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TDC endorses $60,000 recommendation to host Florida Maritime Museum pop-up during Cortez schoolhouse repairs

3070066 · April 21, 2025
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The Tourist Development Council unanimously recommended $60,000 to support a temporary “museum pop-up” near the Anna Maria Oyster Bar in Cortez while the Florida Maritime Museum’s schoolhouse undergoes renovation.

The Manatee County Tourist Development Council on April 21 unanimously approved a recommendation to provide $60,000 to support a temporary “museum pop-up” for the Florida Maritime Museum while the museum’s schoolhouse in Cortez is renovated.

The pop-up would relocate artifacts from the damaged Cortez schoolhouse to leased retail space near the Anna Maria Oyster Bar on Cortez Road, staff said, and would be cross-promoted to tourists and residents as a short-term measure while the county and Clerk of the…

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