Did you know AHA brings Smithsonian traveling exhibits to Alabama? In 2023-2024, we met at the Crossroads in communities statewide, highlighting change in rural America over the past century. In 2025, we’re bringing Spark! to Alabama, exploring the connections between people, place, and innovation.
The Alabama Humanities Alliance brings Smithsonian traveling exhibits to the state thanks to a partnership with the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street. The program provides access to the Smithsonian for small-town American through traveling museum exhibitions, research, educational resources, and public programming.
Since 1997, the Alabama Humanities Alliance has partnered with the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street to bring a dozen national exhibits to Alabama — and to 62 communities across the state.
Spark! explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities across our nation. Apply to host this Smithsonian exhibit touring Alabama in June 2025 through March 2026.
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In 2025-2026, Crossroads looked at the evolution of rural life over the past century — exploring how Americans have responded and adapted. This exhibit visited five Alabama towns: Cleveland, White Hall, Roanoke, Triana, and Ozark.
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A view of the Moundville site on the Black Warrior River in central Alabama.
The Water/Ways Smithsonian exhibition traveled to five Alabama cities across 2021–2022, visiting Danville, Guntersville, Bessemer, Camden, and Elba. Thank you to all our partners for hosting and for bringing local water-related history to life!
Learn moreLearn more about AHA’s partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program: Contact Laura Anderson at 205.558.3992 or [email protected].