Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

520 16th Street North, Birmingham, AL, 35203

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+1 866 328 9696, +1 205 328 9696

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www.bcri.org

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is one of the city's newest museums with one of the finest collections of Civil Rights-era memorabilia and exhibits in the South. In addition to its permanent collection, it also hosts a variety of traveling and special exhibits that use art, photography, or other media to tell the story of the struggle for Civil Rights in the South as well as across the globe.

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Along with a nice history of Birmingham in the 7-9 minute movie that started the experience, this is a nicely done and suprisingly large museum that displayed the courage and vision and endurance of those who participated in the struggle for justice for African-Americans of color. more on Yahoo! Travel

The Civil Rights museum is a place everyone should visit. more on Judysbook.com

Have plans to return an bring them;especially my 10 yrs old son. more on Yahoo! Travel

I could not believe how cheap the admission was, they should charge much more for the Excellent quality of this Institute. more on Yahoo! Travel

Our family was treated very courteously by the staff and security guard. more on Yahoo! Travel

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Our son age 11 was engrossed from the moment we entered the Institute. As was the rest af the family - ... more on TripAdvisor

This modern museum is very important to see if you want a really good history lesson about Birmingham ... more on TripAdvisor

I visited the Civil Rights Institute with a visitor from another country. I must say that I was as touched by the memories as she was by the history. Having lived through much of the Civil Rights move ... more on TripAdvisor

The facility is very clean and attractive. The personnel are very informative and courteous. There is free admission on Sundays making this a value, however, you will want to make a donation because i ... more on TripAdvisor

Has lots of informaiton and actual footage of an era goneby. It really gives an up close and personal ... more on TripAdvisor

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Every American citizen needs to visit this place. I could not believe how cheap the admission was, they should charge much more for the Excellent quality of ... more on Yahoo! Travel

The museum was awesome. It gave you the since of what it must have been like during the time when African-Americans were fighting for equality. Be sure to take the walking audio tour of Kelly Ingram Park across the street. I was lucky ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Along with a nice history of Birmingham in the 7-9 minute movie that started the experience, this is a nicely done and suprisingly large museum that displayed the courage and vision and endurance of those who participated in the struggle ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Born in 1963 somethings I remember of the era. It was a reminder. I have two children. Have plans to return an bring them;especially ... more on Yahoo! Travel