Rosa Parks Library & Museum and Children's Wing

Rosa Parks Library & Museum and Children's Wing
Street address: 

252 Montgomery Street,

Montgomery Al 36104

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Phone: 
334-241-8615
Schedule: 
Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
GPS: 
32.376803, -86.311155

The Troy University Rosa Parks Museum Children’s Wing provides a museum experience on the Montgomery Bus Boycott that is much more children focused, tailored specifically for their age and comprehensive abilities. Through the use of multi-media presentations via a “Time Machine,” the Children’s Wing prepares visitors for the museum reenactment experience involving Rosa Parks, activities of Martin Luther King, Jr., and involvement of other early Civil Rights leaders. A scholar’s research area captures Montgomery’s history and Civil Rights history found only at this historical site in Montgomery including artifacts, oral histories, historical documents, and art for high school students and adults. 

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