Veterans Memorial Park & Museum

Museum Closed - Park Open

Veterans Memorial Park is open daily from 8 AM to 5 PM

Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, the Rear Admiral Leroy Collins, Jr, Veterans Museum remains closed.

Consumer & Veteran Services staff are available by phone at (813) 635-8316, Monday - Friday 8 AM to 4:30 PM.

Offices open for in-person services

• Veteran Resource Center (Tampa) - Monday - Friday 8 AM to 4:30 PM
• South Shore (Ruskin) - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8 AM to 4:30 PM
• VA So-Hi Clinic in Riverview  - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8 AM to 4:30 PM
• James A. Haley VA, Primary Care Annex/Charlie Clinic in Tampa - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8 AM to 4:30 PM
• Brandon Regional Service Center - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8 AM to 4:30 PM

The Hillsborough County Veterans Memorial Park and Rear Admiral Leroy Collins, Jr, Veterans Museum was established to provide a centralized location to which all citizens and visitors could memorialize and honor the Veterans of all eras. 

The park also serves as a grounds for regional ceremonies on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Patriot Day; along with a variety of organized events. It has a reputation as a well-designed location for reading, reflection, meditation, picnicking, gathering as a family, or walking/jogging it’s many paths, and has fitness stations along the trail of the Bypass Canal. Learn more about volunteering at the museum.

The Veterans Resource Center is also located on the grounds of the park in building 3610 and offers services for Veterans.

Watch Stitches of Duty video, filmed at the memorial park.

The park's 14 war memorials currently include:

• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• Korea
• Vietnam
• World War I
• World War II
• Spanish American
• Fallen Heroes
• Committed Forces

Check out park and museum highlight aerial videos.

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