Rosa Parks Museum and Children's Wing

The Rosa Parks Museum is located in the heart of historic downtown Montgomery, Alabama, at the site where Mrs. Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955, an event that helped ignite the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Situated on the campus of Troy University at Montgomery, the Museum is part of the city’s historic civil rights district and is within walking distance of significant landmarks associated with the Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery Bus Station, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, and the Alabama State Capitol. The Museum’s central downtown location places it within an active cultural and educational corridor that attracts students, residents, tourists, and visitors from across the nation and internationally. Its location provides an important connection between the physical sites of Montgomery’s civil rights history and the Museum’s mission to educate visitors about Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the continuing struggle for equality and civic engagement.