List of museums in Alabama

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This list of museums in Alabama is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name Town/City County Type Summary
Alabama Capitol Montgomery History website
Alabama Constitution Village Huntsville Northern Alabama Open air museum website
Alabama Department of Archives & History Montgomery History website
Alabama Historical Radio Museum Birmingham Birmingham area Radio website
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Birmingham Birmingham area Music website
Alabama Men's Hall of Fame Birmingham Birmingham area Hall of fame website, located in the Harwell Goodwin Davis Library at Samford University
Alabama Mining Museum Dora Industry website
Alabama Museum of Health Sciences Birmingham Birmingham area website
Alabama Museum of Natural History Tuscaloosa Natural history website, part of University of Alabama
Alabama Music Hall of Fame Tuscumbia Music website
Alabama River Museum Franklin Multi website, fossils, Native American artifacts, steamboats
Alabama Rural Heritage Center Thomaston Art website
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Birmingham Birmingham area Hall of fame - Sports website
Alabama Women's Hall of Fame Marion Hall of fame website
Aliceville POW Museum Aliceville Military website
American Sport Art Museum and Archives Daphne Art website, located on the campus of the United States Sports Academy
The American Village Montevallo Living website, focuses on American history and civic education
Anniston Museum of Natural History Anniston Natural history website
Ave Maria Grotto Cullman Miniature buildings website
Baldwin County Heritage Museum Elberta History website, agricultural and cultural history
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum Birmingham Birmingham area Transportation - Automotive website
Battle-Friedman House Tuscaloosa Historic house website, information
Battleship Memorial Park Mobile Gulf Coast Military website
Bear Bryant Museum Tuscaloosa West central Biographical - Football website, official name is Paul W. Bryant Museum
Belingrath Gardens and Home Theodore Mobile area Historic house website
Belle Mont Mansion Tuscumbia Historic house website
Berman Museum of World History Anniston Multiple website, ancient art, weapons, photos, clothing, hands-on displays and lifelike dioramas from around the world
Bessemer Hall of History Bessemer Birmingham area History website
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham Birmingham area History website
Birmingham-Jefferson History Museum Birmingham Birmingham area History website
Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham Birmingham area Art website
Bluff Hall Demopolis Birmingham area Historic house information
Booker T. Washington House Tuskegee East central Historic house part of Tuskegee Institute, known as "The Oaks", website
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion Mobile Gulf Coast Historic house website
Bridgeport Depot Museum Bridgeport Northern Alabama History website
Burritt on the Mountain Huntsville Northern Alabama Open air website
Carnegie Visual Arts Center Decatur Art website
Central-Carver Legacy Museum Gadsden Ethnic - African American website
Children's Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Children's website
Children's Museum of the Shoals Florence Children's website
Clarke County Historical Museum Grove Hill History website
Conde-Charlotte House Mobile Gulf Coast Historic house website
Confederate Memorial Park Marbury History website
Cullman County Museum Cullman History website
Dexter Parsonage Museum Montgomery Historic site website, church where Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. pastored from 1954-1960 and began his quest for civil rights
Dowling Museum and Rudd Art Center Ozark History / Art website
EarlyWorks Children's History Museum Huntsville Northern Alabama Children's website
Fairhope Historical Museum Fairhope History information
Fayette Art Museum Fayette Art website
Fendall Hall Eufaula Historic house information
Fort Conde Mobile Gulf Coast Fort website
Fort Gaines Dauphin Island Fort website, information
Fort Morgan Gulf Shores Fort information
Fort Payne Depot Museum Fort Payne History website
Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson State Historic Site Wetumpka History website
Frank Lloyd Wright-Rosenbaum House Florence Historic house website
Gadsden Museum of Art Gadsden Art / History website
Gaineswood Demopolis Historic house website
George Washington Carver Museum (Alabama) Tuskegee East central Biographical part of Tuskegee Institute, website
G.W. Carver Interpretive Museum Dothan Ethnic - African American website
Gulf Coast Exploreum Mobile Gulf Coast Science website
Gulf Shores Museum Gulf Shores Gulf Coast History information
Guntersville Museum and Cultural Center Guntersville Multiple website, history, art, culture, natural history
Hank Williams Museum Montgomery Biographical website
Harrison Brothers Hardware Store Huntsville Northern Alabama History website, landmark store, established in 1879, combination museum and operating hardware business
Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum Calera Birmingham area Railroad website
Huntsville Depot & Museum Huntsville Northern Alabama Railroad website
Huntsville Museum of Art Huntsville Northern Alabama Art website
Indian Mound and Museum Florence Native American website
International Motorsports Hall of Fame Talladega Hall of fame - Sports website
Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama McCalla Birmingham area Industry website
Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center Sylacauga Culture website, article
Ivy Green Tuscumbia Biographical website, birthplace of Helen Keller
Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Talladega Culture article
Jesse Owens Museum Danville Biographical website
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Auburn East Central Art website
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts Florence Art website
Landmark Park Dothan Living history website, Alabama's Official Museum of Agriculture
Lee County Historical Society Museum Loachapoka History website
Magnolia Grove Greenboro Historic house website
Mann Wildlife Learning Museum Montgomery Montgomery Area Natural history website, part of Montgomery Zoo
Marietta Johnson Museum Fairhope Biographical website
McWane Science Center Birmingham Birmingham area Science Includes artifacts from the former Red Mountain Museum
Mercedes-Benz Visitor's Center & Museum Vance Transportation - Automotive website
Mobile Carnival Museum Mobile Gulf Coast History website
Mobile Medical Museum Mobile Gulf Coast Medical website
Mobile Museum of Art Mobile Gulf Coast Art website
Monroe County Heritage Museums Montgomery Multiple website, includes [[Old Courthouse Museum, Rikard’s Mill Historical Park, Alabama River Museum
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Montgomery Montgomery Area Art website
The MOOseum Montgomery Montgomery Area Industry website, cattle industry in Alabama
Moundville Archaeological Museum Moundville West central Archaeology website, part of University of Alabama
Museum of Mobile Mobile Gulf Coast History website
National African American Archives and Museum Mobile Gulf Coast Ethnic - African American
National Voting Rights Museum Selma History website
North Alabama Railroad Museum Huntsville Northern Alabama Railroad website
Northport Heritage Museum Northport History website
Oakleigh Historic Complex Mobile Gulf Coast website, includes Oakleigh House Museum, Cox-Deasy House,
Old Alabama Town Montgomery Historic houses website
Old Courthouse Museum Monroeville Historic site website
Phoenix Fire Museum Mobile Gulf Coast Firefighting website
Pope's Tavern Museum Florence Historic house website
Richards DAR House Museum Mobile Gulf Coast Historic house website
Rickwood Field Birmingham Birmingham area Sports website
Rikard’s Mill Historical Park Beatrice Mill website
Rosa Parks Library and Museum Montgomery History website, part of Troy University
Samuel Ullman Museum Birmingham Biographical website, operated by The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sci-Quest Huntsville Northern Alabama Science website
Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center Scottsboro History website
Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark Birmingham Industry website
Southern Environmental Center Birmingham Birmingham area Environment website, located on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College
Southern Museum of Flight Birmingham Birmingham area Aviation website
State Black Archives Research Center & Museum Huntsville Northern Alabama Ethnic - African American website, part of Alabama A&M University
Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum Stevenson History website
Sturdivant Hall Selma Historic house website
Supreme Court and State Law Library Montgomery History website
Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center Tuskegee East central Cultural website
United States Army Aviation Museum Fort Rucker Southern Alabama Aviation website
United States Space & Rocket Center Huntsville Northern Alabama Aerospace website
Veterans Memorial Museum Huntsville Northern Alabama Military website
Vulcan Park and Museum Birmingham Birmingham area Industry website
The Water Course Clanton Science website
W. C. Handy Home, Museum & Library Florence Historic house website
Weeden House Museum Huntsville Northern Alabama Historic house website
Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art Tuscaloosa West central Art website
Wheeler Plantation Hillsboro Historic house website, also known as Pond Spring, the Gen. Joe Wheeler Home, information
Wiregrass Museum of Art Dothan Art website

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