ATTRACTIONS
Amusements
Armory Learning Arts Center
1018 Madison Avenue • Montgomery, AL 36104
334-241-2787
The Armory Learning Arts Center offers a variety of art-related classes including visual art, voice, and photography. In addition, the Armory is hometo the Arts Council of Montgomery, Alabama Dance Theatre, and the nationally recognized Armory Gymnastics. mapLambert Fun Zone
6820 Oats Drive • Montgomery, AL 36117
Corner of Atlanta Highway and Brown Springs Road
334-420-4386
A 61,000 square foot facility with a rock climbing wall, roller skating rink, roller coaster Max Flight simulator, bumper cars, and more! map
Historic Homes & Buildings
Alabama Judicial Building
300 Dexter Avenue • Montgomery, AL 36104
334-242-4347
Home of Alabama's Supreme Court, this building also houses the Courts of Criminal and Civil Appeals and the State Law Library. mapAlabama State Capitol
Bainbridge Street and Dexter Avenue
334-242-3935
One of the few state capitols listed on the National Historic Register, this building is also the site where Jefferson Davis took oath of office as President of the Confederate States of America.First White House Of The Confederacy (circa 1835)
644 Washington Avenue • Montgomery, AL 36130
334-242-1861
Italianate-style house was home to President and Mrs. Jefferson Davis while the capitol of Confederacy was in Montgomery. mapMartin Luther King Jr.'s Former Home (circa 1920's)
309 South Jackson Street • Montgomery, AL 36104
Dr. King and his family lived here from 1954 to 1960, when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. mapMurphy House
22 Bibb Street • Montgomery, AL 36104
334-240-1600
Now home of the Montgomery Waterworks Board. This antebellum mansion housed Union Troops during Reconstruction. Open Monday through Friday. mapOld Alabama Town
301 Columbus Street • Montgomery, AL 36104
334-240-4500, 888-240-1850
Authentically restored 19-and early 20th-century buildings stretching along six blocks in historic downtown Montgomery. more... mapScott And Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
919 Felder Avenue Apt. B, P.O. Box 64 • Montgomery, AL 36106
334-264-4222 or 334-262-9562
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald lived here from 1931 to 1932. more... mapSt. John's Episcopal Church (circa 1855)
113 Madison Avenue • Montgomery, AL 36104
334-262-1937
Gothic-style church, designed by Wills & Dudley of New York. Oldest Episcopal church in Montgomery. mapTeague House
468 South Perry Street • Montgomery, AL 36104
334-242-3184
One of the South's finest examples of late Greek Revival architecture. map
Historic Sites & Monuments
Civil Rights Memorial
400 Washington Avenue • Montgomery, AL 36104
334-264-0286
This memorial chronicles key events in the civil rights movements and bears the names of 40 men, women, and children died during such events. mapHank Williams Statue
Located in Lister Hill Park
A life-sized statue of country music star Hank Williams can be found across from the City Auditorium where his funeral was held. mapMaxwell Air Force Base
West Montgomery off Bell Street
334-953-6201
The Wright Brothers established the world's first civilian flying school on this site in 1910. map
Libraries & Research Centers
Rosa Parks Library and Museum
252 & 220 Montgomery Street • Montgomery, AL 36104
Located at Troy University-Montgomery
334-241-8615
The Rosa Parks Library and Museum serves as a historical milestone to those who strive to understand the event that began the famous boycott. The Children's Wing features a time-traveling bus, an archive room with videos, audio recordings, and images of the Civil Rights Movement. more... map
Museums & Galleries
Alabama Archives and History Museum
624 Washington Avenue • Montgomery, AL 36104
334-242-4363
Oldest state-funded archives in nation, housed in marble building completed in 1940. Grandma's Attic and Discovery Box are special hands-on galleries for children. mapAlabama Artists Gallery
201 Monroe Street • Montgomery, AL 36130
334-242-4076
State gallery designated to showcase the art and artists of Alabama. mapAlabama Cattlemens' Mooseum
201 South Bainbridge Street • Montgomery, AL 36104
334-265-1867
This Mooseum preserves the agricultural history of Alabama. It highlights the cattle industry from past to present day technological advances. mapCAS Gallery & Frames
2690 Zelda Road, Suite F • Montgomery, AL 36106
334-271-3772
This gallery offers fine art services, consulting, appraisals, brokerage, and sales. more... mapGreen Garden Gallery
1041 East Fairview Avenue • Montgomery, AL 36106
334-262-0775
The office, gallery and design center for nationally known Barbara Gallagher. mapHank Williams Museum, The
118 Commerce Street • Montgomery, AL 36104
Located in Downtown Montgomery
334-262-3600
The official Hank Williams Museum is situated in the home where Williams lived from 1937 until 1953. The most complete collection of memorabilia with over 35 showcases, including his 1952 Cadillac, records and clothing, can be found here. The final resting place of Hank and Audrey Williams, Oakland Cemetery, is just five minutes from this museum. more... mapMontgomery Museum of Fine Arts
1 Museum Drive • Montgomery, AL 36117
334-244-5700
Its permanent collection includes examples of 19th-and 20th-century American paintings and sculpture, Southern regional art, and Old Master prints. The museum also includes ARTWORKS, Alabama's first interactive fine arts gallery for children. more... mapNew South Art Shop
115 Montgomery Street • Montgomery, AL 36106
334-269-6200
Specializes in an eclectic group of handcrafted items from artist around the Southeast. mapSac's Gallery
2019 Clubview Street • Montgomery, AL 36106
Mulberry Street District
334-265-9931
Founded in 1979, this co-op gallery features original works by local artists. more... map
Parks, Gardens & Zoos
Blount Cultural Park
6065 Vaughn Road • Montgomery, AL 36116
Near I-85, Exit 6 East Boulevard
334-274-0062
The park offers 300 acres of rolling hills, three large lakes, the lovely Shakespear Gardens and is home for Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Roadways and walkways are open fron dawn untill one hour after the theatre closes. more... mapFort Toulouse-Jackson Park
Highway 231 North • Montgomery, AL 36092
Wetumpka
334-567-3002
This 165-acre park contains the William Bartram Arboretum, a museum, historic buildings, and an indian mound. Campgrounds are on site. mapJasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum
P.O. Box 210792 • Montgomery, AL 36121-0792
Located off U.S. 231 North on Jasmine Hill
334-567-6463
Known as Alabama's Little Corner of Greece, the Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum features over 20 acres of year-round floral beauty and classical sculpture, including new statuary honoring Olympic heroes and mythical gods. A tour of Jasmine Hill offers spectacular and ever-changing views, including a full-scale replica of the Temple of Hera ruins as found in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Flame. mapMontgomery Zoo
2301 Coliseum Parkway • Montgomery, AL 36110
334-240-4900
Visit 40 acres featuring habitats from 5 continents with naturalistic, barrier-free exhibits for more than 700 animals. mapShakespeare Gardens
Vaughn Road/Woodmere Drive, East of East Blvd
334-274-0062
This 56,700 square foot garden complex features plants, flowers, willow arbors, shade trees, and garden shrubs. There is also a thatched-roof pavilion and a 325-seat Amphitheater. more... map
Science & Technology
W.A. Gayle Planetarium
1010 Forest Avenue • Montgomery, AL 36106
Oak Park
334-241-4799
One of the major facilities of its kind in the U.S. The auditorium seats 235 people and is designed specifically for simulating natural sky by projecting images of sun, moon, planets and stars. more... map
Tours & Cruises
Governor's Mansion (circa 1907)
1142 South Perry Street • Montgomery, AL 36104
at the corner of South and South Perry Street
334-834-3022
Driving tour only. Alabama governors and families have lived in this 17-room house since 1951. map
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