https://nonprofitattractions.com/2023/10/23/arts-history-timeline-for-st-petersburg-florida/2023-10-24T02:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/about/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image.jpgWayne David Atherholt 2020-05-01T18:32:27+00:00weekly0.6https://nonprofitattractions.com/bio/2020-05-01T18:30:39+00:00weekly0.6https://nonprofitattractions.com/2020/05/01/museum-operations-in-the-age-of-covid19/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wda-facebook-profile-pic.jpgWDA FACEBOOK PROFILE PIC2020-05-01T18:23:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2014/10/03/tourism-attractions-marketing-visitors-guides-and-in-room-publications/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8962.jpgIMG_8962These destination-focused magazines may or may not be distributed primarily in hotels because of their wider appeal by locals who often will save them for friends and family who visit and use them themselves.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8959.jpgIMG_8959https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8960.jpgIMG_8960Some visitior's guides are like magazines and are structured like that when displayed at hotels and attractions.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8958.jpgIMG_8958Hardbound books in hotel rooms are nothing new. Guest Informant was doing it for years and is now renamed and part of Where. 2014-10-03T12:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2013/01/09/how-st-petersburg-became-the-cultural-center-of-the-west-coast-of-florida-part-3/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/museums-float.jpgmuseums floatI remember going to Tampa with David Blackman to look at this float for the Festival of States parade to promote the then-five downtown Museums. We all participated but I recall the woman from the Museum of History having mole crickets run up and down her hoop skirt during the parade. It was a lot of effort and collectively we figured it would be more cost-effective to focus on doing other cooperative things. This was about 1994.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wayne-terri-david.jpgwayne terri davidhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1992-uptown-atherholt-house.jpg1992 uptown atherholt houseThe first new-construction home in the downtown area for many years was built just north of the Round Lake area in what is now broadly known as Uptown. This picture was taken for the St. Petersburg Times showing National Night Out Against Crime where the two community police officers from the Uptown neighborhoods attended along with others in the neighborhood to celebrate the new home being built at 1022 Eighth Street North.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-011.jpgFAM 011Museum Cooperative brochure branded with CVBNew product development grant money was available and the museums applied as a group. It took some coaxing and there was still some push-back that bed tax money shouldn't be spent promoting cultural attractions in downtown St. Petersburg. But it passed and this black and white scan shows a little of the brochure that was produced focusing on the seven downtown St. Petersburg museums.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-004.jpgFAM 004 A Sarasota newspaper article on Museums Month in St. PetersburgThe article in the Sarasota newspaper states "St. Petersburg is bragging - again. And with good reason - again." Museums Month focused on the great destination that could be created by combining forces among the museums to highlight the city as a cultural destination.2014-08-25T17:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2013/01/08/how-st-petersburg-became-the-cultural-center-of-the-west-coast-of-florida-part-2/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/museum-month.jpgmuseum month 1993The first Museum Month in 1993 is celebrated at City Hall with Mayor David Fischer, Michael Milkovich (Museum of Fine Arts), Mary Wyatt Allen (St. Petersburg Museum of History), Wayne Atherholt (Dali Museum), Eileen Smith (Great Explorations) and Anita Treiser with the City of St. Petersburg.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-019.jpgFAM 019 Artworks and Downtown flyerThe Artworks! flyer, as simple as it was, created a focus on the arts through events in downtown St. Petersburg in 1991. This piece was inserted into cable bills. The flyer to the right, which was produced on various neon paper, was produced at no cost to any of the arts organizations and was distributed through Dali Museum press packets and group tour operator packets in addition to other outlets and highlighted the concentration of the arts facilities in downtown St. Petersburg. It was used by the Dali Museum as a sales tool to bring in groups and promote the city to travel writers as early as 1990.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-007.jpgFAM 007 Museums of BayboroOne of the earliest pieces of cooperative work between the museums of St. Petersburg was this joint press reception under the banner of The Museums of Bayboro between the Dali Museum and Great Explorations in 1991.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-006.jpgFAM 006 Museum Month Press Release 1995A press release from 1995 publicizing Museum Month in downtown St. Petersburg.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-001.jpgFAM 001 A 1998 ad in a tourist publication promoting the cultural diversity of downtown St. Petersburg.A 1998 advertisement in a tourist guide promotes the cultural diversity of downtown St. Petersburg in a cooperative effort among museums and galleries.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam.jpgFAMAnother cooperative effort for Museum Month was sponsored by USAir.2014-08-25T17:58:28+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2013/01/07/how-st-petersburg-became-the-cultural-center-of-the-west-coast-of-florida-part-1/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0401.jpgIMG_0401The state headquarters and gallery for Florida Craftsmen is located in the Central Arts District of St. Petersburg.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0352.jpgIMG_0352The State Theatre, St. Petersburg.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-016.jpgFAM 016 Creative Loafing story 1992 - continuedContinuation of the 1992 story on downtown St. Petersburg in Creative Loafing.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-015.jpgFAM 015 Creative Loafing 1992 storyA 1992 story in Creative Loafing focused on downtown St. Petersburg.2014-08-25T17:57:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2014/08/19/tourism-attractions-marketing-maps-and-directories/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0723.jpgFlorida Brochureshttps://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0728.jpgFlorida Attractions Association Mapshttps://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/clt-harbor.jpgclt harbor2014-08-19T12:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2014/08/17/tourism-attractions-marketing-the-rack-brochure/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8837.jpgFlorida Attractions Association map of floirda attractionsBrochures have been used for many years to attract visitors to attractions such as this vintage Florida Attractions Association map from the mid 20th century.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8874.jpgMini Brochure RackThis is a mini-brochure rack. These brochures are small and fit in your wallet and provide just enough information and often a coupon for admission or a discount on a meal.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0744.jpgT T WENTWORTH MUSEUM BROCHURE PENSACOLATimes have certainly changed when museums printed brochures like this. This is from the T. T. Wentworth Museum in Pensacola from the mid 20th century.2014-08-18T00:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2014/08/09/learning-lessons-in-tourism-marketing-from-a-road-trip/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1399.jpgVISITORS GUIDES FROM THE NORTHEAST USAPrinted visitors guides still come in handy and we explore each and every one of them for current places to consider while on a road trip as well as future places to visit. I just can't help using them as teaching tools to help other attractions learn more about destination and tourism marketing though.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1349.jpgRV ALLEGRO STAR AT HILTON HEAD, SCCamping can be just about anything from resort living such as this RV resort on Hilton Head Island to roughing in at one of the many great state parks.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1338.jpgMotorhomes on I-95RVs were heavy on the I-95 between the Northeast and Florida. My preference is to avoid the interstate system as much as possible while exploring the great backroads and destinations of the country.2014-08-09T02:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2014/07/08/10-trends-in-destination-marketing/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-205330-75210674.jpg20140702-205330-75210674.jpgThis is an incredible ad for Lancaster, Pennsylvania that actually appears in a county tourism guide, not the state guide, but it clearly shows off several trends including the arts and the local concept quite well.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-193227-70347307.jpg20140702-193227-70347307.jpgGastronomy meets the trend of "local" in this ad in the New Hampshire guide.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-193228-70348627.jpg20140702-193228-70348627.jpgThe Mountain Creek Bike Park in Vernon, NJ is well positioned in the New Jersey guide and rightfully so.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-193225-70345399.jpg20140702-193225-70345399.jpghttps://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-193226-70346272.jpg20140702-193226-70346272.jpghttps://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-193120-70280952.jpg20140702-193120-70280952.jpghttps://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-193110-70270826.jpg20140702-193110-70270826.jpgThis ad for Clarion, Pennsylvania not only is about experiencing the destination but it is focused on the outdoors and the destination being known as "River Country."https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-193223-70343377.jpg20140702-193223-70343377.jpgThis ad for the Maryland Wine Festival is another example of how events are working to draw tourists for niche interests.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-193112-70272727.jpg20140702-193112-70272727.jpghttps://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140702-193117-70277051.jpg20140702-193117-70277051.jpgCoastal Virginia appears to be all about "fun" in this ad inviting you to have fun in only a few footsteps.2014-07-07T15:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2014/06/23/arts-marketing-tourism-marketing/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/vedder-museum.jpgVEDDER MUSEUMThe Vedder Museum in St. Augustine. Photo courtesy State Archives of Florida.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jacksonville-atherholt.jpgJACKSONVILLE ATHERHOLTThe city of Jacksonville has changed dramatically since it was the first transportation hub of Florida tourists in the 1880s.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_5217.jpgARTS CENTER DELRAY BEACH FLORIDAMany cities and towns in Florida have arts centers including Delray Beach.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4645.jpgCentralArtsDistrictStPeteTrolleyOne of the arts districts in St. Petersburg, the Central Arts District, has links to the other districts with a trolley service.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4518.jpgIMG_4518Second Saturday Art Walks in St. Petersburg have become increasingly popular with tourists and residents. Many other tourist destinations use this concept to promote the arts.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2889.jpgDali Museum St Petersburg 2889The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, along with the Chihuly Collection Presented by the Morean Arts Center and the Museum of Fine Arts all solidify the arts with a strong museum presence.2014-06-24T11:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2014/04/23/how-museums-survived-the-financial-crisis/2014-04-23T11:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2013/02/21/earned-income-for-non-profit-arts-centers-and-museums/2013-02-22T03:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.com/2013/01/10/how-st-petersburg-became-the-cultural-center-of-the-west-coast-of-florida-part-4/https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-017.jpgFAM 017https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-014.jpgFAM 014 Detroit Free Press The story that finally broke for downtown St. Petersburg being recognized as the cultural center of the west coast of Florida.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-012.jpgFAM 012 Titanic exhibition promotional piece on the destination of Tampa Bay.The Florida International Museum received coverage all over the world for its record-breaking Titanic exhibition that spanned 27,000 square feet and 830,000 visitors in six months. All group tour operators, wholesalers and travel media received this piece on the destination that focused on downtown St. Petersburg's arts and cultural appeal.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-009.jpgFAM 009 Various examples of cooperative marketing A VIP card included admission to four downtown museums and was sold through the Vinoy and AAA. An ad that appeared in SEE Magazine promoting the museums. An insert into key zip codes through Val-Pak promoted four downtown museums. And finally, a colorful poster was produced and made available to area hotels and businesses to promote the museums of St. Petersburg.https://nonprofitattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fam-002.jpgFAM 002 Looper articleAn early article on the Looper trolley appeared in the St. Petersburg Times.2013-01-10T16:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nonprofitattractions.comdaily1.02023-10-24T02:02:19+00:00