Museums in Alabama, United States

Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

Leeds, Alabama

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Forget the hushed, dusty halls of traditional museums; the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum feels more like a gleaming,...

CondΓ©-Charlotte Museum

CondΓ©-Charlotte Museum

Mobile, Alabama

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Believe it or not, this charming historic house in Mobile was once the city's first permanent jail. Now, the CondΓ©-Charl...

Birmingham Museum of Art

Birmingham Museum of Art

Birmingham, Alabama

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You might not expect one of the finest art collections in the Southeast to be in Birmingham, but this museum is a genuin...

Cook Museum of Natural Science

Cook Museum of Natural Science

Decatur, Alabama

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 4.8 (81,663 reviews)

The Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur, Alabama, feels like a contemporary reboot of the classic natural history ...

Foley Railroad Museum

Foley Railroad Museum

Foley, Alabama

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 4.8 (8,691 reviews)

You might not expect to find one of the South's most impressive model railroads tucked away in a historic Alabama depot,...

Paul W. Bryant Museum

Paul W. Bryant Museum

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 4.8 (8,645 reviews)

You know you're in a special place when the first thing you see isn't just a trophy, but the actual, massive, slightly-s...

Vulcan Park and Museum

Vulcan Park and Museum

Birmingham, Alabama

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Did you know that Birmingham's iconic iron man, Vulcan, is the largest cast iron statue in the world? He's been perched ...

McWane Science Center

McWane Science Center

Birmingham, Alabama

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Curiosity is the real ticket people buy when they walk into the McWane Science Center. It’s a place where the line betwe...

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Montgomery, Alabama

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You might not expect to find one of the South's most significant collections of African-American art in a building that ...

Southern Museum of Flight

Southern Museum of Flight

Birmingham, Alabama

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Tucked away in Birmingham, the Southern Museum of Flight is a true gem for anyone who loves the raw, unfiltered side of ...

Negro Southern League Museum

Negro Southern League Museum

Birmingham, Alabama

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Tucked away in the Birmingham historic district, this place is a powerful home run of history that goes way beyond baseb...

Alabama State Capitol

Alabama State Capitol

Montgomery, Alabama

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 4.6 (61,333 reviews)

If these old walls on Goat Hill could talk, they'd tell you this is where the Confederacy was born back in 1861. But the...

History Museum of Mobile

History Museum of Mobile

Mobile, Alabama

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People come to the History Museum of Mobile not just to learn dates, but to feel the city's vibrant, layered past. You'l...

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Birmingham, Alabama

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If you stand on 16th Street here in Birmingham, you're standing on profoundly sacred ground. The Institute sits right ac...

The Hank Williams Museum

The Hank Williams Museum

Montgomery, Alabama

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In Montgomery, Alabama, just a stone's throw from the spot where Hank Williams was first laid to rest, stands a museum t...

Museum of Alabama

Museum of Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 4.6 (1,990 reviews)

Tucked away in the heart of Montgomery, the Museum of Alabama is where the state's story truly comes alive. It feels les...

Richards-DAR House Museum

Richards-DAR House Museum

Mobile, Alabama

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Stepping onto the patterned tile floor of the Richards-DAR House feels like walking straight into 1860. This isn't a stu...

Alabama Museum of Natural History

Alabama Museum of Natural History

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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Believe it or not, this museum holds the massive skeleton of a Basilosaurus, Alabama's official state fossilβ€”a prehistor...

Exploreum Science Center & PCI Digital Dome Theater

Exploreum Science Center & PCI Digital Dome Theater

Mobile, Alabama

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 4.4 (41,161 reviews)

The Exploreum Science Center in downtown Mobile is far from a stuffy, look-but-don't-touch museum. It’s a vibrant hub of...

Colonial Fort CondΓ©

Colonial Fort CondΓ©

Mobile, Alabama

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Tucked away in the heart of downtown Mobile, you'll find a surprising piece of living history: Fort CondΓ©. Walking throu...