Baldwin County Heritage Museum — Attraction in Elberta

What a treat! A charming self guided walk back into time. Located on hiway 98 in Foley/ElbertA area of Alabama. Plenty of parking and wheelchair accessible. Friendly staff and donations are accepted and entry is free. Occasionally on the weekends they have blacksmith demonstrations so I recommend calling prior if interested in this activity. Hours are generally liberal like 10-5. Well displayed and quite large. They also have some outdoor structures and sometimes live music. A wedding chapel is also available by reservation. A small gift shop with some hand made items included. If this helps click a helpful and enjoy...

Always had driven past the museum and wanted to take a peak inside, and finally got to. The amount of artifacts on display was unbelievable, there was so much more to see than I thought there would be. In addition to the museum exhibits, there were several historic buildings to see out back. It was early enough that the docent actually offered to walk us back and show us their restoration work and talk to us about each of the buildings. She was very kind and personable, and I especially loved the old school house. They also had a super friendly tortie cat who was the cutest!! Will definitely be...

Well the two cats were certainly friendly and made the visit memorable. But all the rusting or broken down implements and agricultural detritus was akin to a hoarders dump. Alabama has a cottage industry on displaying “heritage” or “historical” things in the hopes others don’t see it as the junk it really is. A true historical society, not in name only, would preserve items for future generations to enjoy instead of exposing them to the elements and allowing them to rust/rot/disintegrate until there’s nothing left. In Alabama, if it’s not the Crimson Tide or segregation, they don’t wanna...