Here rises the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, museum and educational center. It is a comprehensive museum and educational center in Birmingham, Alabama, that depicts the events and actions of the 1963 Birmingham campaign, its Children's Crusade, and other chapters of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Opened in November 1992, the Institute welcomed more than 25,000 visitors in its first week.
It sits in the Civil Rights District alongside the historic 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park, the Fourth Avenue Business District, and the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in the Carver Theatre. Step inside in your mind: the Institute calls itself a "living institution," offering a walking journey through the past so visitors can chart new directions for the future. Permanent exhibitions present a self-directed journey through Birmingham's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement and broader human-rights struggles.
Multimedia exhibitions focus on the history of African-American life and the struggle for civil rights, and the Oral History Project documents Birmingham's role through the voices of movement participants. Let those exhibits settle, then let the 16th Street Baptist Church and Kelly Ingram Park draw your attention next.