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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 name Image City County Notes Refs
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts Museum Area Ala Supreme Court Buildin Montgomery Montgomery Exhibits of Alabama judicial history and important figures, located in the Alabama Judicial Building
Alabama Constitution Village Alabama Constitution Village Huntsville Madison Living history
Alabama Department of Archives and 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 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 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 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 Smith Hall University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Natural history
Alabama Music Hall of Fame 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 Alabama State Capitol building 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 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 The American Village, Monetvallo, Alabama 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 Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens Birmingham Jefferson counties U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Ave Maria Grotto The Ave Maria Grotto, St. Bernard Abbey 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 BarberMuseum Birmingham Jefferson Vintage and modern motorcycles and race cars
Battle-Friedman House 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 Battleship Memorial Park Mobile Mobile Centered around the battleship USS Alabama, pays tribute to all military veterans from Alabama
Belle Mont Mansion Belle Mont Tuscumbia Colbert 1832 plantation house, influenced by Thomas Jefferson's Palladian architecture. U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bellingrath Gardens and Home 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 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 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 Bluff Hall Demopolis Marengo Mansion built by slaves in 1832
Booker T. Washington House

Booker T. Washington House

Tuskegee Macon Home of Booker T. Washington, known as "The Oaks." On the Tuskegee Institute campus.
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion Bragg-Mitchell Mansion Mobile Mobile U.S. National Register of Historic Places, built by Congressman John Bragg in 1855.
Bridgeport Depot Museum Bridgeport Depot Museum Bridgeport Jackson Operated by the Bridgeport Area Historical Association
Buena Vista Mansion Buena Vista Mansion Prattville Autauga Built in 1822, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Oct 1974
Burritt on the Mountain 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 Alston Cobb House Grove Hill Clarke Grounds include the Alston-Cobb House, law office, corn crib and cabin
Conde-Charlotte House Conde-Charlotte House Mobile Mobile Owned and operated by the Alabama chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames in America
Confederate Memorial Park 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 Sea Lab Dauphin Island Mobile Marine research and education center
Dexter Parsonage Museum 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 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 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 Fendall Hall Eufaula Barbour Victorian period home with furnishings and gardens, operated by the Alabama Historical Commission
First White House of the Confederacy 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 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 Fort Gaines Dauphin Island Mobile The Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War
Fort Mitchell Fort Mitchell Fort Mitchell Russell Reconstructed 1810s fort and museum, involved in the Creek War
Fort Morgan Fort Morgan Gulf Shores Baldwin U.S. National Historic Landmark, U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Fort Payne Depot Museum Fort Payne Fort Payne DeKalb Local history
Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson National Historic Park Fort Toulouse 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 Old Montgomery Greyhound Station 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 Museum of Art Gadsden Etowah Founded by the Gadsden Art Association (GAA)
Gaineswood Gaineswood Demopolis Marengo Listed as a National Historic Landmark and operated by the Alabama Historical Commission
George Washington Carver Museum 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 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 Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center Mobile Mobile Variety of traveling exhibitions, Dome Theater
Gulf Shores Museum Gulf Shores Baldwin Local history
Guntersville Museum 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 Magnolia Grove Greensboro 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 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 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

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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

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