Montgomery, Selma Area Multi-Attraction Pass

For 150 years the Alabama State Capitol has overlooked downtown Montgomery from its hilltop setting. This National Historic Landmark is a working museum of state history and politics. The Confederacy began in the senate chamber when delegates from southern states voted to establish a new nation in February 1861. A little more than a century later in the spring of 1965 the Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights culminated at the capitol steps. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made one of his greatest speeches to an estimated 25,000 people. The Alabama State Capitol is now recognized as an official destination on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail along with more than 100 locations across 14 states.

James Hotel. Our entrance faces the Alabama River and the beautiful Riverfront Park Walk. The Riverfront Park Walk offers you a wonderful opportunity to snap a couple of breathtaking pictures of the magnificent view of the Alabama River and the Historic Edmund Pettus Bridge. By the RiverCenter for Humanity is a “mixed-use” creative incubatordeveloped to provide for local performers and artisansa showcase to promote their talents, arts, crafts and merchandise.We offer to the public presentations, workshops, exhibits, performances, demonstrations, documentaries, specialty tours and interactive experience. “Soul Prints of Our Ancestors and Ourselves” is an interactive dramatization that enable participants to gain a greater understanding of the embedded trauma of the Middle Passage and slavery.This is included in your ticket, but you must call ahead to book this special event during your visit.

The Hank Williams Museum in Montgomery is the number one destination for country music fans of the most famous country singer in history, Hank Williams. The Museum is not just a tourist stop, it is a step back into the life of Country Music's first superstar, Hank Williams. You will be captivated by the southern charm of the Museum and spellbound by the artifacts, including his 1952 Baby Blue Cadillac. There has never been, nor shall there ever be, another Hank Williams. He was the Shakespeare of the common man and captured the hope, the pain, and the dreams of his soul in song.

The Museum of Alabama, located inside the Alabama Department of Archives and History, is the state's history museum. Featuring Smithsonian-quality, interactive exhibits, the Museum is the only destination where you can explore Alabama's story from prehistory to the present. Admission is always free.

The only museum dedicated to the lives and legacies of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald is located in this former home of the Fitzgerald’s . The museum is located on the first floor of the home and is filled with artifacts and staged to look like the time period they occupied the home. F. Scott had already written The Great Gatsby and was working on his novelTender is the Night,as well as a screenwriting job onRed-Headed Woman, a Jean Harlow movie while living in the home. Learn about the lives of this Jazz Age couple so important to American literature will visiting their actual home. The F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum located in Cloverdale the largest garden-landscaped neighborhood in the state of Alabama and only a 5-minute drive from downtown Montgomery.

Old Depot Museum, officially registered as the Selma/Dallas County Museum of History and Archives, is located a block down Water Avenue from the St. James Hotel on the grounds of the former confederate Foundry area. It is an interpretive museum that houses mementos of the men and women who helped make Selma the “Queen city of the Black Belt.” This area was the site of the Greater Confederate National Ordinance Works, the Civil War foundry in operation from 1860 until 1865, where the Brooke Cannon was manufactured. It took Wilson’s Raiders several days to totally destroy the manufacturing stronghold. The red brick, stone trimmed building in the Romanesque Revival style was built ca. 1890. The building is a contributing property to Selma’s “Water Avenue Historic District” that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and documented in select photographs in the Historic American Buildings’ Survey.

tudy, the Tuskegee History Center also displays exhibits that include the founding of Tuskegee University and a glimpse of the heroic Tuskegee Airmen. All are part of the area's pursuit of equality in education, voting and first class citizenship, including planned activism, student protests, and community organizing. They are preceded by the area's pre-history and development by Native Americans, European Americans, and African Americans. Experience the unveiling of comprehensive human and civil rights history in a compact setting that sets the scene for today's social justice movement.

We are open 10-6 Thursday, Friday and Saturday. No appointments necessary for tastings on groups of 10 or less. We have a variety of Muscadine, Grape and Fruit wines ranging from Dry White and Red to Sweet White and Red to blends in between. We have a gift shop as well in our tasting room. Stop by and visit for some good ole' Southern Hospitality.

In 1961 groups of volunteers made history by challenging the practice of segregated travel through the South. They called themselves Freedom Riders as they crossed racial barriers in depots and onboard buses. The 1961 Freedom Riders did not begin or end their journey in Montgomery, Alabama, but their arrival changed the city and our nation. The Freedom Rides Museum opened in 2011 in the historic Greyhound Bus Station where Freedom Riders arrived in Montgomery on May 20, 1961. The Freedom Rides accomplished the goal of ending racial segregation in interstate public transportation.

The Civil Rights Memorial Center’s mission is to serve as an instrument for education, reflection, and action for civil and human rights. The Center is home to the Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin in 1989, inscribed on the memorial are the names of individuals who lost their lives in the struggle for freedom during the modern Civil Rights Movement - 1954 to 1968. The martyrs include activists who were targeted for death because of their civil rights work; random victims of vigilantes determined to halt the movement; and individuals who, in the sacrifice of their own lives, brought new awareness to the struggle. In addition to exhibits about Civil Rights Movement martyrs, the Memorial Center houses a 75-seat theater, an interactive exhibit of today's activist and a classroom for educational activities.

The Edmund Pettus Bridge, now a National Historic Landmark, was the site of the brutal BloodySunday beatings of civil rights marchers during the first attempt of a Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights. The televised attacks were seen all over the world, prompting public support for the civil rights activists in Selma and for the American voting rights campaign. After Bloody Sunday, protestors attempted once more before a final and third march resulted the successful Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March.

The Davis Theatre is a downtown Montgomery landmark and is one of only a handful of historictheatres still standing across the South. Learn more the theatre’s start as a as a Movie Palace for “talkies” and Vaudeville shows to its current operation by Troy University as a Performing Arts Theatre. This tour will take you inside to see and learn about its history. You may want to contact us ahead of your visit as this informative “small walking tour” cannot be conducted while performances are being held.

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is home to over 4,000 works of art, consisting primarily of paintings and sculpture by American artists from the 18th to the 21st century. The Museum’s collection also includes Southern regional art, Old Master prints and decorative arts. The ArtWorks Gallery, popular with all ages, is an engaging, interactive space designed to complement the Museum’s permanent collection with 2-and-3-dimensional reproductions and art created by regional artists. The John and Joyce Caddell Sculpture Garden, added in the fall of 2018, consists of both changing and permanent collection sculptural installations. There is no charge for admission to the MMFA and parking is free. Make plans to visit soon!

The Montgomery Zoo is a 40-acre Zoological facility located 10 minutes from historic downtown Montgomery. The zoo features habitats from five continents with natural, barrier-free exhibits for 400+ animals. Enjoy dining at the Overlook Cafe, visit the gift shop and take a train ride around the park to get the complete experience. Additional rides and viewable animals include the Zoofari Skylift , Giraffe Encounter, Petting Zoo, and Parakeet Cove. Zoofair Skylift is an additional charge at the ride. Petting Zoo (no entry at this time due to COVID-19 virus, animals viewable and can be petted and fed from outside enclosure)

The Rosa Parks Museum is dedicated to the life and legacy of Rosa Parks and the numerous foot soldiers of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Our Children's Wing houses our Cleveland Avenue Time Machine, which explores the evolution of "separate but equal" segregation.

Non-profit foundation to tell and preserve historic story of church congregation from 1884 to present with special emphasis on Baptist denomination and voting rights contributions and influence. Hours Sat-Sunday are by appointment only..

ncil on the Arts and highlights the work of living Alabama artists in rotating group exhibitions. The gallery is located on the first floor of the RSA Tower, located in historic downtown Montgomery.