Birmingham Museum Of Art - Birmingham, Alabama
The Birmingham Museum of Art is currently the largest municipal art museum in the Southern United States. The museum's collection encompasses more than 21,000 objects from all perio... waymarking.com
Southern Museum Of Flight
The museum uses its extensive collection of aircraft and artifacts to explore the history of aviation in the 20th century. The museum's exhibit halls include the following: Early... heritagesites.com
Mcwane Center Imax Theater - Birmingham, Alabama
Located at 2nd Avenue North and 19th Street in downtown Birmingham, McWane Science Center is easily accessible from Interstate 65, Interstate 59/20, Highway 31 and Highway 280.DIREC... waymarking.com
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
The city of Birmingham played a pivotal role throughout the civil rights movement in this country. It is only fitting that an impressive institute dedicated to that historic push ... grandparents.com
Alabama Sports Hall Of Fame
Alabama is a state that has had a long and storied love affair with athletic competition. Many of the country's most revered sports luminaries have roots in Alabama. Baseball grea... grandparents.com
Alabama Jazz Hall Of Fame
This charming museum highlights all the amazing jazz musicians with roots in Alabama. Share with your grandchildren the proud legacy of trailblazing American artists like Duke Ell... grandparents.com
Sloss Furnaces
Sloss Furnaces produced iron for nearly 90 years, which gave rise to the city of Birmingham. In 1881 and 1882, North Alabama planter and investor James Withers Sloss built the fu... heritagesites.com
Smithfield
Marker Front: This residential area was carved from the Joseph Riley Smith plantation, a 600 acre antebellum farm, one of the largest in 19th century Jefferson County. Smithfield lies to ... hmdb.org
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is associated with the Birmingham Alabama civil rights movement in 1963 in which two specific events led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... cr.nps
Jefferson County Courthouse Site
The county seat of Jefferson County was moved from Elyton to Birmingham in 1873. On this site stood the first Courthouse in the City of Birmingham. The Italianate style structure was desi... hmdb.org
Rickwood Field
Built by Birmingham industrialist A. H. Rick Woodward, Rickwood Field served as home to the Birmingham Barons and Birmingham Black Barons for most of the 20th century. Recognized as Ameri... hmdb.org
Arlington Antebellum Home And Gardens
The rich history of the South is brought to life in this elegant antebellum home that predates the city of Birmingham. The eight-room mansion was built in the 1840s and is the onl... grandparents.com
Alabama Museum Of The Health Sciences/reynolds Historical...
Museum: equipment, instruments and objects representing the history and development of the health sciences in the U.S., with special emphasis on Alabama. Library: Collection of rare... alabama.travel
Fourth Avenue Historic District.
Marker front: Prior to 1900 a "black business district" did not exist in Birmingham. In a pattern characteristic of Southern cities found during Reconstruction, black businesses developed... hmdb.org
Morris Avenue Historic District / Elyton Land Company...
Created 1972 by the Jefferson County Historical Commission, the district is based on this avenue. Morris Avenue was named for one of the founders of Birmingham, Josiah Morris, who paid $1... hmdb.org
Alabama Penny Savings Bank Building
Founded by William Reuben Pettiford in 1890, the Alabama Penny Savings Bank was the first black-owned bank in the state and the second largest black bank in the country. It financed... alabama.travel
Vulcan Park And Museum
Vulcan Park is home to the world"s largest cast iron statue and features spectacular panoramic views of Birmingham and opportunity to hear the story of Birmingham"s past, present an... alabama.travel
Powell School
Birmingham's first public school was named for Colonel James R. Powell, the city's first elected Mayor. This energetic promoter also served as the first President of the Elyton Land Compa... hmdb.org