Current Exhibits

SAMURAI: Sunrise, Sunset
Sep, 27th 2024 - Jan, 12th 2025


Upcoming Exhibits

Upcoming Events

Learning Lunch feat. Dr. Matthew Downs -- Alabama in the Great War
November 13, 2024 12:00pm-1:00pm

The History Museum of Mobile will host its upcoming Learning Lunch program on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 12pm. The program will feature Dr.

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Preview Screening: Excerpts from Ken Burns' Leonardo da Vinci
November 13, 2024 6:00pm-9:00pm

Alabama Public Television and the History Museum of Mobile are hosting a special preview screening of excerpts from Ken Burns’ newest

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Living History Festival at Colonial Fort Conde
November 16, 2024 10:00am-2:00pm

Experience the 18th century at Colonial Fort Condé as history is brought to life through the demonstration of everyday activities of

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Special Learning Lunch feat. Dr. Aiqi Liu -- Sekigahara: The Campaign for The Great Peace
November 20, 2024 12:00pm-1:00pm

The History Museum of Mobile will host a special Learning Lunch program on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 12pm. The program will feature Visiting

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Behind-the-Scenes Collection Tours: TEXTILES
November 21, 2024 -

Join the curators at the History Museum of Mobile for a behind-the-scenes look at our collection! See inside the vault and learn

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Gyotaku Fish Printing Workshop
November 23, 2024 10:00am-12:00pm

Join the History Museum of Mobile's Education Department for a fun workshop - Gyotaku Fish Printing! Gyotaku is the traditional Japanese

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Free First Sunday + Origami Pop-Up Activity feat. Emerald Coast Okinawa!
December 01, 2024 1:00pm-5:00pm

Visit any time from 1:00pm - 5:00pm and enjoy free admission into the History Museum of Mobile and Colonial Fort Conde. FREE Pop Up

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The History Museum of Mobile is where Mobile’s story begins! Four sites - the History Museum of Mobile, Clotilda: The Exhibition at the Africatown Heritage House, Colonial Fort Condé, and the Phoenix Fire Museum - bring Mobile’s past to life for tens of thousands of visitors each year.

Start your visit at the History Museum of Mobile, where over 20,000 square feet of exhibit space interpret Mobile’s history from pre-Colonial contact to the modern Port City. Don’t miss the new children’s discovery room, where families can explore a French ship, play real African drums, try on colonial clothing, practice basket weaving, and more! Special exhibitions are always changing, so be sure to check the schedule. Your admission also covers Colonial Fort Condé, a partial reconstruction of the 1723 fort built when the French founded Mobile. And don’t miss the Phoenix Fire Museum, where horse-drawn steam engines and antique ladder trucks bring to life Mobile’s proud history of volunteer firefighting.

In March of 2020, the History Museum of Mobile announced a partnership with the Mobile County Commission, the City of Mobile, the Alabama Historical Commission, and community leaders in Africatown to create a landmark exhibition at the under-construction Africatown Heritage House. Clotilda: The Exhibition tells the story of the people aboard the last slave ship to the United States. The pieces of the Clotilda that have been recovered from the shipwreck are on display in the exhibition, on loan from the Alabama Historical Commission. The exhibition was curated, developed, and designed in conjunction with the local community and the wider descendent community, and in consultation with experts around the country. History Museum of Mobile operates Africatown Heritage House as a fourth museum site.

The History Museum of Mobile is the seven-time recipient of the “Best Museum” Nappie, Mobile Bay’s people’s choice award. In 2021, the museum received two awards for innovative programming: the Main Street Mobile’s Chairman’s Certificate and Visit Mobile’s MOBie. The History Museum of Mobile is proud to co-host the 2024 American Association of State and Local History conference. For more information and museum updates, subscribe to our newsletter.