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Brown Chapel AME Church
Historic Site1st AME church in state (1866). Headquarters during Voting Rights movement. Starting point for Selma-to-Montgomery marchers; All-American Road begins here.
Edmund Pettus Bridge
Historic SiteNational landmark; symbol of momentous changes. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led marchers across bridge on journey toward voting rights attainment.
Heritage Village
Historic SiteFive relocated historic structures: McKinnon-Riggs doctor's office, 1830 Calhoun law office, Siegel servant house, Gillis House, historic pigeon cote.
Historic Water Avenue
Historic SiteBrick streets, antique stores, fountains, bridge-tender's house, parks, antebellum St. James Hotel, Old Depot Museum, National Voting Rights Museum.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Street Historic Walking Tour
Historic SiteExperience history of Selma's Voting Rights movement. Pass First Baptist Church, George Washington Carver homes, Brown Chapel AME Church, Martin Luther King, Jr. monument, more.
National Voting Rights Museum & Institute
MuseumLocated near Edmund Pettus Bridge. Pictorial history of voting rights struggle. Exceptional record of events and participants that made Civil Rights history.
Old Depot Museum
Museum1891 railway depot. Pre-history Indians through Voting Rights artifacts. Civil War room, Black Heritage wing, military room (pre WWI-Persian Gulf). Victorian firehouse, rail cars. Military building (WW I-present). Keipp Photo Collection.
Old Live Oak Cemetery
Historic SiteGraves of Confederate soldiers and prominent Selma residents. Includes statue of Elodie Todd (half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln), William Rufus King, Benjamin Sterling Turner.
Paul M. Grist State Park
MuseumLocated on 100-acre lake. Fishing, swimming, boat rentals, picnicking, improved and primitive camping, play areas, hiking trails.
Performing Arts Centre
Historic SiteVisit authentically restored Walton Theatre and courtyard.
Selma Art Guild Gallery
MuseumLocated in turn-of-century cottage. Showcase for award-winning artists of Selma Art Guild.
Selma Interpretive Center (NPS)
MuseumThe second National Park Service Interpretive Center opened along the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. Located in historic downtown Selma.
Selma's Riverfront Park
Outdoor Recreation SiteTwelve-acre park with concrete path, timber bridge and two overlooks to the Alabama River representing the first phase of the city's Riverfront Development plan.
Slavery & Civil War Museum
MuseumSister museum to National Voting Rights Museum. Permanent and temporary exhibits. Historical information on impacts and occurrences during slavery era in America.
Sturdivant Hall Museum
MuseumNeoclassical architecture (1853). 10-room mansion purchased by Sturdivant Museum Assn. Museum gift shop in original kitchen. Formal gardens, period furniture, artwork, doll & porcelain collections.
Vaughan-Smitherman Museum
MuseumBuilt 1847 as university. Served as Confederate hospital, county courthouse and military school. Features Lewis collection of Civil War memorabilia, medical museum, political museum.