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Sightseeing

Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument

A National Park Service monument in downtown Birmingham that preserves sites from the 1963 campaign against segregation.

1914 4th Ave North Suite 440, Birmingham, AL 35203 · Birmingham, AL

About Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument

The monument commemorates the 1963 Birmingham campaign, including its Children's Crusade, and other civil rights events in the city. Its sites are spread across roughly four downtown blocks in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. Visitors can tour churches where meetings were held, walk through parks where protesters marched, and visit museums that display related artifacts. The National Park Service has administered the monument since it was established in 2017.

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The closest stops to Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Museums
History Buff
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Under $25
Walk through self-guided galleries that trace the Birmingham Campaign and the wider American civil rights movement.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Iconic
16th Street Baptist Church
Under $25
Tour the 1911 church where a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing killed four girls, a landmark of the civil rights era.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
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A Birmingham museum and organization that preserves and teaches the history of jazz in Alabama.
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Museums
McWane Science Center
Under $25
A hands-on science museum in downtown Birmingham with exhibits, an aquarium area, and a dome theater.
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Sightseeing
History Buff
Sloss Furnaces
No admission fee
Walk among the blast furnaces and machinery of a Birmingham pig iron plant that ran from 1882 to 1971.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens
Under $25
A Greek Revival house from the 1840s with period decorative arts, set in gardens near downtown Birmingham.
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