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Email the Rosa Parks Museum at rosaparks@troy.edu. Phone Numbers: Tour Reservations: 334-241-8661; Gift Shop: 334-241-8616; Museum Information: 334-241-8615; Children's Wing: 334-241-8702 ; Location . Museum: 252 Montgomery Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 Children's Wing: 220 Montgomery Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 The Rosa Parks Museum is located on the Troy University at Montgomery satellite campus, in Montgomery, Alabama. [1] It has information, exhibits, and some artifacts from the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. This museum is named after civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who is known for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person on a city bus. [2] Rosa Parks Museum Groups of 10 or more MUST schedule a tour slot prior to visiting the museum. Please call 334-241-8661 or email rosaparks@troy.edu to schedule. **The Rosa Parks Museum closes Monday through Friday from 12:00PM to 1:00PM for lunch. Our final admission beforehand is 11:00AM, and admission resumes at 1:00 each day.** Historic markers designate the site where Rosa Parks boarded the public bus and where she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger and move to the back. The Rosa Parks Museum, located at the site of Parks’ famous arrest, is centered on Parks’ story and its place in the Civil Rights Movement and features a restored The Rosa Parks Museum is a living memorial for Mrs. Parks and elevates her legacy by serving as a platform for scholarly dialogue, civic engagement, and positive social change. The Museum includes a permanent exhibit, “The Cleveland Avenue Time Machine,” as well as temporary art exhibitions and educational programs throughout the year. Admission Fee: $7.50 Adults; $5.50 Children 12 & under A recent visit to Montgomery AL included a visit to the Rosa Parks Museum. I grew up in Canada in the 50’s and 60’s before our family moved to the United States. I vividly remember seeing coverage of the early and often brutal days of the Civil Rights Movement. Located on the University’s Montgomery Campus on the spot of Mrs. Parks’ historic 1955 arrest, the Rosa Parks Museum opened on Dec. 1, 2000, with the mission of interpreting the story and legacy of Mrs. Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott for future generations. The site of the museum is significant because it is where Rosa Parks was arrested on a bus for not giving up her seat. It has a historical marker out front marking the location. It has a neat sculpture outside that can only be viewed directly, any other angles and you are looking at some posts in the group. The Comfort Suites® hotel is conveniently located just one mile from Faulkner University. This Montgomery, AL hotel is minutes from Alabama State University, Garrett Coliseum, the Montgomery Zoo, the Rosa Parks Library and Museum and the Hank William The Dedication of the Rosa Parks Library and Museum. December 1, 2000, Montgomery, AL. Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" was the guest of honor when Troy University dedicated its new library and museum. The museum is only museum dedicated to Rosa Parks and taking you back to her life-changing moment when she decided not to give up her seat. This building was constructed in 1998 and finished around late 2000. Rosa Parks was actually able to attend the ground breaking and the official opening. The unveiling was attended by Mrs. Parks’s colleague and fellow civil rights advocate, Doris Crenshaw, who founded the Southern Youth Leadership Development Institute in Montgomery; Georgette Norman, former director of the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery; and Dr. Tommie Tonea Stewart, Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at The memorial piece is set just outside the Rosa Parks Museum, 252 Montgomery St., in the spot where a fountain was located. This latest tribute to the civil rights icon will be officially revealed The museum was constructed on the site of the former Empire Theatre in downtown Montgomery, Montgomery County, where Rosa Parks made her historic stand in 1955 at the bus stop in front of the theater. The museum's six exhibit areas and Children's Wing tell the story of these early civil rights activists. Exhibitions Current Exhibitions . Exhibition Hall. The Rosa Parks Museum will host returning artist V.L. Cox's A Still, Small Voice exhibit. Cox was reminded of the Nina Simone quote, “How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?” and used that as her guiding principle while developing this exhibition. Blue Star Museum: The Freedom Rides Museum proudly offers free admission to active duty military personnel and their families between Memorial Day and Labor Day. U.S. Civil Rights Trail: The Freedom Rides Museum is now recognized as an official destination on the trail along with more than 100 locations across 14 states. MONTGOMERY, Ala. - People in Montgomery gathered to celebrate what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum.Nearly 70 years ago, the civil rights icon The Montgomery Housing Authority (MHA) owns and manages the historic home where Mrs. Rosa Parks lived during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in a public housing community known as Cleveland Court (currently called Parks Place). Montgomery, Alabama. The USA's only museum devoted to Rosa Parks, who unexpectedly kicked off America's Civil Rights movement when she refused a bus driver's order to give up her seat to a white man. That was on December 1, 1955. The museum stands on the same corner as her bus stop, and opened on December 1, 2000, exactly 45 years later. Alabama: 3-Day Montgomery City Multi-Attraction Pass. See all Montgomery has to offer with a 3-day pass for Alabama State Capitol, Civil Rights Memorial Center, Freedom Rides Museum, Montgomery Zoo and Mann Wildlife Learning Museum, The Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery, The Hank Williams Museum, and The Scott And Zelda Fitzgerald Museum.Discover the only museum dedicated to the lives
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