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History Museum of Mobile, Mobile, AL

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History Museum of Mobile

Mobile's history museum covering the city's story from pre-Colonial times to the modern port city.

111 South Royal Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602 · Mobile, AL

About History Museum of Mobile

The History Museum of Mobile is one of four sites run by the museum in Mobile, Alabama. Its main building holds more than 20,000 square feet of exhibits, a children's discovery room, and rotating special exhibitions. General admission also covers Colonial Fort Conde, a partial reconstruction of a 1723 French fort. The Phoenix Fire Museum is free to enter and displays historic fire engines. The museum also operates the Clotilda exhibition at the Africatown Heritage House, which tells the story of the people aboard the last known slave ship to the United States.

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