Monuments
Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery
The Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery is dedicated to the 40 deaths of the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968. The monument is a fountain on the top of which the names of the 40 killed are engraved and washed over by a light film of water.
| Contact | 400 Washington Avenue Montgomery, Alabama 36104 |
Theater and opera houses
Alabama Theater in Birmingham
The Alabama Theater is a cinema built in Birmingham in 1927. Due to the design of the cinema hall, which can accommodate approx. 2,500 visitors, it strongly resembles a theater. Since only silent films were shown at the beginning of the construction, there is an area in front of the screen for the orchestra that was needed at the time. Those who don’t like films will get their money’s worth just by admiring the ornate cinema hall.
| Contact | 1817 3rd Ave N Birmingham, Alabama 35203 |
Dothan Opera House
The Dothan Opera House was built in 1915 and still exudes the “southern charm” of the turn of the century. Here plays, concerts and ballet performances are performed.
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| Contact | 115 N St Andrews Street Dothan, Alabama 36303 |
Saenger Theater in Mobile
The Saenger Theater in Mobile was opened in 1927 and served as a venue for plays, ballet performances and musicals. The theater was closed in 1970 and was to be demolished, which never happened. The theater has been used again since 2000. Today the Mobile Symphony Orchestra plays in the 1,921-seat theater.
| Contact | 6 South Joachim Street Mobile, Alabama 36602 |
Museums and exhibitions
US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville
The US Space & Rocket Center was founded in 1970 on the efforts of Wernher von Braun. In its permanent exhibition, the museum shows over 1,500 exhibits from space travel and rocket technology. Visitors can also see a space shuttle here. Since the museum also works with interactive means, the 3D cinema invites visitors on a very interesting tour.
| opening hours | Daily: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Entrance fees | Adults $ 25; Children (6-12) $ 20 |
| Contact | One Tranquility Base Huntsville, Alabama 35805 Tel: 001 – (0) 800 – 63 77 229 |
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
The Brirmingham Civil Rights Institute is one of the most important museums on the history of the civil rights movement. The multimedia exhibition uses audio, video and photographic documents to depict the history of the African American population from the First World War to the civil rights movement. The museum shows both milestones in the civil rights movement and dark moments of “racial segregation”.
| opening hours | Tuesday to Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Entrance fees | Adults $ 12; Children (4-12 years) $ 3 |
| Contact | 520 Sixteenth Street North Birmingham, AL 35203 Tel: 001 – (0) 205 – 328 96 96 Email: [email protected] Web: www.bcri.org |
Dexter Parsonage Museum in Motgomery
The building of the Dexter Parsonage Museum in Motgomery was built in the 1920s and was used by clergymen of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church. Martin Luther King lived here with his family from 1954 to 1960. The museum continues to tell the history of the civil rights movement.
| Contact | 303 S. Jackson Street Montgomery, Alabama 36104 |
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Founded in 1930, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts captivates with its collection of paintings and sculptures by American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, which is considered one of the best in the South.
| opening hours | Tuesday to Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thursday: 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Sunday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Entrance fees | Free admission. |
| Contact | One Museum Drive Montgomery, Alabama 36117 Tel: 001 – (0) 334 – 240 43 33 Fax: 001 – (0) 334 – 240 43 84 Email: [email protected] Web: www.mmfa.org |
Birmingham Museum of Art
The Birmingham Museum of Art, founded in 1951, is the largest city museum in the South East with more than 24,000 works of art in 37 galleries. The artworks come from the African, American, Asian and European cultures as well as from the culture of the Native Americans. Also of particular interest are Rodin’s sculptures, which are located in the garden of the museum.
| opening hours | Tuesday to Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Entrance fees | Free admission. |
| Contact | 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd Birmingham, Alabama 35203 Tel: 001 – (0) 205 – 254 25 65 Fax: 001 – (0) 205 – 254 27 14 Email: [email protected] Web: www.artsbma. org |
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, similar to its “genre sister project” the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, is dedicated to the most famous artists of the music genre jazz. The Jazz Hall of Fame was founded in 1978 and today covers an exhibition area of approx. 200 m². The Jazz Hall of Fame also offers workshops and courses for those interested.
| opening hours | Tuesday to Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
| Entrance fees | $ 2 |
| Contact | 1631 Fourth Avenue North Birmingham, Alabama 35203 Tel: 001 – (0) 205 – 254 27 31 Fax: 001 – (0) 205 – 254 27 85 Web: www.jazzhall.com |
Huntsville Museum of Art
The Huntsville Museum of Art was founded in 1970 and has been exhibiting since 1973, which today houses around 2300 works by mostly American artists. Works from Asia, Africa and Europe can also be found in the museum.
| opening hours | Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.; Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Sunday: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. |
| Entrance fees | Adults $ 8; Children (6-11) $ 4 |
| Contact | 300 Church Street Huntsville, Alabama 35801 Tel: 001 – (0) 256 – 535 43 50 Email: [email protected] Web: www.hsvmuseum.org |
Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa
The Natural History Museum was founded in 1831 and is now the largest natural history museum and the oldest museum in the state. The museum belongs to the University of Alabama. The most impressive pieces of the exhibition are certainly the huge Skellet an Eocene Wales, a mammoth skull and the Sylacauga meteorite that hit Sylacauga in Alabama in 1954.
| opening hours | Monday to Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Entrance fees | Adults $ 2; Children $ 1 |
| Contact | 427 6th Avenue Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 Tel: 001 – (0) 205 – 348 75 50 |
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn
The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art opened in 2003 and is located on the Auburn University campus. The museum shows a permanent exhibition that mainly exhibits American and European art. Particularly worth seeing are the 70 quilts that were made over four generations.
| opening hours | Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.; Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. |
| Entrance fees | Free admission. |
| Contact | 901 South College Street Auburn, Alabama 36849 Tel: 001 – (0) 334) 844-1484 Email: [email protected] |
