St. Petersburg's new home for the Dalí collection is the result of persistence ... and destiny. - St. Petersburg Times

St. Petersburg's new home for the Dalí collection is the result of persistence ... and destiny. - St. Petersburg Times: "So Morse told Martin that if Florida came through with the money, the collection would come to St. Petersburg. The Florida Legislature quickly passed a budget line item of $2 million and the deal was sealed. Work began immediately on refurbishing an old waterfront warehouse at 1000 Third St. S.

In November, just 10 months after Martin made his first call to the Morses, five semitrailers rolled into St. Petersburg with the payload. The museum opened in March 1982.

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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquis of Dalí de Púbol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), commonly known as Salvador Dalí (Catalan pronunciation: [səɫβəˈðo dəˈɫi]), was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres.

On January 23, 1989, while his favorite record of Tristan and Isolde played, he died of heart failure at Figueres at the age of 84, and, coming full circle, is buried in the crypt of his Teatro Museo in Figueres. The location is across the street from the church of Sant Pere, where he had his baptism, first communion, and funeral, and is three blocks from the house where he was born