List of museums in Alabama

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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 nameImageCityCountyNotesRefs
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts Museum Area Montgomery December 2018 39 (Supreme Court of Alabama).jpg Montgomery Montgomery Exhibits of Alabama judicial history and important figures, located in the Alabama Judicial Building [1]
Alabama Constitution Village Alabama Constitution Village Highsmith 01.jpg Huntsville Madison Living history [2]
Alabama Department of Archives and History Alabama Department of Archives & History Apr2009.jpg MontgomeryMontgomeryOfficial 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 [3]
Alabama Governor's Mansion Alabama Governor's Mansion by Highsmith 01B.jpg MontgomeryMontgomeryOfficial residence of Alabama's Governor. Open for tours. U.S. National Register of Historic Places [4] [5]
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Carver Theatre-Alabama Jazz HoF Nov 2011.jpg BirminghamJefferson
Shelby
Alabama artistes and memorabilia [6]
Alabama Men's Hall of Fame BirminghamJeffersonHoused in Samford University's Harwell G. Davis Library [7]
Alabama Mining Museum EXTERIOR VIEW, FRONT (EAST) ELEVATION - Alabama Mining Museum, Dora School, Gymnasium, Between U.S. 78 and Burlington Northern Railroad, Dora, Walker County, AL HABS ALA,64-DORA,2A-1.tif Dora Walker Exhibits include a 1900s train and mining cars, one-room African American school, elementary school, post office, and depot. [8]
Alabama Museum of Health Sciences BirminghamJeffersonMedical [9]
Alabama Museum of Natural History Smith Hall University of Alabama.jpg Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Natural history [10]
Alabama Music Hall of Fame Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Tuscumbia, Alabama LCCN2010640447.tif Tuscumbia Colbert Exhibits featuring 50 inductees and over 1200 other Alabamians [11]
Alabama River Museum Franklin Monroe Local history including fossils, Native American artifacts, steamboats [12]
Alabama Rural Heritage Center Thomaston Marengo History and folk art, operated by Auburn University's Rural Studio [13]
Alabama State Capitol Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, West view 20160713 1.jpg MontgomeryMontgomeryState capitol building of Alabama. A National Historic Landmark, it is open for tours and is operated by the Alabama Historical Commission. [14]
Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA)MontgomeryMontgomeryCreated by 1966 Executive Order from Governor George Wallace, established in 1967 by the state legislature. [15]
Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives Athens Limestone Houses artifacts from the Revolutionary War to the present day. [16]
Alabama Women's Hall of Fame LivingstonSumterFounded in 1970, by the University of West Alabama [17]
Aldrich Coal Mine Museum Montevallo Shelby History and artifacts from the town's former coal mine [18]
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Nov 2011 01.jpg BirminghamJeffersonExhibits of Alabama’s athletic history [19]
Aliceville Museum and Cultural Arts Center Aliceville Pickens Former site of the WWII Camp Aliceville 1942 to 1945 POW camp. [20]
American Sport Art Museum and Archives Daphne Baldwin Gulf Coast sports. Located on the campus of the United States Sports Academy [21]
American Village The American Village, Monetvallo, Alabama LCCN2010640325.tif Montevallo ShelbyLiving history [22]
Ancient Wars Museum MadisonMadisonaka Alabama War Museum, Exhibits from present day to 8,000 BC [23]
Anniston Museum of Natural History Anniston Calhoun Located in Anniston Museums and Gardens [24]
Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens Arlington Place 02.jpg BirminghamJefferson countiesU.S. National Register of Historic Places [25]
Ave Maria Grotto The Ave Maria Grotto, St. Bernard Abbey 119.JPG 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
[26] [27]
Baldwin County Heritage Museum Elberta BaldwinAgricultural and cultural history [28]
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum BarberMuseum.jpg BirminghamJeffersonVintage and modern motorcycles and race cars [29]
Battle-Friedman House Battle-Friedman House.jpg TuscaloosaTuscaloosaAntebellum house and garden, operated by the Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society. U.S. National Register of Historic Places [30]
Battleship Memorial Park Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama (7678847522).jpg Mobile Mobile Centered around the battleship USS Alabama, pays tribute to all military veterans from Alabama [31]
Belle Mont Mansion Belle Mont.jpg TuscumbiaColbert1832 plantation house, influenced by Thomas Jefferson's Palladian architecture. U.S. National Register of Historic Places [32]
Bellingrath Gardens and Home Bellingrath2.jpg Theodore MobileAlabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, U.S. Historic district, U.S. National Register of Historic Places [33]
Berman Museum of World History Anniston CalhounAncient art, weapons, photos, clothing, hands-on displays and lifelike dioramas from around the world [34]
Bessemer Hall of History Southern Railway Depot, 1905 Alabama Avenue, Bessemer (Jefferson County, Alabama).jpg Bessemer JeffersonLocal 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. [35]
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute BirminghamJeffersonAmerican Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s [36]
Birmingham Museum of Art BMA-2010-screen.jpg BirminghamJeffersonCollections from around the world [37]
Blount County Memorial Museum OneontaBlountArtifacts, history art & literature of Blount Countians [38]
Bluff Hall Bluff Hall Color.jpg Demopolis MarengoMansion built by slaves in 1832 [39]
Booker T. Washington House

Booker T. Washington House.jpg

Tuskegee Macon Home of Booker T. Washington, known as "The Oaks." On the Tuskegee Institute campus. [40]
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion Bragg-Mitchell Mansion.jpg MobileMobileU.S. National Register of Historic Places, built by Congressman John Bragg in 1855. [41]
Bridgeport Depot Museum Bridgeport-Depot-al1.jpg Bridgeport Jackson Operated by the Bridgeport Area Historical Association [42]
Buena Vista Mansion Buena Vista Prattville March 2010 02.jpg Prattville Autauga Built in 1822, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Oct 1974 [43] [44]
Burritt on the Mountain Balch House Burritt Museum 01.jpg HuntsvilleMadisonLiving history museum [45]
Carnegie Visual Arts Center Decatur Morgan Originally the Carnegie Library of Decatur [46]
Central Carver Museum Gadsden Etowah To preserve the culture of the African American community [47]
Children's Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa TuscaloosaTuscaloosaExhibits, seasonal events, birthday parties, school field trips [48]
Children's Museum of the Shoals Florence Lauderdale Hands-on exhibits for children ages 18 months-3rd grade [49]
Clarke County Historical Museum Alston Cobb House.jpg Grove Hill Clarke Grounds include the Alston-Cobb House, law office, corn crib and cabin [50]
Conde-Charlotte House Conde-Charlotte House.JPG MobileMobileOwned and operated by the Alabama chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames in America [51]
Confederate Memorial Park Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home.jpg Mountain Creek Chilton Civil War exhibits, two cemeteries, a church and post office. Operated by the Alabama Historical Commission [52]
Cook's Natural Science Museum DecaturMorganNatural history [53]
Cullman County Museum Cullman CullmanHoused in a replica of the home of Col. John G. Cullmann, German immigrant who founded the city [54]
Dauphin Island Sea Lab DauphinIslandSeaLabcropped.jpg Dauphin Island MobileMarine research and education center [55]
Dexter Parsonage Museum Dexter Parsonage Museum, Montgomery, Alabama LCCN2010638474.tif MontgomeryMontgomeryWhere Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. pastored from 1954–1960 and began his quest for civil rights. [56]
Don Kresge Memorial Radio Museum Birmingham Jefferson AKA Alabama Historical Radio Society Museum [57]
Dowling Museum and Rudd Art Center Ozark Dale County Southeastern art [58]
EarlyWorks Children's History Museum Earlyworks Children's History Museum, the South's largest hands-on history museum, located in Huntsville, Alabama LCCN2010639605.tif HuntsvilleMadisonHands-on children's museum, includes the Talking Tree [59]
Evelyn Burrow Museum Hanceville Cullman Wallace State College [60]
Fairhope Museum of History Fairhope Museum of History Sept 2012 01.jpg Fairhope BaldwinLocal history [61]
Fayette Art Museum and Civic Center Fayette Fayette Local artists and Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame [62]
Fendall Hall Fendall Hall.jpg Eufaula Barbour Victorian period home with furnishings and gardens, operated by the Alabama Historical Commission [63]
First White House of the Confederacy First White House of the Confederacy, Montgomery, North view 20160713 1.jpg MontgomeryMontgomeryExecutive residence of President Jefferson Davis. Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. U.S. National Register of Historic Places [64]
Foley Railroad Museum Foley Train Depot 1908.jpg Foley BaldwinExhibits, memorabilia, formerly the Louisville and Nashville (L&N) Railroad Depot (ca. 1909) [65]
Fort Conde MobileMobileNamesake of Louis Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé, operated by the History Museum of Mobile [66]
Fort Gaines Dauphin Island 09172008 001.JPG Dauphin Island MobileThe Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War [67]
Fort Mitchell Fort Mitchell.jpg Fort Mitchell Russell Reconstructed 1810s fort and museum, involved in the Creek War [68]
Fort Morgan Fort Morgan AL.jpg Gulf Shores BaldwinU.S. National Historic Landmark, U.S. National Register of Historic Places [67] [69]
Fort Payne Depot Museum FORT PAYNE BOOMTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT.jpg Fort Payne DeKalb Local history [70]
Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson National Historic Park Fort Toulouse.jpg Wetumpka Elmore Replica 18th-century fort with living history demonstrations. U.S. National Historic Landmark. U.S. National Register of Historic Places [71] [72]
Freedom Rides Museum Old Montgomery Greyhound Station May2009.jpg MontgomeryMontgomeryNational 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 [73]
Gadsden Museum of Art Art museum in historic downtown Gadsden, Alabama (graphic) LCCN2010640494.tif GadsdenEtowahFounded by the Gadsden Art Association (GAA) [74]
Gaineswood Gaineswood in October 2011 01.JPG Demopolis MarengoListed as a National Historic Landmark and operated by the Alabama Historical Commission [75]
George Washington Carver Museum George Washington Carver Museum.jpg TuskegeeMaconOn the Tuskegee Institute campus. Closed for repairs and rehabilitation until Spring 2025. [76]
George Washington Carver Interpretive Museum Dothan Houston Dedicated to African American scientist George Washington Carver [77]
Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery MontgomeryMontgomeryOperated by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, located on the first floor of the RSA Tower [78]
Gorgas House Gorgas House Tuscaloosa.jpg TuscaloosaTuscaloosaOldest structure on the University of Alabama. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama [79]
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center Gulf Coast Exploreum Mobile Alabama.jpg MobileMobileVariety of traveling exhibitions, Dome Theater [80]
Gulf Shores Museum Gulf Shores BaldwinLocal history [81]
Guntersville Museum COMPANY E OF THE 167TH INFANTRY OF THE ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY; MARSHALL COUNTY,.jpg Guntersville Marshall Located in the Company E of the 167th Infantry of the Alabama National Guard Armory [82]
Hank Williams Museum MontgomeryMontgomery.Founded in 1999 by Hank Williams Sr. fan Cecil Franklin Jackson [83]
Hank Williams Sr. Boyhood Home and Museum Georgiana Butler County Non-profit Hank Williams Museum and Festival Inc. oversees this [84]
Harrison Brothers Hardware Store HuntsvilleMadisonEstablished in 1879, combination museum and operating hardware business [85]
Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum Calera ShelbyOfficial state railroad museum [86]
History Museum of Mobile MobileMobileLocal art exhibits, 300 years of Mobile history [87]
Huntsville Depot MadisonCity's railroad and transportation history. U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage [88] [89]
Huntsville Museum of Art HuntsvilleMadisonSouthern artists [90]
Indian Mound and Museum FlorenceLauderdaleIndian mound and museum with excavated artifacts from different cultures dating back 10,000 years [91]
International Motorsports Hall of Fame Talladega Talladega Racing vehicles and memorabilia [92]
Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama BirminghamJefferson/ShelbyIron and steel manufacturing during the Civil War [93]
Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center Sylacauga TalladegaArts and local history [94]
Ivy Green TuscumbiaColbertBirthplace of Helen Keller
U.S. National Historic Landmark, U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
[95]
Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum TalladegaTalladegaLocal history [96]
Jesse Owens Memorial Park and Museum Oakville MorganBirthplace of track and field athlete Jesse Owens, who participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he won four gold medals. [97]
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. [98]
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Auburn Lee Part of Auburn University, 19th and 20th century American and European Art [99]
Landmark Park DothanHoustonAlabama'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 [100]
Lee County Historical Society Museum Loachapoka LeeMulti-exhibit historical museum [101]
Magnolia Grove Magnolia Grove Greensboro.jpg 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 [102]
Mann Wildlife Learning Museum MontgomeryMontgomeryPart of Montgomery Zoo [103]
Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education Fairhope BaldwinFounded by Marietta Johnson and focused on childhood development, U.S. National Register of Historic Places [104] [105]
Karl C. Harrison Museum of George Washington Columbiana ShelbyBiographical [106]
Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum Thomasville ClarkeLocated on he Alabama Southern Community College campus. The works of journalist, photographer and storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham. [107]
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts FlorenceLauderdaleFeatures annual and changing exhibits of artists from the Southeas [108]
Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts GadsdenEtowahGadsden Community School for the Arts, Imagination Place Children's Museum [109]
McWane Science Center BirminghamJeffersonNative American artifacts, minerals and fossils from the former Red Mountain Museum, Challenger Learning Center, aquarium, hands-on science exhibits [110]
Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center and Museum Vance Tuscaloosa Mercedes-Benz automobiles and plant tours by advance reservations [111]
Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum TuscaloosaTuscaloosaHow the city was influenced by transportation [112]
Mobile Medical Museum MobileMobile5,000 medical artifacts and documents [113]
Mobile Museum of Art Mobile Museum of Art (front entrance).jpg MobileMobileWide variety of 10,000 works, plus activities for all ages [114]
Monroe County Heritage Museums Monroeville MonroeHost to multiple museums, includes Old Courthouse Museum, Rikard’s Mill Historical Park, Alabama River Museum [115]
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts MontgomeryMontgomery4,000 works of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings and sculpture, Southern regional art, Old Master prints and decorative arts [116]
The MOOseum MontgomeryMontgomeryCattle industry in Alabama [117]
Moundville Archaeological Park Moundville HaleOperated by the University of Alabama Prehistoric Native American settlements [118]
Museum of East Alabama Opelika LeeApproximately 4,000 artifacts regarding live in East Alabama [119]
National African American Archives and Museum MobileMobileThemes include slavery, African American contributions in Mobile, Alabama and the United States. [120]
National Voting Rights Museum Selma Dallas History of the African-American Voting Rights and Women's Suffrage movements [121]
Negro Southern League Museum Birmingham Jefferson History of the Negro Southern League and Baseball in Birmingham [122]
North Alabama Railroad Museum Chase MadisonFeatures a rolling stock collection, a small train station and a small heritage railroad [123]
Northport Heritage Museum Northport TuscaloosaNorthport Native American history [124]
Oakleigh Historic Complex MobileMobileHistoric Complex, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Oakleigh mansion, cottage, Union barracks [125]
Oakville Indian Mounds Park and Museum Oakville Lawrence83-acre (340,000 m2) state park and museum dedicated to ancient Native American monuments [126]
Old Alabama Town MontgomeryMontgomeryCollection of historically significant buildings, brought together as a living history museum [127]
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park Orrville DallasNational Register of Historic Places. Ghost town archaeological park with exhibits in the Welcome Center, operated by the Alabama Historical Commission [128]
Old Courthouse Museum Monroeville MonroeRestored 1930s period courthouse, exhibits on local authors Truman Capote and Harper Lee [129]
Paul W. Bryant Museum TuscaloosaTuscaloosa Bear Bryant 25 years head football coach University of Alabama football team. 314 collegiate football victories [130]
Phoenix Fire Museum MobileMobileOperated by the History Museum of Mobile, located in the restored home of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company No. 6. [131]
Pope's Tavern FlorenceLauderdaleStagecoach stop, tavern and in. Civil War hospital and other artifacts [132]
Richards DAR House MobileMobileU.S. Historic district Contributing property. 1860 Italianate house, operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution [133]
Rickwood Field BirminghamJeffersonOldest surviving professional baseball park in the United States [134]
Rikard’s Mill Historical Park Beatrice MonroeOperating water-powered grist mill and museum [135]
Rosa Parks Library and Museum MontgomeryMontgomeryTroy University campus [136]
Rosenbaum House FlorenceLauderdaleDesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in his Usonia style [137]
Samuel Ullman Museum BirminghamJeffersonLife and works of poet Samuel Ullman. Operated by The University of Alabama at Birmingham, [138]
Sci-Quest HuntsvilleMadisonChildren’s interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics [139]
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum Fitzgerald Museum Montgomery June 2009.jpg MontgomeryMontgomeryThe last home Scott and Zelda lived in together. [140] [141]
Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center Scottsboro JacksonLocated in the Brown-Proctor House, late 19th-century period house, area Native Americans, pioneers, local history [142]
Shelby County Historical Society Museum Columbiana Shelby [143]
Shelby Iron Works Columbiana ShelbyFormer iron works buildings in a park setting [144]
Shorter Mansion Eufaula BarbourDesigned by Montgomery architects Frank Lockwood and Frank Lockwood, Jr. Operated by the Eufala Heritage Association [145]
Skyline Commissary JacksonAKA "the rock store". Historic general store and former New Deal co-op, U.S. National Register of Historic Places [146]
Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark BirminghamJeffersonU.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. National Historic Landmark [147]
Southern Environmental Center BirminghamJeffersonLocated on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, exhibits about pollution, green living [148]
Southern Museum of Flight BirminghamJeffersonSoutheast’s largest civilian aviation museum [149]
State Black Archives Research Center & Museum HuntsvilleMadisonAfrican American [150]
Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum Stevenson JacksonRailroad and Civil War artifacts [151]
Sturdivant Hall SelmaDallasMid 19th century Greek Revival mansion [152]
Three Notch Museum AndalusiaCovingtonOperated by the Covington Historical Society in a historic depot [153]
Tuskegee History Center TuskegeeMaconFormerly known as the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center, [154]
United States Army Aviation Museum Fort Novosel DaleLocated on Fort Novosel, features large collection of helicopters [155]
U.S. Space & Rocket Center HuntsvilleMadisonScience, rocketry and space exploration [156]
Vaughan-Smitherman Museum SelmaDallasDepicts Selma’s history until about 1960 [157]
U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum Huntsville MadisonDesignated by the Alabama House of Representatives as the State of Alabama Veterans Memorial Museum. Run entirely by volunteers. [158]
Vulcan Statue and Vulcan Park BirminghamJeffersonCity history, history of the Vulcan statue [159]
W. C. Handy Home, Museum & Library Florence LauderdaleFocus on the life and career of the artist known as the “Father of the Blues” [160]
Weeden House Museum HuntsvilleMadisonFeatures the work of Maria Howard Weeden [161]
William and Emily Hearin Mobile Carnival Museum MobileMobileCarnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile [162]
Wiregrass Museum of Art Dothan HoustonNon-profit, features southern artists [163]

Defunct museums

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

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