Last updated: 7/24/2023
Tarpon Springs, Florida
Street Address
600 Klosterman RoadTarpon Springs, FL 34689
Mailing Address
PO Box 13489St. Petersburg, FL 33733
phone: 727-712-5762
fax: 727-712-5223
e-mail: lrma@spcollege.edu
web: leeparattner.org/

Hours

Sunday
1 PM - 5 PM
Monday
closed
Tuesday - Wednesday, Saturday
10 AM - 5 PM
Thursday
10 AM - 8 PM
Friday
10 AM - 4 PM

Admissions

Adults $5
Seniors $4
Children, Students & Members Free

Museum Type(s)

Art

Staff

Christine Renc-Carter
phone:
Beth Becker
phone: 727-712-5227
Elise Tanaka
phone:
Diana Bryson
phone:
Description

The Museum has an extensive permanent collection that is exhibited in eight rotating galleries plus two changing exhibition galleries with five traveling exhibitions presented throughout the year. Diverse programming is scheduled for all ages and interest levels including, lectures, panel discussions, workshops, children's camps, film series, social activities, plays and community partnerships designed to educate and entertain.

Mission

The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art commits to excellence in visual arts education, fosters aesthetic, critical and ethical think as a bridge to the future and nurtures interest in 20th century art history by collecting, preserving and exhibiting the art of Abraham Rattner, Esther Gentle, Allen Leepa and their contemporaries. Further, the Museum strives to inspire, engage, educate and serve the diversity of our community and individuals of all ages.

History

The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art opened in an award-winning, architecturally significant building in January of 2002 on the Tarpon Springs campus of St. Petersburg College.

Artifact Collections

The permanent collection is comprised of more than 5000 objects including paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, tapestries, stained glass and other media by Abraham Rattner, Esther Gentle, Allen Leepa and their contemporaries. The Museum also has an extensive 20th century print collection.

Research Collections

The Museum has an education collection. Please call for details, 727-712-5200.

Educational Programs

The Museum offers various educational and entertaining programming designed to attract Museum visitors of all ages. Regular programming includes a monthly lecture series, On the Easel, which features a piece from the collection or on loan to the Museum; monthly opera videos are shown, a monthly book club is open to members and docent training is every Friday morning. Workshops, lectures and gallery guides are offered to supplement exhibitions. Summer camps and family workshops are scheduled for children. Docent tours are offered every Sunday at 2 pm at no cost.

Governance

St Petersburg College

Library
Access: Students, Scholars
Appointment required: Yes
Publications

The Museum publishes a quarterly newsletter, L'Artiste, and gallery guides for most exhibitions.

L'Artiste - quarterly newsletter
Gallery Guide - as appropriate per exhibition
Invitations - per event
Event Flyers - as appropriate and necessary
ADA

As a relatively new building the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, along with the standards imposed by St. Petersburg College, meets all ADA requirements.

Wheelchair Accessible
Parking
Restrooms
Exhibitions
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MUSEUM CONFERENCES

Museum Trustee Association Spring Forum 2024

April 10 - 14, 2024

Atlanta, Georgia

Texas Association of Museums 2024 Lubock Annual Conference

April 14 - 17, 2024

Lubbock, Texas

2024 Colorado-Wyoming ANNUAL MEETING

May 1 - 4, 2024

Worland, Wyoming

West Virginia Association of Museums 2024 Conference

June 6 - 8, 2024

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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