Rui Farias
A near lifelong resident of St. Pete, Rui is the Executive Director of the St. Petersburg Museum of History. He holds a BA in Journalism from USF and was a writer for the St. Petersburg Times before embarking on a 15-year career in PR and Marketing, including events for the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the 1994 FIFA World Cup. After a short stint in public facility management, Rui returned to his love of history, and St. Petersburg, by creating and teaching Pinellas County’s first Florida History class for St. Petersburg High School.
Feb '18
From the Museum’s Archives: Joe Savage
Just one month after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis after supporting a sanitation worker’s strike, sanitation crew chief Joe Savage...
History
Webb’s City…and the Live Mermaid Show!
In 1925, James Earl "Doc" Webb came to St. Petersburg and changed the city's retail and tourism landscape forever. Starting with a small drug...
Dec '17
From the Museum’s Archives: Lynx
The Joseph Conrad arrived in St. Petersburg in 1939 as a training vessel for the United States Coast Guard as Bayboro Harbor had been...
History
From the Museum’s Archives
The Sunshine City’s Iconic Hexagonal Sidewalks
At one time, St. Petersburg was lined with over one hundred miles of hexagonal sidewalks. The creator of those...
History
From the Museum’s Archives: October 2017
A rare 1920’s aerial shot of the early St. Petersburg downtown waterfront, complete with three piers: Tomlinson/Fountain of Youth, Railroad and the Municipal Pier....
History
From the Museum’s Archives: September 2017
The historic Open Air Post Office turns 100 years old this month, and the Sunshine City has former postmaster Roy S. Hanna’s tenacity to...
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People of St. Pete: Kelly Kress
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