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The '''T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum''' is the a museum of history in Pensacola. It is located on [, named for [Jefferson Street]] adjacent to [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr. The building is part of the [[Historic Pensacola Village]] museum complex.

The buildingLocated on [[Jefferson Street]] adjacent to [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]], reminiscent of the Alamo mission style, building was originally erected in [[1908]] to serve as '''[[Pensacola City Hall (disambiguation)|Pensacola's city hall]] (which is now located at '''. When a new [[Pensacola City Hall|180 Governmental CenterCity Hall]] was built in [[1985]], the old building was renovated to house the massive collection of historical artifacts Wentworth had donated to the State of Florida two years earlier. The museum was dedicated on [[March 5]], [[1988]] and is now owned and operated by [[West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc.]] as part of the [[Historic Pensacola Village]]).

==Original museum==The original museum was in fact a roadside stand owned by [[T.T. Wentworth, Jr.|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]].