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Alabama Music Hall of
Fame
Belle Mont Mansion
Children's Museum of the
Shoals
Coon Dog Cemetery
Edith Newman Culver
Memorial Museum
Helen Keller’s
Birthplace (Ivy Green)
Indian Mound & Museum
Kennedy-Douglass Center
for the Arts
LaGrange Site Park,
Antebellum Cemetery, &
Pioneer Village
Pope's Tavern Museum
Ritz Theater
Rosenbaum House by Frank
Lloyd Wright
Tennessee Valley Arts
Center
W.C. Handy Home & Museum
Alabama Music Hall of
Fame
This museum is ideal for
those who love music and
music history. The
Alabama Music Hall of
Fame showcases
Alabamians who have had
a great impact on the
music industry.
Hours of Operation
Monday – Saturday: 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. May through
October
(Closed on Sunday
November through April)
Phone: (800) 239-2643
Admission
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Adults $8.00
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Students (13-18) $7.00
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Seniors (55 & older) $7.00
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Children (6-12) $5.00
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Children (5 &
under) Free
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Belle Mont Mansion
The Belle Mont Mansion
(c. 1832) features
Jefferson Palladian
architecture (brick,
u-shaped structure) and
is open for groups of 10
or more by appointment.
Phone: (256) 381-5052
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Children's Museum of the
Shoals
The
Children's Museum of the
Shoals has many
exhibits and programs
for kids to encourage
creativity and
intellectual growth. A
playground and walking
trails are located at Deibert Park, which is
adjacent to the museum.
Hours of Operation
Thursday – Saturday:
10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Admission
Under 2 years: Free
Ages 2 and up: $5.00
Museum Members: Free
Phone: (256) 765-0500
Fax: (256) 764-7377
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Coon Dog Cemetery
The Key Underwood Coon
Dog Memorial Graveyard
contains over 185
graves, beginning with
“Troop” in 1937.
Hours of Operation
Open during daylight
hours year-round.
No admission charge.
Phone: (256) 383-0783
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Edith Newman Culver
Memorial Museum
This museum houses U.S.
Civil War relics and
Indian artifacts, and
serves as the town
museum for Waterloo,
Alabama.
Hours of Operation
Call for hours
Admission: $2.00
Phone: (256) 767-6081
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Helen Keller’s
Birthplace (Ivy Green)
Helen Keller’s
Birthplace
is
world-renowned as the
place where Anne
Sullivan helped Helen
Keller, the “First Lady
of Courage,” learn to
communicate with the
outside world.
Hours of Operation
Monday -- Saturday: 8:30
a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Last tour starts at 3:45
p.m. daily
Admission
Adults: $6.00
Students (Ages 5 to 18): $2.00
Seniors & AAA Members: $5.00
Military (Active and
Retired):
$5.00
Groups of 20 or more:
$5.00 per adult; $1.50
per child
(Group reservations
requested)
Phone: (256) 383-4066
See
Festivals & Events
for information on The
Miracle Worker, a play
performed each summer in
The Shoals.
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Indian Mound & Museum
This mound was built by
Indians that lived along
the Tennessee River
thousands of years ago.
The museum houses Indian
artifacts.
Hours of Operation
Tuesday – Saturday:
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Admission
Adults: $2.00
Students: $0.50
Phone: (256) 760-6427
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Kennedy-Douglass Center
for the Arts
The
Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts
is
an art gallery,
educational facility,
and the center for the
promotion of cultural
events such as Arts
Alive in downtown
Florence.
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday: 9:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Free
Admission
Phone: (256) 760-6379
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LaGrange College Site
Park & Antebellum
Cemetery
The LaGrange College
Site Park is the site of
Alabama’s first college,
which was established in
1830. Although the
college was destroyed in
the Civil War, the site
features an antebellum
cemetery, log-cabin
museum, country store,
bed and breakfast, and
outbuildings.
Hours of Operation
Park
Open daily
Welcome Center
Sundays: 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Other times by
appointment
Free
Admission
Phone: (256) 446-9324
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Pope's Tavern Museum
Pope’s Tavern has served
as a tavern, an inn, a
stagecoach stop, and a
hospital during the U.S.
Civil War. Pope’s Tavern
Museum exhibits
antiques, items from the
U.S. Civil War, as well
as pioneer artifacts.
Hours of Operation
Tuesday – Saturday:
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Admission
Adults: $2.00
Children: $0.50
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Ritz Theater
A restored silent movie
theater, the
Ritz
Theater hosts the Center
Stage Community
Theater’s four annual
plays.
Phone: (256) 383-0533
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Rosenbaum House by Frank
Lloyd Wright
The
Rosenbaum House
is
the only house designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright in
Alabama and open to the
public in the southeast
region.
Hours of Operation
Tuesday – Saturday:
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Admission
Adults: $8.00
Seniors & Students:
$5.00
Phone: (256) 740-8899
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Tennessee Valley Museum
of Art
The
Tennessee Valley Museum
of Art
supports
arts in The Shoals
through art exhibitions,
art competitions,
workshops, and an
educational outreach
program. It houses the
Martin Petroglyph,
featuring ancient
sandstone carvings.
Hours of Operation
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to
3:00 p.m.
Monday – Friday: 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed Saturdays, major
holidays, and between
exhibitions
Admission
Call for admission
prices
Phone: (256) 383-0533
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W.C. Handy Home & Museum
The “Father of the
Blues”, William
Christopher Handy, was
born in Florence in
1873. The W.C. Handy
Home and Museum has an
outstanding collection
of memorabilia from W.C.
Handy’s life.
Hours of Operation
Tuesday – Saturday:
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Phone: (256) 760-6434
See
Festivals & Events
for information on the
W.C. Handy Music
Festival.
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Visit the
Colbert County Tourism
and Convention Bureau's
website
or
the
Florence/Lauderdale
Tourism
website for more
detailed information
about these and other
attractions in The
Shoals.
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