Pensacola, Florida - T. T. Wentworth Jr. Museum
- Address:
- 830 S. Jefferson, Pensacola, FL [Show Map]
- Directions:
- I-110 to its end at exit 1C. Continue south on US 98, which immediately veers to the right. After three quick blocks, turn left onto Jefferson St. The Museum is four blocks south, across from the park.
- Hours:
- Daily 10 am - 4 pm. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 850-595-5990
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Pensacola, Florida - T. T. Wentworth Museum - Petrified Cat The T. T. Wentworth Museum in downtown Pensacola is the current incarnation of a roadside museum opened in 1957 in Ensley, FL, just north of Pensacola. In the '80s, Wentworth said he would donate his collection of damn near everything if the city of Pensacola would continue to display it. The city agreed, renovated the old downtown city hall, and opened the T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum.
There are three floors of exhibits, but, unfortunately, only one floor is devoted to Wentworth's oddball collection. My brother, a Pensacola native, says that as the years have passed, the museum seems to have become more and more mainstream and less devoted to the odd, bizarre, and often useless things that Wentworth collected. It's still worth seeing, mind you, just not as much fun as it used to be.
And they don't sell "I saw the Petrified Cat" t-shirts anymore. [Dean Jeffrey, 02/15/2003]
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