The Story of Alabama is the story of its people.
To learn this story, we must listen to their voices.
Alabama Voices presents the diversity of Alabama’s past to create an inclusive and accessible portrait of what it means to be part of this state’s heritage and future. The exhibit combines the Archives rich collections with activities, graphics, and interactive media to introduce Alabamians of all walks of life who speak in their own voices about the challenges faced by their generations.
- Client: Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Location: Montgomery, Alabama
- Timeline: 2003-2014, 2022-2025
- Size: 20,000 square feet
- Exhibit fabrication: Design and Production, Inc.
- Media production: Donna Lawrence / VideoBred
Inspired by a renewed commitment to NAGPRA consultation in 2022, PRD worked with ADAH to include more Native voices and stories in Alabama Voices, working in tandem with advisors from southeast Native Nations.
Additional exhibits in the historic Archives building explore other ways of understanding the story of what Alabamians share and what makes them unique: the land, the rise of early cultures, what we have “valued” from the past, and the intertwined folk traditions that thrive as a shared heritage. Throughout the Museum, graphics inspired by Alabama quilts express that Alabama’s history is the sum of many parts.