The Splendid Splinter

Exterior of the Ted Williams Museum, Aug-1998.

One of the exhibit rooms.

• Location: 2455 N Citrus Hills Blvd, Hernando, Fla.
• Opened: 1997
• Closed: Before 2008

As the name implies, the museum is not only a repository of Ted Williams memorabilia, it’s also Williams’ own tribute to his fellow great hitters. The inductee shown at right is Joe Jackson, who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1910-20 and hit .356 for his career but was banned from baseball following the gambling scandal of 1919.

I am advised as of May 2008 that the museum in Hernando has closed, and the material has been transferred to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Exhibit space has been expanded in the relocated museum, located above the outfield concourse. However, the space at the Trop was later repurposed and I do not know the whereabouts of the exhibits once featured here, or there.