Enslavement & Civil War Museum — Attraction in Selma

This is an excellent experience. You get to walk through the pages of history. We took 50 students. The youth hot to fill some of what their ancestors had to endure. They did not realize it was an interactive tour. So when they walked in and were treated as slaves it was a little unnerving for them. One student noted that he felt like nothing as if he didn't count. They didn't like being called bt the 'n" word which I found interesting because it's so prevalent in the music they listen to. The experience was just that an experience for our youth. There was a survivor from bloody sunday present who spoke at the end of the tour, the youth could not ask enough questions. I would give yhis experience...

We were so disappointed. This museum is advertised as being open 7 days a week. Even the hours on the door say it is open 7 days a week. We traveled from California. This is the only time in our lives that we were or ever will be in Selma. We were there on Sunday, April 23, and it was closed. We stayed around for awhile, but it never opened. We did walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, followed by a homeless man asking for money. It wasn't exactly the experience we were hoping for. We did give him money and he left. But the museum never opened. While we visited many places in Montgomery, we were very disappointed that this once in a lifetime experience in Selma was ruined by false...

I loved the museum but there was one thing I hope they correct. The lady that was there on April 17th was terrible . We arrived at the museum at 3:45, Museum closes at 5:00pm no one was there we waited an hour when she did arrive she refused to show us the museum. After speaking with one of the neighbors, he made a phone call to a politician and we were able to see the museum after traveling 150 miles from Tuskegee, Al. Other than that the museum was...