Join up!
 
Join the Birmingham History Center and visit the downtown exhibits any time, free-of-charge, while helping build Birmingham's only general history museum. 
 
All memberships include unlimited free visits to the museum for one year.
 
Individual - $35
Seniors/students/veterans - $25
Family/grandparents - $50
Supporter (includes 8 guest passes) - $250
Sponsor - starting at $500
Premium - starting at $1,000
Benefactor (lifetime membership) $5,000 and up
 
Payment options:
 
By phone – Call 205-202-4146 with your credit card information.
 
By mail - Send a check to the Birmingham History Center, 1731 First Avenue North, Suite 120, Birmingham, AL 35203.

Online - Click the PayPal "Donate" button on the Welcome page and use your credit card to get a membership, or just make a donation.
 
In person - Pick up a membership form and visit the exhibits any time Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., or Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.  Non-member admission: $4/adults; $3/seniors and veterans; $2/students. Free admission to children age 6 and under and adults age 99 and up.

The Birmingham History Center opened April 29, 2010, after a successful fundraising campaign in 2008 collected nearly $300,000 for initial exhibits and a move to the historic Young & Vann building in downtown Birmingham.  The museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit sustained by corporate and private grants and tax-deductible contributions from members and contributors. The museum's main funding comes from a generous 10-year, $750,000 grant from the Thomas Jernigan Foundation in memory of Birmingham entrepreneur Thomas E. Jernigan, Sr.

Other ways to help:

Gifts of stock:  The museum accepts gifts of stock through accounts with Sterne Agee & Leach and Regions/Morgan Keegan. Stock donations are easy ways to translate losing assets into tax-deductible operations.

For more information on giving, visiting, or donating artifacts, contact Executive Director Jerry Desmond (205)202-4146.