Sightseeing
Iconic16th Street Baptist Church
Under $25Tour the 1911 church where a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing killed four girls, a landmark of the civil rights era.
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MuseumsHistory BuffRainy-Day Pick
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a museum in Birmingham, AL, part of the Greater Birmingham guide. Cost: under $25.
520 16th St N · Birmingham, AL
Why you should go…
Opened in November 1992 in Birmingham's Civil Rights District, the institute leads you on a self-guided walk through multimedia galleries on African-American life and the civil rights struggle, with a focus on the 1963 Birmingham Campaign. The Oral History Project adds the voices of people who took part. The Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was given to the institute, and traveling exhibitions rotate through.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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Sloss Furnaces
FreeWalk among the blast furnaces and machinery of a Birmingham pig iron plant that ran from 1882 to 1971.
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Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
$25–$50See more than 1,000 motorcycles on display from over a century of production, plus a large collection of Lotus race cars.
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Talladega Superspeedway
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- Sport & OutdoorOutdoor Adventure
Cheaha State Park
Under $25Hike to granite overlooks and climb a stone tower on Cheaha Mountain, the highest point in Alabama.
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