List of museums in Alabama facts for kids

The is a list of museums in the U.S. state of Alabama. The blue links indicate an article exists on an individual museum. The red links indicate that an article still needs to be created. A number of public and private institutions and organizations around the state make their collections available for public viewing. These museums contain artifacts and exhibits related to art and art history, broadcasting, children, civil and political rights, culture, industry, law, medicine, military history, music, natural history, local and regional history, science, sports and transportation. Additionally, the state is home to many historic house museums, many with a focus on the biographical history of individuals; several hall of fames; and a number of living history museums with a focus on local, state, or national history. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included in this list.

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List of museums in Alanama

Museum name	Image	City	County	Notes	Refs
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts Museum Area		Montgomery	Montgomery	Exhibits of Alabama judicial history and important figures, located in the Alabama Judicial Building
Alabama Constitution Village		Huntsville	Madison	Living history
Alabama Department of Archives and History		Montgomery	Montgomery	Official archives for the state of Alabama, features the Museum of Alabama with exhibits including Native American, military history, 19th- and 20th-century historic artifacts, photos, and art
Alabama Governor's Mansion		Montgomery	Montgomery	Official residence of Alabama's Governor. Open for tours. U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame		Birmingham	Jefferson Shelby	Alabama artistes and memorabilia
Alabama Men's Hall of Fame		Birmingham	Jefferson	Housed in Samford University's Harwell G. Davis Library
Alabama Mining Museum		Dora	Walker	Exhibits include a 1900s train and mining cars, one-room African American school, elementary school, post office, and depot.
Alabama Museum of Health Sciences		Birmingham	Jefferson	Medical
Alabama Museum of Natural History		Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa	Natural history
Alabama Music Hall of Fame		Tuscumbia	Colbert	Exhibits featuring 50 inductees and over 1200 other Alabamians
Alabama River Museum		Franklin	Monroe	Local history including fossils, Native American artifacts, steamboats
Alabama Rural Heritage Center		Thomaston	Marengo	History and folk art, operated by Auburn University's Rural Studio
Alabama State Capitol		Montgomery	Montgomery	State capitol building of Alabama. A National Historic Landmark, it is open for tours and is operated by the Alabama Historical Commission.
Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA)		Montgomery	Montgomery	Created by 1966 Executive Order from Governor George Wallace, established in 1967 by the state legislature.
Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives		Athens	Limestone	Houses artifacts from the Revolutionary War to the present day.
Alabama Women's Hall of Fame		Livingston	Sumter	Founded in 1970, by the University of West Alabama
Aldrich Coal Mine Museum		Montevallo	Shelby	History and artifacts from the town's former coal mine
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame		Birmingham	Jefferson	Exhibits of Alabama’s athletic history
Aliceville Museum and Cultural Arts Center		Aliceville	Pickens	Former site of the WWII Camp Aliceville 1942 to 1945 POW camp.
American Sport Art Museum and Archives		Daphne	Baldwin	Gulf Coast sports. Located on the campus of the United States Sports Academy
American Village		Montevallo	Shelby	Living history
Ancient Wars Museum		Madison	Madison	aka Alabama War Museum, Exhibits from present day to 8,000 BC
Anniston Museum of Natural History		Anniston	Calhoun	Located in Anniston Museums and Gardens
Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens		Birmingham	Jefferson counties	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Ave Maria Grotto		Cullman	Cullman	Outdoor miniature reproductions of some of the most famous religious structures of the world. Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage National Register of Historic Places
Baldwin County Heritage Museum		Elberta	Baldwin	Agricultural and cultural history
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum		Birmingham	Jefferson	Vintage and modern motorcycles and race cars
Battle-Friedman House		Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa	Antebellum house and garden, operated by the Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society. U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Battleship Memorial Park		Mobile	Mobile	Centered around the battleship USS Alabama, pays tribute to all military veterans from Alabama
Belle Mont Mansion		Tuscumbia	Colbert	1832 plantation house, influenced by Thomas Jefferson's Palladian architecture. U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bellingrath Gardens and Home		Theodore	Mobile	Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, U.S. Historic district, U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Berman Museum of World History		Anniston	Calhoun	Ancient art, weapons, photos, clothing, hands-on displays and lifelike dioramas from around the world
Bessemer Hall of History		Bessemer	Jefferson	Local history housed in the Southern Railway Terminal Station. A 1916 railroad depot, it is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Displays include clothing, artifacts, photographs.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute		Birmingham	Jefferson	American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s
Birmingham Museum of Art		Birmingham	Jefferson	Collections from around the world
Blount County Memorial Museum		Oneonta	Blount	Artifacts, history art & lterature of Blount Countians
Bluff Hall		Demopolis	Marengo	Mansion built by slaves in 1832
Booker T. Washington House		Tuskegee	Macon	Home of Booker T. Washington, known as "The Oaks." On the Tuskegee Institute campus.
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion		Mobile	Mobile	U.S. National Register of Historic Places, built by Congressman John Bragg in 1855.
Bridgeport Depot Museum		Bridgeport	Jackson	Operated by the Bridgeport Area Historical Association
Buena Vista Mansion		Prattville	Autauga	Built in 1822, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Oct 1974
Burritt on the Mountain		Huntsville	Madison	Living history museum
Carnegie Visual Arts Center		Decatur	Morgan	Originally the Carnegie Library of Decatur
Central Carver Museum		Gadsden	Etowah	To preserve the culture of the African American community
Children's Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa		Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa	Exhibits, seasonal events, birthday parties, school field trips
Children's Museum of the Shoals		Florence	Lauderdale	Hands-on exhibits for children ages 18 months-3rd grade
Clarke County Historical Museum		Grove Hill	Clarke	Grounds include the Alston-Cobb House, law office, corn crib and cabin
Conde-Charlotte House		Mobile	Mobile	Owned and operated by the Alabama chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames in America
Confederate Memorial Park		Mountain Creek	Chilton	Civil War exhibits, two cemeteries, a church and post office. Operated by the Alabama Historical Commission
Cook's Natural Science Museum		Decatur	Morgan	Natural history
Cullman County Museum		Cullman	Cullman	Housed in a replica of the home of Col. John G. Cullmann, German immigrant who founded the city
Dauphin Island Sea Lab		Dauphin Island	Mobile	Marine research and education center
Dexter Parsonage Museum		Montgomery	Montgomery	Where Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. pastored from 1954–1960 and began his quest for civil rights.
Don Kresge Memorial Radio Museum		Birmingham	Jefferson	AKA Alabama Historical Radio Society Museum
Dowling Museum and Rudd Art Center		Ozark	Dale County	Southeastern art
EarlyWorks Children's History Museum		Huntsville	Madison	Hands-on children's museum, includes the Talking Tree
Evelyn Burrow Museum		Hanceville	Cullman	Wallace State College
Fairhope Museum of History		Fairhope	Baldwin	Local history
Fayette Art Museum and Civic Center		Fayette	Fayette	Local artists and Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame
Fendall Hall		Eufaula	Barbour	Victorian period home with furnishings and gardens, operated by the Alabama Historical Commission
First White House of the Confederacy		Montgomery	Montgomery	Executive residence of President Jefferson Davis. Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Foley Railroad Museum		Foley	Baldwin	Exhibits, memorabilia, formerly the Louisville and Nashville (L&N) Railroad Depot (ca. 1909)
Fort Conde		Mobile	Mobile	Namesake of Louis Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé, operated by the History Museum of Mobile
Fort Gaines		Dauphin Island	Mobile	The Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War
Fort Mitchell		Fort Mitchell	Russell	Reconstructed 1810s fort and museum, involved in the Creek War
Fort Morgan		Gulf Shores	Baldwin	U.S. National Historic Landmark, U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Fort Payne Depot Museum		Fort Payne	DeKalb	Local history
Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson National Historic Park		Wetumpka	Elmore	Replica 18th-century fort with living history demonstrations. U.S. National Historic Landmark. U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Freedom Rides Museum		Montgomery	Montgomery	National Register of Historic Places. Bus station that was the site of a violent attack on participants in the 1961 Freedom Rides during the Civil Rights Movement
Gadsden Museum of Art		Gadsden	Etowah	Founded by the Gadsden Art Association (GAA)
Gaineswood		Demopolis	Marengo	Listed as a National Historic Landmark and operated by the Alabama Historical Commission
George Washington Carver Museum		Tuskegee	Macon	On the Tuskegee Institute campus. Closed for repairs and rehabilitation until Spring 2025.
George Washington Carver Interpretive Museum		Dothan	Houston	Dedicated to African American scientist George Washington Carver
Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery		Montgomery	Montgomery	Operated by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, located on the first floor of the RSA Tower
Gorgas House		Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa	Oldest structure on the University of Alabama. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center		Mobile	Mobile	Variety of traveling exhibitions, Dome Theater
Gulf Shores Museum		Gulf Shores	Baldwin	Local history
Guntersville Museum		Guntersville	Marshall	Located in the Company E of the 167th Infantry of the Alabama National Guard Armory
Hank Williams Museum		Montgomery	Montgomery.	Founded in 1999 by Hank Williams Sr. fan Cecil Franklin Jackson
Hank Williams Sr. Boyhood Home and Museum		Georgiana	Butler County	Non-profit Hank Williams Museum and Festival Inc. oversees this
Harrison Brothers Hardware Store		Huntsville	Madison	Established in 1879, combination museum and operating hardware business
Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum		Calera	Shelby	Official state railroad museum
History Museum of Mobile		Mobile	Mobile	Local art exhibits, 300 years of Mobile history
Huntsville Depot		Madison		City's railroad and transportation history. U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Huntsville Museum of Art		Huntsville	Madison	Southern artists
Indian Mound and Museum		Florence	Lauderdale	Indian mound and museum with excavated artifacts from different cultures dating back 10,000 years
International Motorsports Hall of Fame		Talladega	Talladega	Racing vehicles and memorabilia
Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama		Birmingham	Jefferson/Shelby	Iron and steel manufacturing during the Civil War
Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center		Sylacauga	Talladega	Arts and local history
Ivy Green		Tuscumbia	Colbert	Birthplace of Helen Keller U.S. National Historic Landmark, U.S. National Register of Historic Places Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum		Talladega	Talladega	Local history
Jesse Owens Memorial Park and Museum		Oakville	Morgan	Birthplace of track and field athlete Jesse Owens, who participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he won four gold medals.
Joseph Wheeler Plantation		Hillsboro	Lawrence	U.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Historic district. Former home of Confederate General Joseph Wheeler, also known as Pond Spring.
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art		Auburn	Lee	Part of Auburn University, 19th and 20th century American and European Art
Landmark Park		Dothan	Houston	Alabama's official Museum of Agriculture, includes 1890s living history farm, a one-room schoolhouse, a general store, a turn-of the-century church and a planetarium, 100 acres
Lee County Historical Society Museum		Loachapoka	Lee	Multi-exhibit historical museum
Magnolia Grove		Greensboro	Hale	U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Antebellum mansion, best known as home of Rear Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson, operated by the Alabama Historical Commission
Mann Wildlife Learning Museum		Montgomery	Montgomery	Part of Montgomery Zoo
Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education		Fairhope	Baldwin	Founded by Marietta Johnson and focused on childhood development, U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Karl C. Harrison Museum of George Washington		Columbiana	Shelby	Biographical
Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum		Thomasville	Clarke	Located on he Alabama Southern Community College campus. The works of journalist, photographer and storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham.
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts		Florence	Lauderdale	Features annual and changing exhibits of artists from the Southeas
Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts		Gadsden	Etowah	Gadsden Community School for the Arts, Imagination Place Children's Museum
McWane Science Center		Birmingham	Jefferson	Native American artifacts, minerals and fossils from the former Red Mountain Museum, Challenger Learning Center, aquarium, hands-on science exhibits
Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center and Museum		Vance	Tuscaloosa	Mercedes-Benz automobiles and plant tours by advance reservations
Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum		Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa	How the city was influenced by transportation
Mobile Medical Museum		Mobile	Mobile	5,000 medical artifacts and documents
Mobile Museum of Art		Mobile	Mobile	Wide variety of 10,000 works, plus activities for all ages
Monroe County Heritage Museums		Monroeville	Monroe	Host to multiple museums, includes Old Courthouse Museum, Rikard’s Mill Historical Park, Alabama River Museum
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts		Montgomery	Montgomery	4,000 works of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings and sculpture, Southern regional art, Old Master prints and decorative arts
The MOOseum		Montgomery	Montgomery	Cattle industry in Alabama
Moundville Archaeological Park		Moundville	Hale	Operated by the University of Alabama Prehistoric Native American settlements
Museum of East Alabama		Opelika	Lee	Approximately 4,000 artifacts regarding live in East Alabama
National African American Archives and Museum		Mobile	Mobile	Themes include slavery, African American contributions in Mobile, Alabama and the United States.
National Voting Rights Museum		Selma	Dallas	History of the African-American Voting Rights and Women's Suffrage movements
Negro Southern League Museum		Birmingham	Jefferson	History of the Negro Southern League and Baseball in Birmingham
North Alabama Railroad Museum		Chase	Madison	Features a rolling stock collection, a small train station and a small heritage railroad
Northport Heritage Museum		Northport	Tuscaloosa	Northport Native American history
Oakleigh Historic Complex		Mobile	Mobile	Historic Complex, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Oakleigh mansion, cottage, Union barracks
Oakville Indian Mounds Park and Museum		Oakville	Lawrence	83-acre (340,000 m2) state park and museum dedicated to ancient Native American monuments
Old Alabama Town		Montgomery	Montgomery	Collection of historically significant buildings, brought together as a living history museum
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park		Orrville	Dallas	National Register of Historic Places. Ghost town archaeological park with exhibits in the Welcome Center, operated by the Alabama Historical Commission
Old Courthouse Museum		Monroeville	Monroe	Restored 1930s period courthouse, exhibits on local authors Truman Capote and Harper Lee
Paul W. Bryant Museum		Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa	Bear Bryant 25 years head football coach University of Alabama football team. 314 collegiate football victories
Phoenix Fire Museum		Mobile	Mobile	Operated by the History Museum of Mobile, located in the restored home of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company No. 6.
Pope's Tavern		Florence	Lauderdale	Stagecoach stop, tavern and in. Civil War hospital and other artifacts
Richards DAR House		Mobile	Mobile	U.S. Historic district Contributing property. 1860 Italianate house, operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution
Rickwood Field		Birmingham	Jefferson	Oldest surviving professional baseball park in the United States
Rikard’s Mill Historical Park		Beatrice	Monroe	Operating water-powered grist mill and museum
Rosa Parks Library and Museum		Montgomery	Montgomery	Troy University campus
Rosenbaum House		Florence	Lauderdale	Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in his Usonia style
Samuel Ullman Museum		Birmingham	Jefferson	Life and works of poet Samuel Ullman. Operated by The University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Sci-Quest		Huntsville	Madison	Children’s interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum		Montgomery	Montgomery	The last home Scott and Zelda lived in together.
Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center		Scottsboro	Jackson	Located in the Brown-Proctor House, late 19th-century period house, area Native Americans, pioneers, local history
Shelby County Historical Society Museum		Columbiana	Shelby
Shelby Iron Works		Columbiana	Shelby	Former iron works buildings in a park setting
Shorter Mansion		Eufaula	Barbour	Designed by Montgomery architects Frank Lockwood and Frank Lockwood, Jr. Operated by the Eufala Heritage Association
Skyline Commissary		Jackson		AKA "the rock store". Historic general store and former New Deal co-op, U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark		Birmingham	Jefferson	U.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. National Historic Landmark
Southern Environmental Center		Birmingham	Jefferson	Located on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, exhibits about pollution, green living
Southern Museum of Flight		Birmingham	Jefferson	Southeast’s largest civilian aviation museum
State Black Archives Research Center & Museum		Huntsville	Madison	African American
Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum		Stevenson	Jackson	Railroad and Civil War artifacts
Sturdivant Hall		Selma	Dallas	Mid 19th century Greek Revival mansion
Three Notch Museum		Andalusia	Covington	Operated by the Covington Historical Society in a historic depot
Tuskegee History Center		Tuskegee	Macon	Formerly known as the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center,
United States Army Aviation Museum		Fort Novosel	Dale	Located on Fort Novosel, features large collection of helicopters
U.S. Space & Rocket Center		Huntsville	Madison	Science, rocketry and space exploration
Vaughan-Smitherman Museum		Selma	Dallas	Depicts Selma’s history until about 1960
U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum		Huntsville	Madison	Designated by the Alabama House of Representatives as the State of Alabama Veterans Memorial Museum. Run entirely by volunteers.
Vulcan Statue and Vulcan Park		Birmingham	Jefferson	City history, history of the Vulcan statue
W. C. Handy Home, Museum & Library		Florence	Lauderdale	Focus on the life and career of the artist known as the “Father of the Blues”
Weeden House Museum		Huntsville	Madison	Features the work of Maria Howard Weeden
William and Emily Hearin Mobile Carnival Museum		Mobile	Mobile	Carnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile
Wiregrass Museum of Art		Dothan	Houston	Non-profit, features southern artists

Defunct museums

The Grand Gallery Exhibition Hall of the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa

• Blue and Gray Museum of North Alabama,Decatur, Morgan, Private collection of Civil War artifacts
• Carlen House, Mobile
• George and Lurleen Wallace Museum, Montgomery, dedicated to the lives of former Alabama governor's George Wallace and Lurleen B. Wallace
• Ma'Cille's Museum of Miscellanea, Gordo, article
• Magee Farm, Kushla, closed in 2010
• Red Mountain Museum, Birmingham
• Tom Mann's Fish World, Eufaula, closed in 2004
• Tuscaloosa Museum of Art
• The Water Course, Clanton, closed in 2012

See also

• List of museums in the United States
• Nature centers in Alabama