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The Legacy Museum, Montgomery, AL
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The Legacy Museum

400 N Court St · Montgomery, AL

Why you should go…

The Legacy Museum, run by the Equal Justice Initiative, opened in 2018 and moved into a much larger building in 2021. Its exhibits follow slavery, lynching, segregation and mass incarceration. You see soil collected from lynching sites, an interactive display of the literacy tests once given to Black voters, and an art gallery with work by Hank Willis Thomas, Glenn Ligon and Jacob Lawrence. One ticket also admits you to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.

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Good to know

General museums guidance

Habits that pay off across this whole category, not rules for this one venue. Always check the official site for the specifics.

  • Check the special exhibition separately

    Touring shows usually carry their own ticket and their own opening hours, listed apart from general admission.

  • Look for the free window

    Many museums run community days, member evenings, or discounted late openings. It is worth a look before you pay full price.

  • Travel light through the door

    Large bags and backpacks often have to go to a coat check, and lines for it move slowly at opening.

  • Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons

    School groups clear out by early afternoon midweek, while weekends stay busy from late morning on.

What's around here?

The closest stops to The Legacy Museum, 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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    Rosa Parks Museum

    Under $25

    See exhibits on Rosa Parks' 1955 arrest and the Montgomery Bus Boycott at the spot where she was arrested.

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    Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

    Under $25

    Tour the brick church where Martin Luther King Jr. was pastor and helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott.

    0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Alabama State Capitol

    Free

    Walk the 1851 Greek Revival statehouse where the Confederacy was formed and the 1965 voting rights march ended.

    0.6 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sightseeing
    Iconic

    National Memorial for Peace and Justice

    Under $25

    Walk beneath more than 800 hanging steel monuments naming victims of racial terror lynchings, county by county.

    0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sightseeing
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    Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

    Free

    See the George Washington Carver Museum and Booker T. Washington's home, The Oaks, on the Tuskegee University campus.

    35 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

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    Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

    Free

    Tour the Moton Field hangars where the Tuskegee Airmen trained, with a restored Link Trainer and exhibits on the cadets.

    37 mi awayMore like this