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Pioneer Museum of Alabama, Troy, AL

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Pioneer Museum of Alabama

Troy museum covering prehistoric Alabama and rural life from the 1800s and early 1900s through historic structures and artifacts.

Troy, AL

About Pioneer Museum of Alabama

The museum presents prehistoric Alabama along with rural life from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its grounds include more than twenty historic buildings, and its collection holds about twenty thousand artifacts. Four themed halls in the main gallery cover historic farm equipment, textile crafts such as quilting and weaving, everyday pioneer objects, archaeology of Southeastern Native Americans, military items from the Civil War and World War I, and Victorian-era Troy. The museum is a nonprofit that depends heavily on member and donor support, and it hosts events such as Ole Time Christmas and Pioneer Days.

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