Permanent collection includes examples of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings and sculpture, Southern regional art, Old Master prints and decorative arts. Also home to ARTWORKS, a participatory art gallery and studio for children.
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Located in 1909 building in the heart of downtown, Montgomery Seed & Supply offers plants, seeds, fertilizers, insect sprays, pots and garden tools for small home gardens. Second location at the State Farmers Market on Federal Dr. (334-271-7182).
Admission: Unknown
Visitors encounter comprehensive produce marketing outlet, cafe serving breakfast and lunch, and fully stocked garden center. Also home-canned products, baked goods, wood crafts, pea-shelling services, peanut roasting, pecan cracking.
Admission: Free
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks
40 acres featuring habitats from 5 continents with naturalistic, barrier-free exhibits for more than 600 animals. Enjoy dining at Overlook Cafe, visit gift shop, take train ride around park.
Admission: Admission charged
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa, Discover
Fun, playable course surrounded by hardwoods. Elevation changes with lakes and streams that enhance the landscape. Excellent practice facilities and friendly, attentive staff.
Number of holes: 18
Par: 72
Championship Yardage: 6818 yds.
Admission: Unknown
Accepted: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, Visa
Mural 28' x 140' depicting midway of 1940s Idle Hour Park. Carousel, train, skating, zoo, pool, dance hall, bowling, fortune teller, Ferris wheel. Sponsored/painted by Phenix City Arts Council, Phenix City Parks & Recreation.
Admission: Free
Regional museum of approximately 4000 artifacts form fascinating glimpse into east Alabama life over last century. Noteworthy collection includes Camp Opelika (WWII POW camp) memorabilia, Roanoke dolls, early recording technology. Special exhibits scheduled.
Admission: Free
Located near foot of Edmund Pettus Bridge, museum offers pictorial history of voting rights struggle. Displays exceptional record of events and participants that made Civil Rights history.
Admission: Admission charged
Accepted: American Express, MasterCard, Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, Visa
One of Auburn's finest examples of antebellum Greek Revival architecture dating from 1850s built by Samuel Nunn . Nestled in heart of Kiesel Park.
Admission: Free
Admission: Fee for attractions only
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks
Driving range, snack bar, complete line of merchandise. Very challenging but golfer-friendly.
Admission: Unknown
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa, Discover
House museum. Only antebellum example of octagon-style architecture remaining in Alabama, and one of few in country.
Admission: Admission charged
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks
Authentically restored 19th- and early 20th-century buildings stretching along 6 blocks in historic downtown Montgomery. Each building creates its own distinctive image of living and working in Alabama's past.
Admission: Admission charged
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa
Alabama's 1st permanent capital and most famous ghost town. Archaeological Interpretive Park includes welcome center and education room, picnic area, hiking trails, interpretive signs, historic ruins. New, accessible nature trail.
Admission: Free
Accepted: Personal Checks
Interpretive history museum in 1891 railway depot. Artifacts from pre-history Indians through Voting Rights era. Civil War room, Black Heritage wing, military room (pre WWI–Persian Gulf). Victorian firehouse, antique rail cars.
Admission: Admission charged
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks
Graves of Confederate soldiers and prominent Selma residents. Includes statue of Elodie B. Todd, half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln; mausoleum of Vice President William Rufus King; and Benjamin Sterling Turner, Alabama's first Black congressman.
Admission: Free
Largest historic district in state includes beautiful antebellum Sturdivant Hall. More than 1250 buildings dating from 1820s. Windshield tour (brochures available from Chamber) contains 116 historic sites.
Admission: Free
Special exhibits and gallery's permanent collection feature works by local, regional and nationally known artists. Also national tour groups from BBC Orchestra of London to Boys Choir of Harlem. Call for schedule.
Admission: Free