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African-American Heritage

Tour several historic sites including AfricaTown, which is the settlement of the last slaves brought to America. Historic churches, Archives and a Sport Art Museum provide unique perspectives of the cultural heritage created over Mobile's 300 year history.

Day 1 - MORNING

Museum of Mobile
Visit the Museum of Mobile, located in the Southern Market/Old City Hall, a National Historic Landmark built in 1857. View the rich history of Native American, Colonial, African-American and Antebellum influences that come alive in the museum's 21st century exhibits and Discovery Room, a hands-on gallery for children and adults.

National African-American Archives Museum
The museum houses documents, records, photographs, books, African carvings, furniture, and "special collections". Exhibits include "History of Colored Carnival"(Mardi Gras) and "Slavery Artifacts" (shackles, leg irons, slave collars, slave bracelets and badges).

Day 1 - AFTERNOON

Historic Points of Interest Driving Tour
Visit several churches of historic significance to include: Stone Street Baptist, Big Zion A.M.E., State Street A.M.E. Zion, Emanuel A.M.E. and St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist. See AfricaTown, so named because it is the settlement of the Africans who were brought from their homeland to Mobile on the "CLOTILDE"-America's last slave ship that came in 1859.

Bishop State Community College
Bishop State's Central Campus is located on the site of the Old Central High School near downtown Mobile. The College has a museum that contains artifacts of early black Mobilians, focusing on the development of Davis Avenue. Artifacts, manuscripts, audio and visual arts are displayed. Free admission.

Day 2 - MORNING

USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park
Relive America's history at USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park. Tour World War II Battleship USS ALABAMA, winner of 9 Battle Stars, WW II Submarine USS DRUM, now displayed above ground, Vietnam PBR River Patrol Boat, B-52 D "Calamity Jane" bomber, A-12 "Blackbird" spyplane, Tuskegee Airmen P-51D Mustang, F-16 Falcon and 20 other historic warbirds from the past seven decades.

American Sport Art Museum
This free museum is a division of the United States Sports Academy and is dedicated to the preservation of sports history, art and literature. The ASAMA collection contains over 1,000 art pieces in all mediums: paintings, sculptures, prints, posters, photographs and assemblages. It is believed to be the largest collection of sport art in North America and perhaps the world.

Day 2 - AFTERNOON/EVENING

Bellingrath Gardens and Home
"The Charm Spot of the Deep South." Enjoy 65 acres of year-round floral pageantry in a Southern estate garden. Visit the Delchamps Gallery of Boehm Porcelain, the largest public collection of Boehm porcelain in the United States. Tour the Bellingrath Museum Home, featured on A&E's America's Castles series, and filled with priceless antiques and furnishings. Relax on a scenic cruise of Fowl River aboard the Southern Belle River Cruiser.

Mobile Greyhound Park
Enjoy live greyhound racing year round with pari-mutual wagering. Also available are horse and greyhound racing via closed-circuit simulcast. Delicious gulf coast seafood is a menu specialty.