Selma sites offer tours for one dollar

Selma and Dallas County Tourism has partnered with seven Selma attractions to offer a low price to tour the sites. On July 12 and 13, visitors will have a rare opportunity to tour seven Selma sites for only seven dollars.

The following sites are included in the event:
Old Depot Museum
Ancient Africa, Enslavement, and Civil War Museum
Selma Interpretive Center
Sturdivant Hall Museum
National Voting Rights Museum & Institute
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
Vaughan-Smitherman Museum

On July 12, visitors will be able to tour six of the seven sites between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Once visitors have toured the first six sites, they will receive a pass for a wagon tour at Old Cahawba for July 13. They will also be entered in a drawing to win a gift basket of “Selma stuff”, which includes various items made in Selma and unique gift items from each museum. The drawing will take place on July 12 at 4:00 p.m. at the Old Depot Museum. Visitors must be present to win the gift basket.

Tickets for the event are available at the Centre for Commerce, 912 Selma Avenue, from June 30 to July 11.

For more information, please call Ashley Mason at 334-875-7241 or email tourism@selmaalabama.com.

Selma Museum Holiday Hours

Old Depot Museum

4 Martin Luther King Street

Selma, Alabama 36703

334-874-2197

Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

CLOSED December 25, 26, and 27 and January 1

National Voting Rights Museum and Institute

6 US Highway 80 East (near Edmund Pettus Bridge)

Selma, Alabama 36701

334-327-8218

www.nvrmi.com

Will be open by appointment only from now until January 6.  Call the number above for an appointment.

Slavery and Civil War Museum

1410 Water Avenue

Selma, Alabama 36703

334-327-8218

www.nvrmi.com

Will be open by appointment only from now until January 6.  Call the number above for an appointment.

Sturdivant Hall Museum

713 Mabry Street 

Selma, Alabama 36701

334-872-5626

www.sturdivanthall.com

Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

CLOSED December 25 and January 1

Vaughan-Smitherman Museum

109 Union Street

Selma, Alabama 36701

334-874-2174

Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

CLOSED December 25, 26, and 27 and January 1



Click on the pictures or the names of the museums to learn more about them.

Jeffrey's Adventure to the Voting Rights Museum

Jeffrey apologizes for not going anywhere yesterday.  He is scared of the rain and did not want to get out in the bad weather.  So, Jeffrey agreed to let us take pictures of him at two places today!

The first place he went was the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute.  Jeffrey learned so much about the civil rights movement and the struggle in Selma.

The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute offers the United States and the world the unique opportunity to learn from the lessons of the past and to secure our rights for the future. It is a place where past and present struggles and future possibilities can be viewed, studied, felt, remembered and appreciated. It was opened in 1993 and serves as a permanent memorial to the struggle to obtain voting rights (www.nvrmi.com, 2013).

To learn more about the civil rights movement or tour the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, visit www.nvrmi.com.