Title: Birmingham’s Railroad Park

URL: http://www.railroadpark.org/

Description: "Railroad Park is a 19 acre green space in downtown Birmingham that celebrates the industrial and artistic heritage of our great city. Situated along 1st Avenue South, between 14th and 18th Streets, the park is a joint effort between the City of Birmingham and the Railroad Park Foundation. Hailed as "Birmingham's Living Room," Railroad Park provides a historically rich venue for local recreation, family activities, concerts, and cultural events, while connecting Birmingham's downtown area with Southside and UAB's campus." "... proudly owned by the City of Birmingham. The City of Birmingham has a management agreement with the Railroad Park Foundation, a private not-for-profit 501c3 organization, to run Railroad Park. Admission to Railroad Park is free, thanks to the City of Birmingham and the many private donors that donate to Railroad Park Foundation."

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Subject:   Railroad Park (Birmingham, Ala.),  Railroad Park Foundation (Birmingham, Ala.),  Urban parks -- Alabama --Birmingham,  Public spaces -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Land use, Urban -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Alabama Theatre

URL: https://alabamatheatre.com/

Description: "Built in 1927 by Paramount Studios as an Alabama showcase for Paramount films." "The Alabama Theatre was used primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of the annual Miss Alabama pageant and the weekly Mickey Mouse Club. In 1987, the owners of the facility declared bankruptcy and the theatre was purchased by Birmingham Landmarks Inc., a non-profit corporation." "In 1998, the Theatre underwent a complete front door to back door restoration." The new Alabama Theatre for the Performing Arts hosts many live events, as well as films. Each year the Theatre hosts over 150 events attended by a 150,000 Birmingham area citizens."

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Subject:   Alabama Theatre (Birmingham, Ala.),  Theaters -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Theaters -- Conservation and restoration -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Motion picture theaters -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: AJHOF – Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

URL: https://jazzhall.com/

Description: "Founded in 1978, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame is a 501c3 nonprofit that honors Alabama’s jazz greats." "Our mission is to preserve a continued and sustained program of illuminating the contributions of the State of Alabama through its citizens, environment, demographics and lore, and perpetuating the heritage of jazz music." "We honor the pioneers who shaped jazz history, the players, the teachers, and the community leaders who gave rise to the art form." "The Carver Theatre opened in 1935 as a movie house." AJHOF is located in the Carver Theatre for the Performing Arts, which opened in 1993. "The mission of the Jazz Hall of Fame is to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate an appreciation of the medium of jazz music as a legitimate, original and distinctive art form indigenous to America."

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Subject:   Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (Birmingham, Ala.),  Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Ala.),  Jazz -- Alabama,  Jazz musicians -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Jazz -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: The Lyric Theatre – Birmingham's Newly Restored Historic Theatre, The Lyric Theatre (Birmingham, Ala.)

URL: https://lyricbham.com/

Description: "Built in 1914 for B.F. Keith’s Vaudeville circuit, the Lyric is one of few theatres still existing today that was specifically designed to maximize the acoustics and close seating needed for vaudeville shows." "Though seating was segregated, the Lyric was one of the first venues in the South where blacks and whites could watch the same show at the same time for the same price." "The Lyric was once the finest performing arts theatre in the city and through its $11.8 million restoration, it is again. Listed on the National Register as part of the Birmingham Downtown Retail & Theatre Historic District, this century-old venue is a beacon of history, entertainment, and culture in the heart of Birmingham."

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Subject:   The Lyric Theatre (Birmingham, Ala.),  Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Theaters -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Theaters -- Conservation and restoration -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: The Market at Pepper Place

URL: https://pepperplacemarket.com/

Description: "Certified Alabama Farmers Market featuring goods grown, raised and made in the state of Alabama. Located in the Pepper Place Entertainment District." "To connect Alabama’s finest producers with consumers in the Birmingham area, making fresh, healthy food accessible to all our neighbors while creating a vibrant local economy and a community meeting place." Farmer's market in Birmingham, Alabama, open every Saturday.

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Subject:   Market at Pepper Place (Birmingham, Ala.),  Sloss Real Estate (Birmingham, Ala.),  Farmers markets -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Family farms -- Alabama

Title: Red Mountain Park (Birmingham, Ala.)

URL: https://redmountainpark.org/

Description: "...in 2007, through the efforts of the Freshwater Land Trust and through the ideas of Park neighbor Ervin Battain and a dedicated steering committee, U.S. Steel made one of the largest corporate land donations in the nation’s history, selling more than 1,200 acres at a tremendously discounted price to the Red Mountain Park and Recreational Area Commission. That transaction made possible the creation of Red Mountain Park, the opening of which makes Birmingham one of the “greenest” cities in America in terms of public park space per resident." "Among the primary goals of Red Mountain Park is to honor the significant contributions to Birmingham’s economic and cultural development made by iron and steel workers, their families, and the communities in which they lived." "The Park is covered with the remnants and artifacts of a remarkable mining history that can be seen along most of our trails and attractions."

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Subject:   Iron mines and mining -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Red Mountain Park (Birmingham, Ala.),  Hematite -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Urban parks -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Geology -- Alabama -- Red Mountain,  Red Mountain Park and Recreational Area Commission (Birmingham, Ala.)

Title: America's Oldest Baseball Park Rickwood Field

URL: https://rickwood.com/

Description: "Rickwood Field was the passionate pursuit of a young Birmingham, Alabama industrialist, Rick Woodward. While still in his 20s, Woodward bought controlling interest in the city’s professional baseball team, the Coal Barons." "Modeled primarily after Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Rickwood Field lived up to its owner’s wildest dreams. " "Meanwhile, in an enterprising arrangement with Woodward, the newly formed Black Barons were also drawing overflow crowds to Rickwood Field."

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Subject:   Woodward, Rick,  Clarkson, Art,  Rickwood Field (Birmingham, Ala.),  Birmingham Barons (Baseball team),  Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team),  Baseball -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History,  Historic buildings -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Minor league baseball

Title: Ruffner Mountain, Ruffner Mountain Nature Center (Birmingham, Ala.)

URL: https://ruffnermountain.org/

Description: "Our mission [is] to advance the understanding of ecology in a rapidly changing world." "Ruffner's story begins in 1977, when a grassroots community movement formed to create the Ruffner Mountain Nature Coalition. Their mission was clear: protect the mountain ecosystem and stop a land developer's plan to build an apartment complex on-site." "Today, Ruffner Mountain comprises 1,038 acres of biodiverse urban forest and connects the communities of East Lake, Irondale, Roebuck Springs, and Greater Birmingham through 14 miles of trails, nature education and EcoArts programs, and of course, a love of wilderness and wildlife."

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Subject:   Ruffner Mountain (Birmingham, Ala.),  Ruffner Mountain Nature Coalition (Birmingham, Ala.),  Ecology -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Animal ecology -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Nature centers -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Nature conservation -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Historical Flight and Airplane Museum - Southern Museum of Flight, Southern Museum of Flight

URL: https://southernmuseumofflight.org/

Description: "The Southern Museum of Flight is an aviation museum located at 4343 73rd Street North on the property of the Birmingham International Airport." "Southern Museum of Flight is home to the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame with over 70 biographical plaques presenting Alabama aviation history through collective biography." "The Southern Museum of Flight features a valuable collection of aviation artifacts spanning the 20th century in the various areas of aviation." "The museum displays its own aircraft collection as well as craft on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida, the United States Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, and from the Army National Guard's 117th Air Refueling Wing based at Birmingham International Airport. The museum operates a 7,000 square foot restoration shop where volunteers have restored many of the aircraft on display."

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Subject:   Southern Museum of Flight (Birmingham, Ala.),  Beatty, Mary Alice,  Airplanes -- Museums -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Aeronautical museums -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Vulcan Park & Museum: Birmingham, AL

URL: https://visitvulcan.com/

Description: "Vulcan, Birmingham Alabama’s colossal statue is the world’s largest cast iron statue and considered one of the most memorable works of civic art in the United States. Designed by Italian artist Giuseppe Moretti and cast from local iron in 1904, Vulcan has overlooked Alabama’s largest city from atop Red Mountain since the 1930s." "What kind of city builds a huge statue of a burly, bearded, bare-bottomed man to tower over its entire population? One that never forgets its roots. Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and forge, watches over all of Birmingham as a symbol of the city's iron origins-and the ever-present spark of its indomitable spirit."

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Subject:   Vulcan Statue (Birmingham, Ala.),  Vulcan Park (Birmingham, Ala.),  Birmingham (Ala.) -- History,  Birmingham (Ala.) -- Description and travel,  Birmingham (Ala.) -- Statues

Title: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), 16th Street Baptist Church -- Where Jesus Christ is the main attraction!

URL: https://www.16thstreetbaptist.org/

Description: "When all is said and done, all that we aspire to BE and all we attempt to DO, is intended to glorify Jesus through the power and presence of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God the Father." Organized in 1873 as the First Colored Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama. Sixteenth Street was the first black church in Birmingham. In 1880 the congregation moved to its present location at 16th Street and 6th Avenue North. In 1880 the congregation moved to its present location at 16th Street and 6th Avenue North. "In 1880 the congregation moved to its present location at 16th Street and 6th Avenue North." "The present church was completed in 1911."

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Subject:   Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.),  16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963,  African American Baptists -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  African American churches -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Alabama Sports Hall of Fame | Where Heroes Live Forever, Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Birmingham, Ala.)

URL: https://www.ashof.org/

Description: "The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame is a state-run monument and museum dedicated to preserving and honoring the accomplishments of Alabamians in sports." "The purpose of the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) is to honor, preserve and perpetuate the names, deeds and records of those, living and dead, who by achievement or service, have brought lasting fame and honor to the State of Alabama and to themselves through their outstanding accomplishments." "It is located in its own 33,000 square-foot building at 2150 Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North in the [Legacy] Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex."

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Subject:   Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Birmingham, Ala.),  Sports museums -- Alabama,  Sports -- Alabama,  Sports -- History -- Alabama,  Athletes -- Alabama -- Biography

Title: Barber Motorsports Museum | Largest Motorcycle Collection, Barber Motorsports Museum (Birmingham, Ala.)

URL: https://www.barbermuseum.org/

Description: "Dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, exhibition and history of motorcycles, vintage vehicles and motorsports." "George Barber’s zeal for speed ignited his vision for today’s museum. Having raced Porsches in the 1960s, Barber held an impressive track record—63 first place wins. A thriving business executive, Barber rediscovered his motorsports passion in 1988 and began collecting and restoring classic cars." "With its creative architecture and great attention to detail, the museum is home to over 1,600 motorcycles that span over 100 years of production. More than 950 bikes can be seen on any given day, and 200 different manufacturers from 20 countries are represented in the collection—from Harley-Davidson, Honda, and Indian—to Showa, DSK, and Cagiva."

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Subject:   Barber Motorsports Museum (Birmingham, Ala.),  Antique and classic motorcycles -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Motorcycle racing -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Motorsports -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Sports museums -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

URL: https://www.bbgardens.org/

Description: "A facility of the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board, Birmingham Botanical Gardens is the result of a successful public/private partnership between the City of Birmingham and the nonprofit Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, a mission-driven membership organization that seeks to protect, nurture, and share the wonders of the Gardens." "Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens seeks to protect, nurture, and share the wonders of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. We are dedicated to serving the Gardens, serving the community, serving our visitors, and inspiring a passion for plants, gardens, and the environment." "n 1964, The Birmingham Botanical Society, Inc., a non-profit corporation, was founded as a "membership organization to support and improve The Gardens." ... "Birmingham Botanical Society dba Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation." "In November 2001 Friends hired its first paid Executive Director and CEO, Mr. Frederick R. Spicer, Jr." "Birmingham Botanical Gardens is Alabama's largest living museum with more than 12,000 different plants in its living collections. The Gardens' 67.5 acres contains 25+ unique gardens, 30+ works of original outdoor sculpture and miles of serene paths."

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Subject:   Birmingham Botanical Society,  Birmingham Botanical Gardens (Birmingham, Ala.),  Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens (Birmingham, Ala.),  Botanical gardens -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

URL: https://www.bcri.org/

Description: "To enlighten each generation about civil and human rights by exploring our common past and working together in the present to build a better future." "We stand strong as THE CORNERSTONE of the civil rights story, a living memorial with an ongoing mission." "The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, part of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument and an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is a cultural and educational research center that promotes a comprehensive understanding for the significance of civil rights developments in Birmingham."

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Subject:   Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.),  Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- Study and teaching,  African Americans -- Civil rights -- History,  African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century,  Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century,  Historical museums -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Birmingham Children's Theatre

URL: https://www.bct123.org/

Description: "THE MISSION OF THE BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN’S THEATRE (BCT) IS TO EDUCATE, ENTERTAIN, AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF CHILDREN THROUGH THE MAGIC OF PROFESSIONAL THEATRE." "One of the nation's oldest and largest professional theatre companies for young audiences, BCT produces high-quality, professional theatrical entertainment and curriculum-relevant arts education experiences for children and families. As Birmingham’s only professional theatre company with a specific focus on the education of children through the arts, BCT celebrates the unique role that it plays in the community and recognizes the importance of providing a quality experience for eager young minds from across the State of Alabama." "Birmingham Children’s Theatre would like to acknowledge that the land on which we operate and perform is the traditional ancestral land of the Muscogee Creek and Shawnee People. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the people who have cared for it throughout the generations. This calls us to commit to continuing to learn how to be better stewards of the land we inhabit as well."

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Subject:   Birmingham Children's Theatre,  Theater -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Children's plays -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Drama in education,  Theater -- Study and teaching -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Arlington House, Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens

URL: https://www.birminghamal.gov/arlington-house/

Description: "Arlington is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture dating from the 1840s. Originally called “The Grove” the house was built by Judge William S. Mudd, one of the ten founders of Birmingham, and is the only remaining antebellum mansion remaining in Birmingham. Shortly before the end of the Civil War, General James Wilson arrived with over 13,000 troops and using Arlington as his headquarters, planned the destruction of the Confederate iron furnaces and the military school at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa." "The property went through several owners and in 1902 became the home of Robert S. Munger." "Located on six acres in the heart of Old Elyton, the first permanent County Seat of Jefferson County, Arlington is a center for historical, cultural, and civic activities."

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Subject:   Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens (Birmingham, Ala.),  Historic buildings -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Birmingham (Ala.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.,  Arlington Historical Association,  Mudd, William S.,  Munger, Robert,  Historical museums -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Birmingham (Ala.) Parks and Recreation

Title: The Birmingham Zoo - Inspiring Passion to Conserve the Natural World

URL: https://www.birminghamzoo.com/

Description: "One of the state’s most popular attractions, the Birmingham Zoo, is an ever-evolving adventure. Guests come from around the Southeast to see animals such as red pandas, lions, giraffes, orangutans, rhinos, bears, elephants, sea lions, zebras, a jaguar, a hippo and many more." "With approximately 550 animals of 180 species and endangered species from 6 continents, the Birmingham Zoo’s 122-acre site is the perfect place to visit any time of the year." "In 1999 Mayor Richard Arrington led the way for the privatization of the Zoo, recruiting strong community leaders to serve as the first Board of Directors of a new organization, Birmingham Zoo, Inc. (BZI). The new organization established a transitional funding package with contributions from four government entities to support BZI during its first five years of operation."

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Subject:   Birmingham Zoo (Birmingham, Ala.),  Jimmy Morgan Zoo,  Zoos -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: McWane Science Center

URL: https://www.mcwane.org/

Description: "McWane Science Center’s mission is to “spark wonder and curiosity about our world though hands-on science.” To accomplish this mission, McWane Science Center combines our unique assets to create unique, hands-on, science-learning experiences that parents and teachers value and kids love. McWane Science Center has welcomed millions of visitors since opening its doors. Explorers — from ages 1 to 100 — flock year-round to see, to hear, to touch and to experience the wonder of science in one of the South’s most unique venues. McWane Science Center has a number of permanent exhibits that are a regular part of the science education experience." "In 1998, Discovery Place and Red Mountain Museum merged to create a stimulating interactive science museum now called McWane Science Center. This state-of-the-art museum is housed in the historic and refurbished Loveman’s department store building. McWane Science Center is the cornerstone of Birmingham, Alabama’s downtown revitalization."

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Subject:   McWane Science Center (Birmingham, Ala.),  Science museums -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Red Mountain Museum (Birmingham, Ala.),  Discovery Place (Birmingham, Ala.),  Science -- Study and teaching -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Birmingham Barons (Ala.), Minor League Baseball

URL: https://www.milb.com/birmingham/ballpark/regions-field/

Description: "The Birmingham Barons are a minor league baseball team based in Birmingham. The team is the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox major-league club, and plays in the North Division of the 8-team Double-A South league of Major League Baseball's Professional Development League system, which replaced the long-standing Southern League of Professional Baseball in 2021." "With a continued emphasis on providing the most fun and affordable family-friendly entertainment in Birmingham, Regions Field features a variety of unique attractions for fans of all ages including the St. Vincent's Youth Sports Zone, which houses a mini wiffle ball field, The Foundry Family Fun Park, and the Shipt Batting Cages located in right field."

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Subject:   Birmingham Barons (Baseball team),  Minor league baseball -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Regions Field (Birmingham, Ala.),  Amusements -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Travel Places of the Civil Rights Movement (U.S. National Park Service)

URL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelweshallovercome/index.htm

Description: "Welcome to the We Shall Overcome Travel Itinerary!" "This travel itinerary tells the powerful story of the centuries-long struggle for African Americans civil rights. While not intended to be an exhaustive exploration of all the sites associated with this history, this travel itinerary shows how the struggle for civil rights spanned all across the country. Some of the places where these seminal events occurred – the churches, schools, homes, and neighborhoods – are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and are included in this itinerary." The original We Shall Overcome travel itinerary was created in 1998. "The We Shall Overcome travel itinerary was chosen for inclusion in the African American Civil Rights Network in October 2019."

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Subject:   United States. National Park Service,  African Americans -- Civil rights -- History,  United States -- Description and travel,  Historic sites -- United States,  Trails -- United States,  Civil rights movements -- United States

URL: https://www.oakhillbirmingham.com/

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Title: Oak Hill Cemetery, Oak Hill Birmingham

URL: https://www.oakhillbirmingham.org/

Description: "Since 1871, we have been a special place. A place to lovingly, tenderly put to rest the loved ones of Birmingham families. This is our commitment and purpose. This is our honor." "Oak Hill is a place of life because we plant the seed of care, preservation, hope, and fellowship every day." "In 1871 the City of Birmingham purchased from the Elyton Land Company 21.5 acres of land for a city cemetery, later named Oak Hill. As the first city cemetery, Oak Hill became the resting place for virtually all of the Birmingham pioneers." "Oak Hill Memorial Association was organized and incorporated in May 1913, as a perpetual corporation."

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Subject:   Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, Ala.),  Cemeteries -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Birmingham (Ala.) -- History,  Oak Hill Memorial Association (Birmingham, Ala.)

Title: Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark - Birmingham, Alabama

URL: https://www.slossfurnaces.com/

Description: "Construction of Sloss’s new furnace (City Furnaces) began in June 1881, when ground was broken on a fifty-acre site that had been donated by the Elyton Land Company." ""The oldest building on the site dates from 1902 and houses the eight steam-driven “blowing-engines” used to provide air for combustion in the furnaces." "The boilers, installed in 1906 and 1914, produced steam for the site until it closed in 1970." "Sloss received National Historic Landmark designation in 1981 and opened its gates in September 1983, as a museum of the City of Birmingham. Its collection consists of two 400-ton blast furnaces and some forty other buildings." ... "Sloss is currently the only twentieth-century blast furnace in the U.S. being preserved and interpreted as an historic industrial site. Sloss is currently the only twentieth-century blast furnace in the U.S. being preserved and interpreted as an historic industrial site."

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Subject:   Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark,  Sloss Iron and Steel Company -- History,  Iron industry and trade -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History,  Iron foundries -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History,  Ironwork -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Art metal-work -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Samuel Ullman Museum | UAB, Samuel Ullman Museum (Birmingham, Ala.)

URL: https://www.uab.edu/ullmanmuseum/

Description: "The Samuel Ullman Museum was created to advance Ullman's vision by examining his civic, educational, and religious ideas and endeavors. The museum is a facility of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and exists through the efforts and contributions of citizens and corporations in Japan and the United States. The Samuel Ullman Museum provides visitors with an opportunity to explore the life of the poet and to be inspired by his work..." "For years, Samuel Ullman (1840-1924) and his prose poem "Youth" have been known and admired by the Japanese. However, both the man and his work are largely unknown in the United States, even in Birmingham where he spent the last forty years of his life in service to the community."

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Subject:   Ullman, Samuel, 1840-1924,  Jews -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History,  Social reformers -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- Biography,  Newfield, Morris, 1868-1940,  Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography,  Businessmen -- United States -- Biography,  American poetry -- Appreciation -- Japan,  Historical museums -- Alabama -- Birmingham

Title: Virginia Samford Theatre at Caldwell Park, Virginia Samford Theatre (Birmingham, Ala.)

URL: https://www.virginiasamfordtheatre.org/

Description: "Formerly known as The Little Theatre, The Clark Memorial Theatre and Town & Gown Theatre, this Romanesque playhouse is the origin of Birmingham’s theatrical legacy. Since 1927, the theatre on South Twenty-Sixth Street at Caldwell Park has had an interesting life." "The Virginia Samford Theatre’s mission is to further the cultural opportunities for the Greater Birmingham community through arts education and performances of high artistic merit in Theatre, Music, and Dance. The historic multi-purpose arts facility actively encourages participation in a diverse range of arts performances and educational services, providing a fertile foundation for community growth in Birmingham with access for all citizens."

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Subject:   Virginia Samford Theatre at Caldwell Park (Birmingham, Ala.),  Theaters -- Alabama -- Birmingham,  Birmingham (Ala.) -- History