Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau

Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum

McWane Center

Rickwood Field

Ruffner Mountain Nature Center

This historic museum traces the journey of the civil rights advocates of the 1950s and 60s, who changed the course of American history. The struggle for equality for Black Americans is here, from the Jim Crow laws in the 1800s to the freedom rides, sit-ins and demonstrations of the 1960s.

Civil Rights District

The neighborhood that was the center of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement is now a historic district with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute at its center.

Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

Historic iron manufacturing facility

Alabama Theatre

After a complete restoration, this historic venue once again shows its 1927 grandeur.

Barber Motor Sports Park

This new attraction in Birmingham features frequent racing events and a motor sports museum.

16th Street Baptist Church

Four young girls were killed when a Ku Klux Klan bomb exploded in this church in 1963. The girls are remembered with a shrine in the crypt where they died, and a vibrant stained glass window donated in sympathy by the people of Wales adorns the historic church.

Birmingham Zoo

Watch sea lions being trained and fed, zip around on the Zoo Train, hop on the carousel, check out the alligator swamp and tropical rain forest: all this and more are offered at this educational and entertaining zoo housing 170 animals from around the world, including endangered species.

Southern Museum of Flight

An aircraft hangar museum with exhibits of authentic old airplanes.

Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame