Reviews of National Voting Rights Museum and Institute (Museum)

Drew Gilbert

The nostalgia of this place will give you goosebumps for sure...

Harper Darrington

A must see! Don't judge this book by its cover. Powerful, inspirational, poignant. A visit to this museum, a walk across the Edmund Pettis bridge, and lunch at any one of Selma's hometown gems....what a wonderful way to spend the day with family. This museum is a great destination for a family day trip.

Naomi Moses

Will return. So much hitstory

Brandon Stark

Great being in the same place where so many leaders stood.

Justin Kimble

Good History

Kee West

Everyone should visit this museum it a life changing experience for our Young Black African Men and Women. Very educational as well...

trinitius pickett

This place was so awesome and informative. The tour guide was so nice and knowledgeable. Loved it

romi johnson

Very interesting

Karen Jones

Learned a lot there great visit glad I took my granddaughters

TANYA M CARTER

You need to go see it...

Amber Dunn

It was a wonderful experience

MrRJMGREEN

I visited this museum in 1999, when it was at the other building. I was taken on a tour by Joanne Bland. She was wonderful. I enjoyed seeing the footprints, the shrine to the slain civil rights workers, the infamous "Colored" signs (I had my picture taken in front of them with Joanne, a beautiful African American woman). I loved how everybody made me feel right at home. I had special permission to stand on the rickety old balcony to have my picture taken with the Edmond Pettus Bridge behind me. The tour and employees were wonderful. Go see it and enjoy a positive look at American history. Equality is for everybody.

Kendrick Watts

Very nice

Dallas Goldtooth

A terrific Museum. The staff is top-notch. Well-versed in the local history of the Voting Rights struggle. They actually interviewed hundreds of individuals who campaign for equal voting rights during the 1960s. Those testimonies are directly integrated into the tours.

Joel piano

It's an awesome place

L C

Interesting information. Small place

M P

I didn't visit the museum but the outside exhibits are nice.

Robert Pittman

Good history, but seemed a little run down. Had a great conversation with a local woman, the people were great.

Barbara Harper

Very educational. Learning the "what lead up to it" part of the story made this visit memorable for me. It's well worth it to get a guided tour.

Lashonda Charles

An awesome experience.....I drove from Florida and I don't regret it

Schuyler Stone

Enjoy you the fresh taste of history on your way home amazing place to learn about the civil Rights movement.

Arthur Lee Tyrone Bacon

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!

Everlette Darby

Good experience for my grandson

M E

Love being able to look at history!

Dylan Margolis

The people here are super knowledgeable and friendly. You can definelty see their heart is in it

Dee Robinson

Great experience

Theresa Jones

So informative!

Pamela Artison

Every African American young and old should see this

Ray Albert

Very interesting, informative and enlightening

Sam Hatton

Incredible.

Rhys Roberts

Fascinating museum just across the bridge. Glad to see that the events were being remembered with these imposing stone monuments.

John Kinard

Good stories. Facts that are hidden

victor hernandez

Excelente lugar para conocer la historia de la lucha por los derechos civiles de todas las personas, que inició en Selma alabama.

Lisa Bailey

This had some great information about our history.

LAVSHA KING

Great place to visit to learn about African American history! The people there are very knowledgeable.

Cherese Johnson

Awesome place the tour guide was nice and friendly. He lead us on the Selma bridge. Great experience.. it was very heart felt and amazing being able to walk where Dr. King and many other walked and fought for their lives and my freedom.

Sandra Macedo

(Translated by Google) It was a unique experience (Original) Fue una experiencia única

Shannon Dickey-Moore

Beautiful to know your history up close and personal

Brenda Irvin

Educational

Robert Cooper

great history lesson and t shirt...

Mac Mac

Exelente experiencia pero creo que deberían de poner Como algunos baños públicos públicos para el turista que llega al lugar

Renee Delong

amazing

Creeping Spongebob Part 2

Great experience

Claudinette Purifoy-Fears

Love love love. Memorial and museum were memorable

Janet Jones

Really moving.

Cecil Littleton

Very well and set up.

R. Grace Rodriguez

For the love of this Country don't allow your children to miss this historic landmark. I realize now that there is so much we take for granted including our right to vote. We forget or perhaps were never even taught in school this incredible history how hard pressed we were to get the right to vote everyone. This museum makes that struggle come alive.

Kisha Rainey

I love this place! Its so full of History! I wish more businesses open up downtown to liven it up

True Tuber

Great place to learn factual history!

Althea Berry

I love it because Our Ancestors and the people fought for us to vote and I Salute them and feel very grateful to be there to appreciate what they have done.

Jackie Johnson

Mr. Sam Walker is a gem of a person jam packed with Civil Rights history! He is a wonderful story teller who draws you in with his expressive descriptions of the events. What a treat for our 56 singers to learn about the movement that lead to the founding of the organization they are a part of! Though small, the venue is jam packed with pictures & memorabilia from newspaper clippings to an actual Ku Klux Klan garb. My personal favorite area was the photos dedicated to the women who made significant impacts on voting & in politics. This is definitely worth a visit if you're doing a tour of Civil Rights in Selma.

Shuandra G

The museum itself is closed down and the monuments surrounding the museum and bridge needs to be better taken care of.

Yolanda Propst

Enjoyable with the exception of being harassed for money. It was a out door pit stop on a long road trip, a chance to stretch my legs.

Danesha Voss

All i could do was hold back my tears for just imagining the experience that my peoples had to go through to just vote. There is nithing to do here, but the experience is everything.

Howard Francis

A real visit into the past and now with voter suppression still alive.

Jennifer Dodd

Columbus there was very nice and friendly and talked to us about its history

Verona Gardner

Excellent experience

Zinda Foster

Wow, got hustled to buy from some random guy to support a cause that wasn't connected to the place. Off-putting

Lani Wells

This place was sad to go to.

Ian Birdwell

Vital.

Marisha Garland

The work, time, lives that were affected during Bloody Sunday make this worth the trip.

Jerome Beasley

Very informative

Rodney Smith

Awesome experience.

Keith Kidd

This Museum was impressive. Allow several hours.

Samantha Flesh

It was really nice and very cheap

william glenn

Guide gave a great presentation.

Angela Williams

Nice experience!

Andre Brown

IM SO GHETTO

Dee Hemp

Blood was shed by many hoping that we would one day achieve equality

William Brown

Person selling souvenirs items much too expensive.

LEI, LIV, Rice

Great learning experience

Cody Eldridge

Great history! We passed through Selma and stopped at the Edmund Pettus bridge to relive history a bit. We stumbled on this museum and adored it! For only 6 bucks each, we got to help support a great thing for historic community. I learned stuff I never knew that day, it's really awful they don't teach us most of this in school. Definitely recommend for any history buff but Selma should be visited by everyone. If we don't learn from our past we are doomed to repeat it. Go see this awesome museum!

Terri Taylor

Historical museum...

Lori Russell

Some of the artifacts were a WOW factor!

yetta lady

I love to go there and look and just collect my thoughts. I love the history and the fact that people fault for us to enjoy the museum by fighting through pain and death their lives has truly brung peace and prosperity to the Nation.

Loleatha Miller

History is important for your plight!

Ashley

My family and I visited this museum.We had an amazing experience! The tour guide Sam was also amazing.We will definitely visit again.

Natassa Jones

So much history here. My family and I enjoyed our visit

Azali Fortier

Lovely full of great things I have been several times and have enjoyed myself each time.

Rajeeyah Holmes

The National Voting Rights Museum & Institute in Selma, Alabama is an amazing journey through the Voting Rights Movement. It's staff is professional, friendly, knowledgeable and extremely hospitable. The museum is family friendly and offers an excellent educational experience into the lives of not just the leaders of the movement but the foot soldiers of the Voting Rights Movement as well. It is a must see on your Voting and Civil Rights Pilgrimage. It is excellent for school, colleges/universities of all ages.

Junshan Liu

What would you expect from a museum that is run by a family for profit? I was told that there actually was a better museum about the March in the city of Selma.

lewis fairley

The area was not as it was depicted in the movie. More Federal funds should be ear marked for the preservation of such a Historic area.

Georgina PerezLewis

Very emotional visit

Soynia Goodwin

Nice tributes on main level not much as you explore.

Monica Jones

Knowing Black history is essential to knowing American history.

Morse Brown

My first time visiting. There is not a full time staff. Exhibits are very good. The one staff person was very helpful.

Temeka Roberts

Excellent place to take family and learn more about history

Larmeka Arnold

This was a very exciting, inspirational and educational experience. The host was very good and interactive. The knowledge he shared took you right to the place and time.

Dan Kennedy

Wonderful, a great learning experience!

Janet Burns

Very informative. Small but informative.

Jack Gaines Jr.

Went to visit one of good friends in Huntsville and he suggested we ride to Salma.

Jarek Kozal

A great lesson in history!

Trisha Davis

Old fashioned LOVE!!! PLACE

michelle roberts

Very good experience

Rodney Jackson

Clear and clean example of police misconduct and brutality

Meschelle Rickett

The historian was very compassion and well educated about the voting. He concerned that my grandchildren knew their history about the importance of voting.

Virgie Westray

Very informative

Ghost Rider

I didn't noticed it until my mom saw it. We were passing through on trip home. Talking about mind blowing experience. We took pics and enjoyed the site.

khalil nelson

I love my hometown museum, it’s filled with history and facts.

Vincent Hollis

I would have enjoyed it better if it had been open. But it was closed when we got here.

Willie Mae Mathews

I found it to be very interesting.

Kiki smith

Inspiring to walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge located right next to the museum/memorial

Kesa Guest

In Awe of this historic city.

T Bre_123

It was a good experience to see and wish to go again

Betty Larry

Excellent facility, great presentation about the March from Selma to Montgomery. We crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge.

Von Moreland

Very Educational

Aisha Weber

History

April Jones

Awesome!

Nicole Wilson

I LOVE IT