<br />

• Collections program initiated<br />

• Conversion <strong>of</strong> non-native landscape to native in the Garden Courtyard begun.<br />

• Developed <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Florida</strong> Friendly Backyard around the Museum Gift Shop<br />

Other<br />

• Developed 3 new exhibits for the Museum along with numerous outreach efforts, including<br />

coordination <strong>of</strong> the Cigar Heritage Festival, in partnership with the park’s CSO.<br />

295<br />

2004

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