Top rated Local history museums in Birmingham, United States to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Top rated Local history museums in Birmingham

Experience the best that Birmingham has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 22 places from Local history museum category.

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Liberty Aviation Museum

Museum

👍👍 The museum is awesome with a great collection of military memorabilia, and a military themed gift shop… But the real attraction is the attached Tin Goose Diner. Great food at a great price with an amazingly unique atmosphere. The menu is WWII Themed. Go for both; you won’t be disappointed !!!

4.80 (622 reviews) (~118.92 km from centre)

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

Historical landmark

Grand Civil War monument from 1894 with dramatic bronze statues & reliefs, plus a memorial room.

4.80 (292 reviews) (~171.14 km from centre)

Lenawee Historical Society

Local history museum

👍👍 Love taking the kids here and showing them the history of lenawee county. Has a lot of cool things like the "car company" that's one of my favorite historical facts of Adrian Michigan.

4.80 (71 reviews) (~99.19 km from centre)

Dekker Huis Museum

Museum

4.80 (44 reviews) (~231.28 km from centre)

Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Observatory

👍👍 Very historic place. This is one of the oldest telescopes in North America. There's a free tour every Friday evening where you get to see celestial objects through the telescope. Staff/Volunteers are very friendly. If you are near Ann Arbor this is a must visit place if you are interested in history...

4.80 (42 reviews) (~51.88 km from centre)

Crawford Auto Aviation Museum

Local history museum

Sizable museum housing an ample collection of antique cars, aircraft, carriages & other artifacts.

4.70 (651 reviews) (~175.13 km from centre)

National Packard Museum

Museum

👍 My daughter and I visited this museum on a cold rainy day. We were just looking for something to do and this seemed like a good option. I presumed this place would be amazing for antique car buffs, which we are not, but we found it very interesting and the cars were beautiful in their own right. I w...

4.70 (389 reviews) (~243.92 km from centre)

Lorain Historical Society - Carnegie Center

Museum

👍👍 So many cool Lorain items in their shop! I want to buy them all!!

4.70 (93 reviews) (~148.05 km from centre)

The History Center

Local history museum

👍👍 I visited the History Center as it was the venue for a meeting we were having. We met in the Council Chamber upstairs. This is a grand and beautiful room and there was plenty of space for us to meet. Lunch was catered in and we really enjoyed the space.

4.70 (73 reviews) (~228.16 km from centre)

George P. MacNichol House

History museum

👍👍 Staff are knowledgeable and nice. The museum has all kinds of neat pieces from the past, and a cool history of Wyandotte timeline in the basement. Plus, the house is gorgeous

4.70 (51 reviews) (~38.08 km from centre)

Witches Hat Depot Museum

Local history museum

👍👍 A great place to take the whole family. So much history and neat things to learn about. Staff was amazing to us on our visit and told us many great historical facts about life back in olden times. Highly recommend!

4.70 (43 reviews) (~37.66 km from centre)

Sloan Museum Archives

History museum

👍👍 Amazing history, especially if like me your whole family worked between Buick, Chevrolet, and AC/Delphi.

4.70 (35 reviews) (~65.27 km from centre)

Sloan Museum of Discovery

Museum

Classic auto gallery featuring Flint-built cars plus regional history & hands-on science exhibits.

4.60 (1.2K reviews) (~65.27 km from centre)

Ella Sharp Museum

Local history museum

Galleries on local history & art, hands-on activities for kids & some historic buildings.

4.60 (416 reviews) (~105.7 km from centre)

Century Village Museum

History museum

👍 Such a fun place. We visited during the Apple Butter Festival. There is an old train station that was dismantled and moved to this site. An old saw mill. A working blacksmith shop. A building with a display of full of wood working planes of all types. A display of antique equipment for making br...

4.60 (356 reviews) (~208.53 km from centre)

Massillon Museum

Art museum

Public museum with a rotating art & history collection & educational programs. Free admission.

4.60 (299 reviews) (~239.92 km from centre)

Maritime Museum of Sandusky

Maritime museum

History venue with exhibits on pirates, shipwrecks & fishing, plus a boat-building workshop.

4.60 (220 reviews) (~127.96 km from centre)

Meridian Historical Village

Local history museum

👍👍 This is a great place to take a walk back in time (literally!) and see some local history. The Meridian Historical Village is very scenic and a nice place to think. Consider bringing your camera, even if the insides of the buildings are closed to the public, there’s still much that may catch your ey...

4.60 (173 reviews) (~100.59 km from centre)

Cascade Locks Park Association - Mustill Store Museum

Museum

👍👍 meat market the mustill store museum

4.60 (65 reviews) (~214.12 km from centre)

Case-Barlow Farm

Historical landmark

👍👍 We had our wedding here in Oct 2021. Not only was it a fabulously beautiful location, but the event staff were perfect. Everyone complimented us on how beautiful the venue was. Price is around 3000. Katie the event coordinator is really great, and is good at preventing potential issues. They wi...

4.60 (46 reviews) (~209.15 km from centre)

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Top rated Local history museums in Birmingham, United States