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The Rosa Parks Museum: Collects, preserves, and exhibits artifacts relevant to the life and lessons of Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Civil Rights Movement. Provides educational programs and scholarly resources for K-12, adult, and lifelong learners. 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] 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 bus and other artifacts. Phone: (334) 241-8615. Address: 252 Montgomery Street, Montgomery, AL, United States. Cost: $7.50 (Adults), $5.50 (Children) It visits some pivotal points in African American history leading up to Rosa Parks' refusal to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus. The rest of the museum is informative and educational, but the time machine exhibit is outstanding! Both the children’s section and the adult were educational and moving. 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. Ann Clemons will present “The Life and Legacy of Rosa Parks,” beginning at 10 a.m. in the museum’s auditorium. Clemons, a former employee of the Montgomery Convention and Visitors Bureau, first took on the persona of Mrs. Parks as a part of the Alabama Governor’s Conference on Tourism. The Rosa Parks Museum is located at Troy University’s Montgomery Campus on the spot of Mrs. Parks’ historic 1955 arrest. The 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.” Learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks and her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott at this museum on the site of her arrest. Explore six exhibit areas, a children's wing, and a research center that tell the story of the boycott and its impact. Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" was the guest of honor when Troy University dedicated its new library and museum. The library will carry Mrs. Parks' name and commemorates her refusal to give up her seat up on the Montgomery City Bus to a white man. 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 Red Bluff Cottage Spectacular View of downtown Montgomery and the Alabama River Plain, including unique view of the state Capitol. 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 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 Historic Rosa Parks Home"A PLACE OF REVERENCE AND RESPECT" Bring history to life by visiting the historic home of Rosa L. Parks in Montgomery, Alabama. Skip to content 634 Cleveland Ct., Montgomery, Alabama 36108 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. 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. We then went back to the main building for another timed exhibit. You enter a room and watch documentary footage of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Parks' arrest, as well as hear from some of the people behind the boycott using multi screens. 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 event was free and open to the public and included live music from local talent; local food, merchandise, and informational vendors; arts & crafts; kids' area; an authentic 1950s Montgomery city bus and 1960s Greyhound bus; and free admission to the Rosa Parks Museum and Children's Wing. The Rosa Parks Museum celebrated what would have been The purpose of the Rosa Parks Museum is to uphold and interpret for the public benefit, education and enjoyment, materials related to the events and accomplishments of individuals associated with Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Museum includes a permanent exhibit, a time machine, temporary exhibit space, archives, classrooms, an auditorium and conference room. The Museum is a major landmark in the
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