Alabama Department of Archives and History, State archives and history museum in Montgomery, United States.
The Alabama Department of Archives and History is a building housing research rooms, exhibition halls, and a library across three floors. It holds historical documents, genealogical materials, and government records from different periods of the state's past.
Founded in 1901, this institution became the first state-funded archives department in the nation. Its creation established a model that other states would later adopt for their own archives.
The Museum of Alabama occupies the second and third floors. The second floor covers the Selma to Montgomery marches, Native American history from the Pre-Columbian era to Indian removal, and Alabamians at war from the French Colonial period to Vietnam. The Alabama Sampler Gallery holds 19th-century clothing and Hank Williams's guitar; the third floor shows paintings and sculpture.
Visitors can access the collections and research materials without paying admission fees. It is helpful to check in advance what specific documents or records are available to use your time effectively.
The collection holds over 500,000 photographs documenting life in Alabama from the mid-1800s to today. These visual records offer a rare window into everyday scenes and important moments from different periods of state history.
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