Alabama Department of Archives and History

Past Exhibits

The Museum of Alabama features a variety of exhibits that explore the rich history of our state. Our temporary exhibits change periodically. Browse the Museum's past exhibits by year below.

History Lives On: Preserving Alabama's Rosenwald Schools
October 2, 2023 - December 31, 2024

Alabama Radio Moments
September 10, 2022 – June 4, 2023

Changing the Course: Art by the Currently and Formerly Incarcerated
February 15 – April 15, 2022

Justice Not Favor: Alabama Women and the Vote
August 26, 2021 – June 4, 2022

Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence
February 2020 - September 2022

Unfolding Alabama: Our History in Maps
January – December 2019

We the People: Alabama’s Defining Documents
Huntsville Museum of Art, June 29 – August 11, 2019
Museum of Alabama, November 3 – December 31, 2019

Inaugural Gowns of Alabama
Summer - December 2019

Founders & Framers
November 1, 2019 – January 31, 2020

The American Quilt Study Group: 2014 Study of Civil War Quilts
March 19 – May 31, 2018

Penrose Vass Stout’s Illustrated War
May 31 – December 31, 2018

Alabama Summer Fun
June – September 2018

Memories of Young World
June – October 2018

Revival: Creek Traditional Arts in Alabama
November 5, 2018 – Spring 2019

Sewn Together: Two Centuries of Alabama Quilts
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
January 26 – April 16, 2017

Sketching the Skies: Penrose Vass Stout, Alabama’s WWI Artist-Aviator
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
July 14 – September 10, 2017

St. Stephens and the Alabama Territory
November 10, 2017 – Spring 2018

Sweet Communion: The Johnathan Kelso Alabama Sacred Harp Collection
December 18, 2017 – March 2018

Women in Alabama Politics
March 10 – June 30, 2016

"A Paper for the People": The Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
July 26, 2016 – December 2017

Alabama in the Age of Aquarius
August 2016 – August 2017

"The Whole World Saw Your Pictures": Spider Martin and the Voting Rights Campaign
February 2 – September 8, 2015

Alabama Brides
June 4, 2015 – December 31, 2015

Alabama and the Textile Industry
October 16, 2015 – Spring 2016

Art of the Great War
Fall 2015 – December 31, 2016

Alabamians in the Great War
2014 – November 30, 2024