Museums in Alabama

Discover 9 unusual museums in Alabama.

Permanently Closed

Winged Victory, reflection pond, ancient grass

Wetumpka, Alabama

Jasmine Hill Gardens & Outdoor Museum

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."

Overcoming "separate but equal."

Montevallo, Alabama

Pettus Randall Miniature Museum of American History

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

Montgomery, Alabama

National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Permanently Closed

Close up of the T-Rex head from the left.

Huntsville, Alabama

K’REX

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

The Drive-Thru is next to the Museum of Wonder.

The Drive-Thru Museum

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Holmes Medical Museum

Holmes Medical Museum

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

Sun porch.

Montgomery, Alabama

F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Spear Hunting Museum. (Creative Commons)

Summerdale, Alabama

Spear Hunting Museum

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

Anniston, Alabama

Berman Museum of World History

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

Mobile, Alabama

Mobile Medical Museum

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

Are we missing something unusual in Alabama?