Sights in Birmingham

1. Vulcan Park

   • Birmingham, USA
   • Sights › Park

   Visible from all over the city thanks to the world's largest cast-iron statue, the park offers fantastic views for free, and an observation tower.

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2. Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

   • Birmingham, USA
   • Sights › Museum

   A maze of moving audio, video and photography exhibits tell the story of racial segregation in the USA, from WWI and the Civil Rights movement to racial and human-rights issues around the world today, and it reveals the complicated and shocking layers of Birmingham's history. A new $2.5-million renovation has spruced up displays and added an extensive exhibit on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963.

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3. 16th Street Baptist Church

   • Birmingham, USA
   • Sights › Church

   This became a gathering place for meetings and protests in the 1950s and '60s. When Ku Klux Klan members bombed the church in 1963, killing four girls, the city was flung into a whirlwind of social change. Today the rebuilt church is a memorial and a house of worship (services 10:45am Sunday).

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4. Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

   • Birmingham, USA
   • Sights › Museum

   The Carver Performing Arts Center houses the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, which celebrates jazz musicians such as Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington.

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5. Birmingham Museum of Art

   • Birmingham, USA
   • Sights › Gallery

   Collects work from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Don't miss the work of Rodin, Botero and Dalí in the sculpture garden.

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7. Ave Maria Grotto

   • Birmingham, USA
   • Sights › Other

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