Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Civil rights museum and cultural center in Birmingham, United States.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a museum and educational center in the Civil Rights District, opened in November 1992. Its permanent exhibitions form a self-directed walking journey through Birmingham's role in the 1950s and 1960s Civil Rights Movement, including the 1963 Birmingham campaign and its Children's Crusade, using multimedia displays and an Oral History Project of participants' voices.

The institute opened in 1992 to preserve the history of the civil rights movement, which reached a turning point in Birmingham during the 1960s. It is located near Kelley Ingram Park, where some of the era's largest demonstrations took place.

The museum maintains an archive containing 500 recorded oral histories and numerous documents that detail personal experiences from the civil rights movement.

The museum is easy to reach on foot from downtown and is well signposted. Plan to spend several hours exploring the exhibitions in detail.

The Congressional Gold Medal awarded in 2013 to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, was entrusted to the Institute to display or lend to other museums. The museum is also a Smithsonian Affiliate, allowing it to borrow works for long-term exhibition.