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The '''T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum''' is the museum of history in Pensacola. It is located on [[Jefferson Street]] adjacent to [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]. The building is part of the [[Historic Pensacola Village]] museum complex.
The building, reminiscent of the Alamo mission style, was originally erected in [[19071908]] to serve as Pensacola's city hall (which is now located at 180 Governmental Center).
The original museum was in fact a roadside stand owned by Wentworth, which opened in the suburb of [[Ensley]] in [[1957]]. Wentworth was paraphrased as saying, in the [[1980s]], that he would donate everything in his collection if he could earn a permanent spot to house his collection in Pensacola. A state grant was signed by Governor [[Bob Martinez]] to allow the city to renovate the old city hall, and the museum was officially opened in [[1988]].
