The best museums in Birmingham offer an unforgettable journey through time, culture, and innovation. Known as the “Magic City” for its rapid growth during the steel boom, Birmingham ...

The Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, supports UAB and broader communities through the stewardship of health sciences' objects and histories, with an ...

The earliest recorded donation to what would become the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences was an apothecary scale given in 1946 to the University of Alabama and its Birmingham medical center.

The museum is located in downtown Birmingham. Admission is always free and the museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The free parking lot is ...

Visitors can ascend the Vulcan tower for spectacular, open-air city views or explore the ground-level museum to learn more about Birmingham's history. The park is also home to the city's official ...

Alabama Representatives are taking action to prevent the possible sale of the Freedom Rides Museum after it was listed among non-core federal properties. Alabama’s Freedom Rides Museum could be ...