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A list of [[museums]] in the state of [[Alabama]]:
A sortable '''list of [[museums]] in [[Alabama]]''':

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| [[Bear Bryant Museum]]
| [[Bear Bryant Museum]] || ||[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] || [[1985]] || {{Museum|Biographical}} ||Houses the history of Alabama football, with special emphasis on the legendary coach [[Bear Bryant ]]
| [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]
| Biographical
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| [[Bessemer Hall of History]] || ||[[Bessemer, Alabama|Bessemer]] ||[[1987]] ||{{Museum|History}} ||
| [[Bessemer Hall of History]]
| [[Bessemer, Alabama|Bessemer]]
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Devoted to the history of [[Bessemer, Alabama]], the museum is housed in the former [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] (
in downtown Bessemer and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
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| [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]]
| [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]] || [[Image:321050pv cropped.jpg|120px]]|| [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] || [[1992]] || {{Museum|History}} ||A large interpretive museum and research center that features the struggles of the [[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|American Civil Rights Movement]] in the [[1950s]] and [[1960s]]. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is located in the [[Birmingham Civil Rights District|Civil Rights District]] and opened in November 1992, with more than 25,000 visitors during its first week.
| [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]
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| [[Birmingham Museum of Art]]
| [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] || || [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] || [[1951]] || {{Museum|Art}}<br>{{Museum|Historic Site}} || It is currently the largest municipal art museum in the [[southern United States]]and houses a nationally-recognized permanent collection of more than 15,000 works of art dating from ancient to modern times, featuring paintings, drawings, and decorative arts from diverse cultures including European, American, Asian, African, Precolumbian and Native American.
| [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]
| Art, Historic Site
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| [[Tuskegee Institute]]'s [[Carver Museum]] and the [[Booker T. Washington]] House || ||[[Tuskegee, Alabama|Tuskegee]] || || {{Museum|Biographical}} ||
| [[Tuskegee Institute]]'s [[Carver Museum]] and the [[Booker T. Washington]] House
| [[Tuskegee, Alabama|Tuskegee]]
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| [[Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama]]
| [[Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama]] ||[[Image:Tannehill Furnace 2007.jpg|120px]] ||[[McCalla, Alabama|McCalla]] || || {{Museum|Industrial}} ||The museum is an interpretive center on [[19th century]] iron making technology in the [[Tannehill Ironworks]] area and features belt driven machines, tools and utensils of the times. The museum has numerous exhibits relating the production of iron and steel during the [[American Civil War]] when Alabama once had some 14 different iron companies and six rolling mills producing some 70% of the Confederate iron supply.
| [[McCalla, Alabama|McCalla]]
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| [[McWane Science Center]]
| [[McWane Science Center]] || ||[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] || || {{Museum|Science}}||The state-of-the-art science center, aquarium and 280-seat [[IMAX]] Dome Theater is housed in the historic and refurbished [[Loveman's]] department store building. Inside are more than {{convert|9000|sqft|sqm|-2}} of interactive exhibits, including the Challenger Learning Center of Alabama
| [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]
| Science
| Includes artifacts from the former Red Mountain Museum.

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| [[Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts]]
| [[Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts]] || || [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]] || [[1930]] || {{Museum|Art}}|| A showcase for the visual arts in Central Alabama. Permanent collection includes examples of 19th- and 20th-century American [[painting]]s and [[sculpture]], Southern regional art, Old Master [[printmaking|prints]] and decorative arts. Also home to ARTWORKS, a participatory art gallery and studio for children.
| [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]
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| [[Moundville Archaeological Museum]]
| [[Moundville Archaeological Museum]] || ||[[Moundville, Alabama|Moundville]] || || {{Museum|Archaeological}} ||The museum houses artifacts and and displays exhibits on over 60 years of archaeological excavations and investigations in the Moundville Archaeological Park.
| [[Moundville, Alabama|Moundville]]
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| [[Southern Museum of Flight]]
| [[Southern Museum of Flight]] || ||[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] || [[1965]] || {{Museum|Aviation}} ||Features a valuable collection of [[aviation]] artifacts spanning the [[20th century]] in the various areas of aviation. It explores eight decades of winged history with both military and civilian aircraft. Artifacts in the museum include the [[Red Baron]], the [[Tuskegee Airmen]], and the "''[[Flying Tigers]]'',"
| [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]
| Aviation
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| [[United States Space & Rocket Center]]
| [[United States Space & Rocket Center]] || [[Image:Rockets in Huntsville Alabama.JPG|120px]] || [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]] || [[1970]] || {{Museum|Aviation}} || A museum designed to showcase the hardware of the U.S. space program. The idea was first proposed by Dr. [[Wernher von Braun]], while serving as director of the [[Marshall Space Flight Center]]. Opened in [[1970]] after the U.S. Army donated land on its [[Redstone Arsenal]]. It houses more than 1,500 pieces of rocket and space hardware.
| [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]]
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==See also==
==See also==


*[[List of museums]]''
*[[List of museums]]
*[[List of museums in the United States]]''
*[[List of museums in the United States]]

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[[Category:Museums in Alabama|*]]
[[Category:Museums in Alabama|*]]
[[Category:Lists of museums|Alabama]]

Revision as of 05:50, 18 January 2008

A sortable list of museums in Alabama:

Name Location Area of study Note
Bear Bryant Museum Tuscaloosa Biographical Note text.
Bessemer Hall of History Bessemer History
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham History
Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham Art, Historic Site
Tuskegee Institute's Carver Museum and the Booker T. Washington House Tuskegee Biographical
Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama McCalla Industrial
McWane Science Center Birmingham Science Includes artifacts from the former Red Mountain Museum.
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Montgomery Art
Moundville Archaeological Museum Moundville Archaeological
Southern Museum of Flight Birmingham Aviation
United States Space & Rocket Center Huntsville Aviation

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