Birmingham Tour Bus
Birmingham effortlessly provides a wonderful tour bus experience, with its historical sites, and family fun. Here is just a glimpse at what Birmingham has to offer your tour bus group.
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is located at 520 16th Street North. This is an absolute must see for any tour bus group visiting Birmingham. At the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, you will find that it is a living institution, which views the lessons of the past as crucial to both understanding our heritage, and shaping our future. Through permanent exhibitions, the Institute captures the spirit and courage of countless individuals who dared to confront bigotry and racial discrimination in America during the 1950’s and 1960’s. The Institute provides for self guided tours which start with a twelve minute film in the Introductory Theater, which is entitled “Going Up To Birmingham.” You can even touch the cell bars behind which Martin Luther King, Jr penned his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in 1963. The Barriers Gallery includes replicas of a mine entrance, a segregated streetcar, a “shotgun” house, a classroom, and a church. Then your tour bus group can visit the Processional Gallery, which includes life size figures in the exhibit “walk to freedom.” There are interactive media exhibits for your tour bus group to enjoy throughout the museum.
A great lighter activity for your tour bus group would be the Birmingham Zoo, which can be found at 2630 Cahaba Road. This is Alabama’s most popular not-for-profit attraction, and it draws more than 450,000 visitors annually. There are approximately 750 animals of 250 species calling the Birmingham Zoo home. These animals include sea lions, cheetahs, and endangered species from six continents. The zoo has hosted traveling exhibits of bats, Koalas, and Black-footed Penguins. Your tour bus group can visit interactive exhibits, like the lorikeet aviary, and see ostriches, flamingos, vultures, and endangered white napped cranes. You will also see large animals like elephants, rhinos, hippos, lions, and giraffes. This zoo will be a spectacular day of fun!
Your tour bus group is sure to have a wonderfully memorable day in Birmingham, be sure to check out the many other attractions that Birmingham has to offer.
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is located at 520 16th Street North. This is an absolute must see for any tour bus group visiting Birmingham. At the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, you will find that it is a living institution, which views the lessons of the past as crucial to both understanding our heritage, and shaping our future. Through permanent exhibitions, the Institute captures the spirit and courage of countless individuals who dared to confront bigotry and racial discrimination in America during the 1950’s and 1960’s. The Institute provides for self guided tours which start with a twelve minute film in the Introductory Theater, which is entitled “Going Up To Birmingham.” You can even touch the cell bars behind which Martin Luther King, Jr penned his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in 1963. The Barriers Gallery includes replicas of a mine entrance, a segregated streetcar, a “shotgun” house, a classroom, and a church. Then your tour bus group can visit the Processional Gallery, which includes life size figures in the exhibit “walk to freedom.” There are interactive media exhibits for your tour bus group to enjoy throughout the museum.
A great lighter activity for your tour bus group would be the Birmingham Zoo, which can be found at 2630 Cahaba Road. This is Alabama’s most popular not-for-profit attraction, and it draws more than 450,000 visitors annually. There are approximately 750 animals of 250 species calling the Birmingham Zoo home. These animals include sea lions, cheetahs, and endangered species from six continents. The zoo has hosted traveling exhibits of bats, Koalas, and Black-footed Penguins. Your tour bus group can visit interactive exhibits, like the lorikeet aviary, and see ostriches, flamingos, vultures, and endangered white napped cranes. You will also see large animals like elephants, rhinos, hippos, lions, and giraffes. This zoo will be a spectacular day of fun!
Your tour bus group is sure to have a wonderfully memorable day in Birmingham, be sure to check out the many other attractions that Birmingham has to offer.
