Located at 255 Beach Drive Northeast in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, within walking distance of the Vinoy Hotel, St. Pete Pier and Dali Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts features holdings that span 5,000 years of human history and highlights significant works of art by such notable artists as Claude Monet, Georgia O'Keeffe and Kehinde Wiley. It was founded by art collector and philanthropist Margaret Acheson Stuart. The four-acre waterfront site, designed by John Volk of Palm Beach, contains a Great Hall and a curving colonnade on Beach Drive. It opened in 1965 and was the first art museum in St. Petersburg. The size of the museum was doubled in 2008 when the 33,000-square-foot Hazel Hough wins on the north side of the building was completed.

Interesting and informative. Great variety of items. Enjoyed stepping out into the gardens. We spent about 1.75 hours. There’s a cafe inside. Finding parking was hard.

We went here because they had a special exhibit featuring artwork by the 16th century painter Caravaggio. What we didn't know was they only had two of his painting on display. Given the hype behind this exhibit, we were hoping to see more of his work but came away disappointed. The museum isn't very big but they have a nice selection of art and artifacts ranging from Greek and Roman antiquities to modernism and abstract art. There is also a small bakery/cafe in the lobby. Allow an hour or two to see the entire collection. There is limited parking but parking meters are available on the street.

Taking in the beauty of Downtown St Pete at Museum of Fine Arts. Beautiful day to take in all the scenery during and after a Family Photo session with BE Jazy Photography.

A nice smaller scale museum with a decent collection of paintings, a fairly large space for special exhibit (Caravaggio & school when I went, but only 2 by the artist himself, the rest focus on those who 'saw the light' as it were). Wings for a sampling of African, Greek, Asian, et al - if these are not of interest then collection is all done in under 2 hours. Given that, parking in the lot is a rip-off - 4 hour increment only. Better to spend a few minutes finding street parking.