Birmingham is a great city, but has a dubious past. This museum follows that past to the present, and will have a sobering effect on everyone who visits.

Great presentation of information for everyone. Lots to engage. Very helpful and friendly volunteers.

I was very impressed with this museum. It is well done, and very educational. Allow an hour or two to read all the information, and absorb the material.

I was worried that this museum would be more like a historical archive (lots of rooms with bright lights and binders), but it was very skillfully designed, interactive, and informative, and it thoughtfully incorporates the park across the street, which itself was a major part of Birmingham's civil rights history.

This was a very interesting visit, some displays brought tears to my eyes. The Jail door where Martin Luther King was kept, the letter he wrote while in jail, the freedom bus, the drinking fountains!! It just makes you think about how bad it was and how it was really not that long ago that this all went on. I... More

We only had a couple hours in Birmingham and I am really glad we stopped. The greeter was helpful and directed us to a movie to "set the stage", screen lifts up and there's the museum. The exhibits were heartwrenching and hopeful. Being from New York there are ALOT of things that I sadly never even knew about. It was... More

A chance to see our better Angels in action!!! Birmingham has much to be proud of!!! It is and was the crucible of the Civil Rights Movement. We learned how to get along.

I enjoyed the museum and thought the information offered was thorough and interesting. To adequately see everything you need about three hours; however, this may not be realistic for some families. Most enjoyable were the interactive type exhibits and videos containing actual recordings from that era. Some of the material is not the most accessible for young children--in fact it... More

I studied the civil rights movement at university so I already had a lot of the background information but it is still so moving to see the photos, videos and personal stories and to think that such a horrible period was so recent. Some of my fellow travellers didn't have the same background knowledge and it really opened their eyes... More