National Voting Rights Museum and Institute
- Voting rights history museum
- Regional draw
- Selma
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma preserves testimony and objects associated with the struggle for voting rights.
Its position near the Edmund Pettus Bridge connects museum interpretation with the physical landscape of the 1965 marches.
Check current admission and public-tour arrangements before arriving at the Highway 80 location. The photograph shows the museum. Group programs and archival research require separate planning. Allow time to engage with participants’ experiences and the movement’s wider history, and distinguish this institution from the separate National Park Service interpretive center.
Visitor details reviewed October 18, 2026. Check official visitor information for current access, admission, and operating arrangements. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Brown Chapel A.M.E. ChurchBrown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma was a gathering place and organizing base for the voting-rights movement.
Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, SelmaHistoric Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma hosted an early mass meeting of the local voting-rights movement.