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{{Infobox Building|image=Ttwentworthmuseum.jpg|caption=|name=T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum|location=330 South [[Image:TtwentworthmuseumJefferson Street]]|architect=|client=|engineer=[[Charles Hill Turner]]|owner=[[West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc.jpg]]|construction_start_date=|completion_date=[[1908]]|renovations=|date_demolished=|cost=|thumbstructural_system=|rightstyle=Spanish mission style|250pxsize=Three stories|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.408802" lon="-87.213517" zoom="17" width="288" height="200">30.4087, -87.213142, T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum</googlemap>}}The '''T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum''' is a museum of history in Pensacola, named for [[Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr.]]

The Located on [[Jefferson Street]] adjacent to [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]], the building was originally erected in [[1908]] as '''[[Pensacola City Hall (disambiguation)|Pensacola'T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museums city hall]]''' is . When a new [[Pensacola City Hall|City Hall]] was built in [[1985]], the old building was renovated to house the massive collection of historical artifacts Wentworth had donated to the museum State of history in PensacolaFlorida two years earlier. It is located The museum was dedicated on [[Jefferson StreetMarch 5]] adjacent to , [[Plaza Ferdinand VII1988]]and is now owned and operated by [[West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc. The building is ]] as part of the [[Historic Pensacola Village]] museum complex.

==Original museum==The buildingoriginal museum was in fact a roadside stand owned by Wentworth, reminiscent which opened in the suburb of [[Ensley]] in [[1957]]. Wentworth was paraphrased as saying, in the Alamo mission style1980s, that he would donate everything in his collection if he could earn a permanent spot to house his collection in Pensacola. A state grant was originally erected in signed by Governor [[1907Bob Martinez]] to serve as Pensacola's allow the city to renovate the old city hall (which is now located at 180 Governmental Center), and the museum was officially opened in [[1988]].witch in fact he was very stupid brecusehr never went

The original museum was in fact ==Collections==Only one floor is dedicated to Wentworth's eccentric collections &mdash; which includes a roadside stand owned by Wentworthmummified cat, which opened among other things. The other two floors illustrate life in the suburb Florida Panhandle over the centuries, some of [[Ensley]] in [[1957]]. the more mainstream artifacts coming from Wentworth was paraphrased as saying, in the [[1980s]], that he would donate everything in his 's collection if he could earn . The other floors house a permanent spot to house his collection in Pensacola. A state grant was signed by Governor [[Bob Martinez]] to allow the city to renovate the old city hall, and the science interactive museum was officially opened in [[1988]]that is wonderful for children.

Only one floor is dedicated From September [[2004]] to Wentworth's eccentric collections &mdash; which includes a mummified catMarch [[2005]], among other thingsthe museum was closed for renovations after [[Hurricane Ivan]] caused considerable damage to the property. The other two floors illustrate life in When the Florida Panhandle over museum opened again, a new exhibit was added, comparing and contrasting the centuries, some effects of the more mainstream artifacts coming from Wentworth's collection. The other floors house a science interactive museum 2004 hurricane to the [[hurricane of 1926]] that is wonderful for childrenalso damaged the building.

From September ==Other images==<gallery>Image:OldCityHall.jpgImage:TTWentworthMuseum2.jpg|[[20042007]] to March [[2005]], the museum was closed for renovations after Image:Oldcityhall-1974.jpg|From [[Hurricane IvanPlaza Ferdinand VII]] caused considerable damage to the property. When the museum opened again, a new exhibit was added, comparing and contrasting the effects of the 2004 hurricane to the [[Great Miami Hurricane|1926 hurricane1974]] that also damaged the building. </gallery>

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