Incidentally, the Archives & Museum is also 5*, with a balanced view of such historical topics as the Civil War, Reconstruction, Segregation. Park across the street free, also not easy downtown. Not sure the Bullock Museum in Austin, TX is as balanced.

Me and my wife stopped by on the way home from the beach to purchase a few bicentennial shirts for the school she works at. We love art museums so the gallery was pleasant enough. The Portraits of Alabama exhibit right now though is very...More

WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! You will need at least 1.5 hours plus to really be able to get the most out of this! The people who signed us in were super friendly and helpful. it was the NICEST experience and we took away so much from...More

The building is gorgeous; created in stunning white Alabama Marble, and the first (ground) floor is mildly interesting, but not thrilling. The second floor is where the meat is at, especially the Alabama voices exhibit. Well laid out, modern, informative, going through the history of...More

Interesting exhibit on the state's history -- except that they try to gloss over almost all of the events associated with the civil rights movement. The final section of the exhibit ranges from 1945 to 2000 -- a much too broad time frame to depict...More

We visited the museum, and we were really surprised! The exhibition Voices of Alabama is very good presented, and you can spend easily more than 2 hours. The short movies help to understand special topics in the history of Alabama. We enjoyed very much. By...More

A truly in depth walk through Alabama history. Well presented and interesting. I recommend it highly.