Tank G.
6/28/2022
We we touring Selma on a Saturday morning and after walking the Pettus Bridge, we looked over at the museum and saw that they were open. It is located at the bottom of the bridge. Normally, it is...
National Voting Rights Museum
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6 US Highway 80 E
Selma, AL 36701
The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, located in the Historic District of Selma, Alabama, serves as a pivotal resource in understanding the struggle for voting rights and human dignity, prominently situated at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the site of Bloody Sunday. This museum aims to preserve the legacy of significant events such as Bloody Sunday, Turn Around Tuesday, and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march.
Through exhibitions and events, the institution honors the contemporary fight for voting rights and encourages public engagement in preserving this critical aspect of American history. Membership opportunities are available for those who wish to support the ongoing mission of highlighting the importance of voting rights in the United States.
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4.511 reviewsThomas L.
12/5/2024
Very disappointed with attempt to visit museum on a Thursday. Website clearly states that the museum should've been open from 10-4, but we arrived to find a sign taped to the door saying "Sorry...
Rebecca H.
11/5/2020
The museum is closed due to Covid-19 but the heavens smiled on us today. After walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, we saw this museum on the right side of the road. We walked up just to look...
Amanda F.
5/26/2019
This just moved from the down town to across the river. They were still fixing things around the museum, but there was a ton of information, activists and spectator comments and foot prints. Take...
Rhonda J.
1/2/2015
Small building but the passion from some of the original foot soldiers of the march made this place seem huge. I could have talked to them all day. Don't expect smithsonian supported type of...
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