Alabama Department of Archives & History

Alabama marble building. Oldest state-funded archives in U.S. Research government, private historical records and family genealogy. Alabama Indian, 19th-century, military and Civil Rights exhibits. For children: Grandma’s Attic in hands-on gallery.

Getting There & Details

Admission
Free
Hours
Open M-F and 1st Sat. 8:30-4:30; reference room closed M.
Address
624 Washington Ave.
Phone
334-242-4363, ext. 2
Website
www.archives.state.al.us
Map
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