

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Gilded Age in Tampa Bay: When Florida Learned to Dream Big 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 02 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Inspired by the renewed public fascination of the era through HBO’s The Gilded Age, Dr. Greg Thompson will explore how Florida, once seen as remote and undeveloped, became a playground for ambition, architecture, and luxury at the turn of the 20th century. Learn about figures such as Henry B. Plant, who built the grand Tampa Bay Hotel (now the University of Tampa), and John Ringling, whose Venetian-style mansion in Sarasota embodied America’s new appetite for status, art, and leisure.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/largo/the-gilded-age-in-tampa-bay-when-florida-learned-to-dream-big/200029661501906
- **Event Categories**: art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://largopubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/15214744?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=largo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Largo
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 120 Central Park Dr, Largo, FL, United States, Florida 33771
- **lat**: 27.9137
- **long**: -82.78275
- **full address**: 120 Central Park Dr, Largo, FL, United States, Florida 33771

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Largo Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/largo-public-library/12039757)

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 02 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 120 Central Park Dr, Largo, FL, United States, Florida 33771
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Largo Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Gilded Age in Tampa Bay: When Florida Learned to Dream Big  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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