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Legacy Museum

Montgomery, United States

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Legacy Museum

A museum in Montgomery tracing Black history in the United States from the transatlantic slave trade through lynching and segregation to mass incarceration. Exhibits use video, holograms, sculpture and art, and the ticket also covers other Legacy sites reached by shuttle and boat.

Highlights

  • Middle Passage opening rooms
  • Small theaters with short films
  • Closing art gallery

Good to know

  • Photography and video not allowed
  • Allow at least three hours
  • Admission $5, includes other Legacy sites

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