Places Home Page

Quick Guide
Name, City, Type of Resource

Specialty Museums - Alabama

  AL

  Birmingham

  Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

  Carver Theatre

  1631 Fourth Avenue North

  Birmingham  AL  35203    

  Phone  205 254-2731

  Web Site www.digitrends.com/jazz/

  E-mail  mailto:tours@jazzhall.com

  Description  Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton - from boogie

                    woogie to jazz space music

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Entertainment

  Nature of Group or Site  Hall of Fame

  Industry /Profession Music

  New or Updated:  8/22/2007

  AL

  Mobile

  Medical Museum of the South

  1504 Springhill Avenue

  U South Alabama

  Mobile   AL 36604    

  Phone   334 434-5055

  Web Site  http://www.inusa.com/tour/al/mobile/eichold.htm

  Description  located in lobby of first medical college in the state

  Type of Resource   Specialty Museum

  Industry /Profession Medical

  Research /Reading  Library

  New or Updated:    8/24/2004

Phoenix Fire Museum
203 S Claborne St #D
Mobile AL   36602
Phone  334 208-7554
Web Site  *****
E-mail  mailto:glrrlg@alaska.net
Description
Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
Industry /Profession Firefighting

USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
2703 Battleship Parkway
Mobile AL   36601
Phone 334 433-2703
Web Site  www.ussalabama.com/
Toll Free  800 426-4929
Alt Web  www.acan.net/recreation/uss_alabama.html
Description battleship and submarine
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Maritime
Building Type Ship
Industry /Profession  Naval
Era  WW II

  AL

  Montevallo

  Aldrich Coal Mine Museum

  137 Highway 203

  Montevallo  AL   35115    

  Phone  205 665-2886

  Web Site http://www.cityofmontevallo.com/Default.asp?ID=126

  Description  located in former company store, mining history, simulated coal mine

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Industrial

  Building Type  Commercial

  Industry  Mining

  New or Updated:   4/6/2007

  AL

  Salem

  Lunchbox Museum

  888 Old Salem

  Salem   AL 36874    

  Phone   334 749-1925

  Web Site  *****

  Alt Web  http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/GACOLlunch.html

  Description  2000 lunchboxes to look at or buy

  Type of Resource   Specialty Museum

  New or Updated:  8/28/2004

Alabama
Selma
National Voting Rights Museum
1012 Water Avenue
PO Box 2516
Selma AL  36702
Phone  334 418-0800
Web Site  www.selmaalabama.com/
Description
Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
Primary Focus  Civil Rights
Group Identity  African American

Alabama
Talladega
International Motorsports Museum & Hall of Fame
3198 Speedway Boulevard
Talladega AL  35160
Phone  256 362-5002
Web Site  www.motorsportshalloffame.com/
Description
Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
Primary Focus  Automotive
Nature of Group or Site  Hall of Fame
Research /Reading  Library

Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Paul W Bryant Museum
300 Paul Bryant Drive NW
Tuscaloosa AL  35401
Phone  205 348-4668
Web Site  www.ua.edu/bryant.htm
Description  Paul "Bear" Bryant  - famous college football coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide
Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
Primary Focus  Famous People
Industry /Profession  Football

Alabama
Tuscumbia
Alabama Music Hall of Fame
617 Highway 72
Tuscumbia AL 35674
Phone 256 381-4417
Web Site www.alamhof.org
E-mail mailto:info@alamhof.org
Description  All aspects of music, including artists, songwriters, management, publishing
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Entertainment
Nature of Group or Site  Hall of Fame
Industry /Profession  Music
Research /Reading  Archives

Alabama
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center
104 S Elm Street
PO Box 830768
Tuskegee AL 36083
Phone 334 724-0800
Web Site http://community.al.com/cc/tuskegee
Description Tells the story of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study , offers walking tours
Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Civil Rights

Alabama
Vance
Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center
Mercedes Drive
PO Box 100
Vance AL 35490
Phone 205 507-2255
Alt Phone 205 507-2266
Web Site www.mbusi.com/
Alt Web www.bamabenz.com
Description history of the company and the automobile next to their only US factory
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Automotive

Beyond the Newsstand

Now Get it all for Less. Visit Cheap Tickets today.

Google