Arts & Culture in Coastal Alabama & Northwest Florida.

Africatown Heritage House

Museum housing 'Clotilda: The Exhibition' about the survivors and descendants of the last known U.S. slave ship. Winner of USA TODAY's 2024 10Best Readers' Choice award for Best New Museum.

Aircraft Pavilion

Showcase for vintage aircraft & artifacts, including a CIA spy plane & a Marine One helicopter.

ARTalli

Art gallery on South Church Street established in 2025 offering paintings, prints, notecards, and clothing. Hosts champagne events during First Friday Art Walk with live music.

Baldwin County Heritage Museum

History museum preserving the culture of early Baldwin County farm communities with a 20,000-square-foot main building, five acres of grounds, a 1909 church, blacksmith shop, vintage farm implements, and a schoolhouse.

Black Education Museum

Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach

Waterfront campus offering art classes in many mediums, demonstrations & a gallery with local works.

Daphne History Museum

History museum housed in the historic 1858 Daphne Methodist Church, the second oldest church in Baldwin County and a National Register of Historic Places site. Features period clothing, arts and crafts, and rotating exhibits.

Dawson Morgan Ceramic Works of Art

Ceramic Art offers handcrafted ceramic items, emphasizing the value of the artist's touch in a society leaning towards mass production.

Exploreum Science Center & PCI Digital Dome Theater

Science center offering hands-on activities, educational programs & IMAX films.

Fairhope Museum of History

Free-entry museum in the former city hall, featuring exhibits & artifacts tracing local history.

Foley Model Train Exhibit

Free O-scale model train display covering 1,200 square feet with a quarter mile of track, 84 freight cars, 50 passenger coaches, and a replica of the L&N Hummingbird, housed in a 1909 Louisville and Nashville railroad station.

Foley Railroad Museum

Free museum featuring a huge, remote-controlled model railroad, real train cars & other exhibits.

Gulf Shores Museum

Old-timey house, now a museum with permanent & temporary exhibits on local history, plus events.

Hello Gallery Art & Things

Downtown Fairhope art gallery showcasing around 50 artists yearly, featuring paintings, jewelry, pottery, glass art, sculptures, and woodwork from local and regional Southern artists.

History Museum of Mobile

Museum featuring local-history exhibits in a 19th-century Italianate city hall & marketplace.

Holmes Medical Museum

Museum displaying historic medical artifacts in a former hospital that functioned from 1936–1958.

Kiln Studio & Gallery

Ceramic arts gallery and studio in downtown Fairhope owned by artist Susie Bowman, showcasing work by regional and national ceramic artists and offering beginner pottery classes in hand-building and wheel throwing.

Kristin Pierre Art

Art studio and gallery featuring bold, textured, nature-inspired original oil paintings by Gulf Shores resident artist Kristin Pierre, with work also displayed at the Embassy Suites resort.

Lyons Share

Custom framing and fine art gallery in downtown Fairhope for over 25 years, showcasing local and regional artists with canvas art, prints, pottery, and jewelry across multiple gallery rooms.

Marietta Johnson Museum

Museum housed in the original 'Bell Building' preserving the legacy of Marietta Johnson, a pioneering educator who founded the School of Organic Education in Fairhope in 1907, with free admission.

Mobile Carnival Museum

Housed in the historic Bernstein-Bush mansion downtown, this museum tells the story of America's original Mardi Gras — which started in Mobile, not New Orleans. Elaborate costumes, royal regalia, and interactive exhibits span three centuries of carnival tradition.

Mobile Museum of Art

National & international paintings & statues spanning centuries, plus lectures & classes for kids.

Model Train Museum

Foley is a coastal community in Alabama offering various attractions, events, and accommodations suitable for families and visitors year-round. Activities include downtown walking tours, music events, and museum exhibitions.

Museum Plaza

The Fairhope Museum of History showcases the history of Fairhope, including its founders and cultural artifacts, within a historic building.

N Chandler Abstract

Urban art gallery on North Bancroft Street showcasing vibrant, geometric abstract paintings by self-taught artist Nathan Chandler, influenced by his New Orleans roots and street art experience.

National Maritime Museum of the Gulf

Educational museum featuring interactive exhibits focused on the Gulf of Mexico's maritime heritage.

National Naval Aviation Museum

The world's largest naval aviation museum with 150+ aircraft, flight simulators, and exhibits spanning over a century of aviation history. Free admission on NAS Pensacola.

Orange Beach History Museum

Museum in a century-old schoolhouse devoted to the region's Native American & nautical heritage.

Orange Beach Performing Arts Center

Page and Palette

Pensacola Lighthouse & Maritime Museum

Climb the 177 steps of this 1859 lighthouse for sweeping views of Pensacola Bay and the Gulf. The maritime museum tells the story of the region's seafaring history.

Saenger Theatre

Historic 1,921-seat theater in downtown Mobile opened in 1927, home to the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and host to over 100 concerts, shows, and special events each year.

Seeley’s Gallery by the Bay

Downtown Fairhope art gallery showcasing original works from over 20 artists in oil, acrylic, watercolor, blown glass, sculpture, and pottery. Also offers custom framing services.

Spear Hunting Museum

Small museum featuring many trophies of big game killed by Gene Morris, an avid spear hunter.

Stewart Heath Gallery

Art gallery in Spanish Fort's Eastern Shore Centre.

The Book Cellar at Page & Palette

Theatre 98

Local theater company performs a wide range of productions in an intimate, historic building.

USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park

South Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama (BB-60), commissioned 1942, decommissioned 1947, opened as a museum ship in Mobile Bay on January 9, 1965 — alongside the WWII submarine USS Drum.