The Alabama Guide

Attractions & Museums

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Montgomery

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Free art museum with American art and a sculpture garden

Cafe on site Free admission Free parking
Montgomery

The Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum

Historic Old Cloverdale home where the Fitzgeralds lived in 1931

Event rentals Guided tours Historic building
Downtown Montgomery

Museum of Alabama

Free state history museum at the Alabama Archives near the Capitol

Free admission Gift shop Guided tours
Mobile

Mobile Museum of Art

South Alabama's accredited art museum in west Mobile's Langan Park

Classes and Workshops Event rentals Gift shop
Downtown Mobile

History Museum of Mobile

Three centuries of Mobile history inside the 1850s Southern Market

Event rentals Gift shop Historic building
Fairhope

Eastern Shore Art Center

Free galleries, art classes and studios in downtown Fairhope

Classes and Workshops Free admission Kid friendly
Auburn

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

Auburn University's free fine art museum on South College Street

Free admission Guided tours Outdoor space
Birmingham

Birmingham Museum of Art

Downtown art museum with global collections and a sculpture garden

Cafe on site Event rentals Free admission
Birmingham

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Museum and research center on Birmingham's civil rights history

Free parking Gift shop Guided tours
Birmingham

Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

Jazz museum and performance hall in the historic Carver Theatre

Classes and Workshops Guided tours Historic building
Tuscaloosa

Paul R. Jones Museum

Free University of Alabama museum of African American art downtown

Free admission Nonprofit
Downtown Huntsville

Huntsville Museum of Art

Fourteen galleries of American art in downtown's Big Spring Park

Event rentals Guided tours Kid friendly
Florence

Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts

Free galleries and art classes in three historic Florence buildings

Classes and Workshops Free admission Historic building
Birmingham

Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

Birmingham's iron-making past, still standing

$$
Pelham

Warehouse31

Birmingham, Alabama's Scariest & Most INTENSE Haunted Attraction

3D Experience Escape Room Free parking
Decatur

Cook Museum of Natural Science

Hands-on natural science in downtown Decatur

Kid friendly Wheelchair accessible
Dothan

George Washington Carver Interpretive Museum

Local museum honoring Carver's peanut legacy

Kid friendly Locally owned
Free
Dothan

Wiregrass Museum of Art

Contemporary art inside a historic powerhouse

Kid friendly Locally owned
$
Hoover

Hoover Historical Society – Folklore Center

An 1840s log cabin museum preserved by an independent local nonprofit

By appointment Kid friendly Locally owned
$
Hoover

Aldridge Gardens

30 acres of nature and art, free to explore every day

Dog friendly Family owned Free parking
$12 adults, $5 children 3-12, $11.50 seniors/military
Midtown

Bragg-Mitchell Mansion

Guided tours of an 1855 Greek Revival mansion shaded by century-old oaks

Wheelchair accessible
$$
Downtown Mobile

Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center

Hands-on science exhibits and a digital dome theater in downtown Mobile

Kid friendly Wheelchair accessible
$12 adults, $10 seniors, $5 ages 6-17, free under 5
Mobile

Historic Oakleigh House Museum

Docent-led tours through an 1833 raised cottage in the Oakleigh Garden Historic District

Kid friendly
$8 general admission ($3 ages 12 and under)
Downtown Mobile

Mobile Carnival Museum

Three centuries of Mardi Gras history in a downtown Mobile mansion

Kid friendly Wheelchair accessible
$15 adults, $8 children 5+
Downtown Montgomery

Old Alabama Town

A nonprofit village of more than fifty restored historic buildings

Kid friendly Locally owned
$7.50-$14 adults, $5.50-$10 children, free under 5
Downtown Montgomery

Rosa Parks Museum

Built at the exact corner of Rosa Parks' arrest

Kid friendly
$15 adults, $5 ages 15-17, $3 ages 5-14, free under 4
Downtown Montgomery

Hank Williams Museum

The largest collection of Hank Williams artifacts anywhere

Family owned Locally owned
$5 general admission (includes all four Legacy Sites)
Downtown Montgomery

The Legacy Museum

A downtown museum tracing slavery to mass incarceration

$$
Birmingham

Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

The world's largest motorcycle collection

$
Birmingham

Vulcan Park and Museum

The world's largest cast iron statue

Kid friendly
Downtown Huntsville

Historic Huntsville Museum at Harrison Brothers Hardware

Local history inside an 1897 hardware store

Downtown Huntsville

Alabama Constitution Hall Park

Living history from the year Alabama was drafted

Kid friendly
Huntsville

Burritt on the Mountain

A mountaintop mansion and living history farm

Kid friendly