Best of Tampa Bay – MoM July/August Blog!

VOTE FOR MoM, NOMINATED AS BEST MUSEUM TAMPA BAY 2025 & curator Martha Joy Rose for the Escape Womb Experience! Last year, over 5 million impressions on the voting website alone for Best of TB. Some more stats: From Google 30k have viewed our photos, 25k in grant funds released to the Museum of Motherhood for work in the Health, Education and Wellness arena, 5 new Executive Board Members join MoM for a total of 9 Board Members, and four high school interns celebrate paid work with us this summer with extensive programming each month.

Community Foundation Tampa Bay Awards Grant to MoM

We are thrilled to share HUGE NEWS: Community Foundation Tampa Bay awards the Museum of Motherhood a 25k grant to continue work in the area of Health, Wellness and Education.

We are incredibly humbled and grateful for this recognition. Our team has been relentless in our volunteerism and hard work facilitating free and open spaces for individuals and families from all walks of life, including those at risk and in-need as well as people seeking connection to resources and inspiration.

We are launching new programming immediately! JOIN US!

Board Building at MoM as we Party with a Purpose and Celebrate our Team

WHAT? Maybe you haven’t heard of the Museum of Motherhood (yet).

HECK YEAH! Maybe you are curious about what a Museum of Motherhood is all about? What! A women’s museum, right here in Tampa Bay!

IMPRESSIVE: With a team of over 20 volunteers, a kick-butt team of fundraisers, grant writers, and board members – MoM is ready to GROW again.

JOIN US: How better to celebrate than to honor our incredible team: It’s Barbara’s birthday. Barbara Lynch #AmbassadorBarb is our Executive Board Secretary. She is a dynamo and we wanna acknowledge her in all her glorious ambition for MoM’s growth here locally. Oh, and PS – It’s Mary Havlock’s birthday too – so it’s gonna be a special, amazing opportunity to get to know us better.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 3rd 6-7:30PM at the Museum with light fare and sparkling kombucha by Mother Kombucha. RSVP directly to Founding Director Joy’s cell

May is Mothers Month! This Weekend, 2025: ILLUMINATE!

ILLUMINATE! Art, Movement, and MotherhoodBold explorations of performance, dialogue, and disruption throughout May 2025. Mother’s Day is so much more than sentimental greeting cards.It’s about shedding light on the most vital, undervalued, and complex work we do as humans: creating, sustaining, and transforming life. This week, we confront that truth through art, performance, and unfilteredContinue reading “May is Mothers Month! This Weekend, 2025: ILLUMINATE!”