Top rated Historical place museums in Hoover, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Historical place museums in Hoover

Experience the best that Hoover 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 24 places from Historical place museum category.

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Muscle Shoals Sound Studios

Recording studio

Guided tours at a studio famed for recording albums by the likes of Bob Dylan & The Rolling Stones.

4.90 (724 reviews) (~175.58 km from centre)

Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park

State park

Hiking trails, waterfalls & an abundance of archaeological & Native American history exhibits.

4.80 (2.6K reviews) (~246.8 km from centre)

Helen Keller Birthplace

Historical place museum

Preserved 1820s childhood home of Helen Keller, offering guided tours & summer theatrical shows.

4.80 (1.1K reviews) (~173.96 km from centre)

Weeden House Museum and Garden

Ethnographic museum

Historic 1819 house & flower garden, home of the painter & poet Maria Howard Weeden, offering tours.

4.80 (91 reviews) (~155.12 km from centre)

Fort Mitchell Visitors Center

Historical place museum

Museum with artifacts & a film depicting the site's past as a 19th-century wartime stronghold.

4.80 (71 reviews) (~202.77 km from centre)

Elvis Presley Birthplace

Historical place museum

Historic museum, event center & theater surrounding Elvis Presley's first home.

4.70 (4.5K reviews) (~198.25 km from centre)

Atlanta History Center

Historical place museum

Center includes exhibits on the antebellum South & an 1845-era farm with a blacksmith & smokehouse.

4.70 (907 reviews) (~233.24 km from centre)

National Civil War Naval Museum

History museum

Museum featuring historic Navy ships used during the Civil War, reenactments & ghost tours.

4.70 (809 reviews) (~200.2 km from centre)

Freedom Rides Museum

Historical place museum

Historic Greyhound bus station commemorating the antisegregation activism of a 1961 on-site protest.

4.70 (260 reviews) (~119.07 km from centre)

Barrington Hall

Museum

1800s Greek revival home with period furnishings and gardens, now a museum offering tours.

4.70 (184 reviews) (~240.2 km from centre)

The Columbus Museum

Museum

American art & regional history exhibits are displayed in a former private home with lush gardens.

4.60 (880 reviews) (~199.59 km from centre)

The First White House of the Confederacy

Historical place museum

Built in 1835, this house served as the residence of Jefferson Davis during the Civil War.

4.60 (633 reviews) (~119.28 km from centre)

Cravens House

Historical landmark

This historical mountain home & Civil War battle site features summer tours & nearby hiking trails.

4.60 (507 reviews) (~230.36 km from centre)

Fort Toulouse-Jackson Park

Park

👍👍 Fort Toulouse is a great historical park. For $2 you can explore the arboretum, the historical buildings, the campground and the river. A great place for a picnic. Love exploring in the spring and looking for plums and blackberries. Pioneer days is an awesome annual history fare. Be sure to check it...

4.60 (380 reviews) (~108.28 km from centre)

Paradise Garden Foundation

Historical place museum

👍👍 What an interesting place! Worth the short trip from Atlanta. Make a day of it and visit Floyd State Park while you're in the area, and The Crushed Tomato restaurant was surprisingly good!

4.60 (325 reviews) (~190.59 km from centre)

Lee & Gordon's Mills

Historical landmark

👍👍 Very beautiful spot! Love the location so much history, just picture it back in it's day!

4.60 (152 reviews) (~223.35 km from centre)

The Historic Lowry House

Historical place museum

👍👍 We did our wedding there. We loved it!!! Mrs. Jane it's great! It's a cozy venue with lots of great history. You definitely have to go and take a tour.

4.60 (83 reviews) (~156.98 km from centre)

Jemison-Van De Graaff Mansion

Historical landmark

😠 Tried to visit this museum today and was refused entry. As it wasn't designated tour time. Don't know why the web page says drop in or why it's open all day when the only time you can walk around and look is a the tour time of 1:30pm or by advance booking. If the web had told me accurate informatio...

4.60 (69 reviews) (~69.86 km from centre)

The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum

Historical place museum

Preserved Jazz Age family home of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald & wife Zelda, containing art & books.

4.50 (180 reviews) (~121.34 km from centre)

Stately Oaks

Historical place museum

👍👍 A beautiful example of the old South! The tour guides are extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Definitely worth a stop in!

4.50 (168 reviews) (~231.24 km from centre)

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