The Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery is building an interactive "Museum of Alabama" inside the wing they added last year. And they showed off what's planned during a reception tonight. The same company doing the exhibits for the George Bush Library got the job...and they'll be presenting the story of Alabama through its people.
Department Director Dr. Ed Bridges is trying to raise $8 Million for the project and has so far received about $3 Million, so he's got a ways to go.
I was delighted to see (and hear!) my friend Bobby Horton there to talk about music as a history teaching tool. He played several songs illustrating the stories of Alabamians across the decades. Bobby is the true hidden Alabama treasure who performed much of the music for Ken Burns Civil War and Baseball documentaries. 2011 is the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and I know the exhibits in the new museum will help a new generation understand that complex event more than ever.
[P.S. Thanks to Bob Corley for providing the finger for the model photo]
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