Listing Tag: Museums and Galleries

  • Kentuck at Queen City

    Kentuck at Queen City

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    Kentuck at Queen City is an expansion project of Kentuck Art Center, located in the historic Queen City Pool House in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Here, guests can explore rotating exhibitions as well as highlights from Kentuck’s Permanent Collection—works that reflect the history of Southern art, folk traditions, and the legacy of the Kentuck Festival of the…

  • Catherine and Pettus Randall Welcome Center

    Catherine and Pettus Randall Welcome Center

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    The Randall Welcome Center is named in honor of the late Pettus Randall and his wife, Dr. Catherine J. Randall, who have contributed in countless ways to UA and the Tuscaloosa community for decades.   The Randall Welcome Center provides a new front door for the University where visitors are engaged and immersed in all aspects…

  • Bryce Mental Health Museum

    Bryce Mental Health Museum

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    The opening of the Bryce Mental Health Museum marks a full-circle moment Alabama’s history.  Our state was ahead of its time when Bryce opened its doors in 1861 to its first mental health patient: a civil war soldier.  Renowned for the use of moral treatment in service to individuals and innovative architecture, Bryce played a…

  • Walk The University of Alabama

    Walk The University of Alabama

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    Even if you’re not a prospective student, touring this monumental campus is well worth the time. From the Quad, where the University is Anchored, to the new stretches of the institution towards Bryce Hospital, and Bryant-Denny Stadium, you’ll find a plethora of landmarks. The Campus is found along University Blvd, but expands far beyond that.…

  • The McGuire-Strickland House

    The McGuire-Strickland House

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    This raised Creole cottage in the Greek Revival style was built by Moses McGuire, Tuscaloosa’s first probate judge. The McGuire-Strickland home is most famous for its wood frame structure which is believed to be the oldest wooden structure in Tuscaloosa. The hand work shows early Alabama workmanship with locally cut and prepared pine of which…

  • Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

    Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

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    The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at The University of Alabama presents a year-round schedule of changing exhibitions devoted to contemporary arts, including works from the Permanent Collection. The gallery, located in Garland Hall, provides artistic and cultural enrichment for the university and West Alabama communities and is committed to representing a diverse range of artistic practices primarily…

  • Murphy African-American Museum

    Murphy African-American Museum

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    Tuscaloosa’s first licensed black mortician, Mr. Will J. Murphy, built this two-story craftsman bungalow in the early 1920s as his private residence. Materials from the old state capitol building a few blocks away, such as bricks and window sills, were salvaged when it burned in 1923 and used in the house’s construction. Today, the structure…

  • Northport Visitor Center and Heritage Museum

    Northport Visitor Center and Heritage Museum

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    Step back in time at the Northport Visitor Center & Heritage Museum, housed in the beautifully restored Palmer House, a Victorian-era home originally built in 1907 by the Josh Palmer Family. Once located on Tanyard Street (now 10th Street), this charming home sheltered four generations of Palmers, each leaving their mark through thoughtful additions as their…

  • Old Tavern Museum

    Old Tavern Museum

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    The Old Tavern has been a fixture in downtown Tuscaloosa since the time of the capital era. Innkeeper William Dunton built the structure in 1827, three blocks from its current site as a tavern and hotel on the stagecoach route that passed through Tuscaloosa. One of the few remaining nineteenth-century inns in the state, the…

  • Paul R. Jones Art Gallery

    Paul R. Jones Art Gallery

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    In 2008, Paul R. Jones donated a portion of his collection of African American art to the University of Alabama. With over 1,700 pieces, the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama is one of the largest collections of African American art in the world. Jones was known as a…

  • Paul W. Bryant Museum

    Paul W. Bryant Museum

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    The mission of the Paul W. Bryant Museum is to collect, preserve and exhibit items, and to disseminate information relating to the sports history of the University of Alabama. Goals The Paul W. Bryant Museum is dedicated to: Educating and inspiring a universal audience about the significant contributions and accomplishments of University of Alabama collegiate…

  • Jemison Van De Graaf Mansion

    Jemison Van De Graaf Mansion

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    The Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion is a historic house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. The structure remained a private residence until 1955, when it served first as a library, then publishing house offices, and lastly as a historic house museum. The mansion was added to National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1972, due…