- The list below includes 55 free or cheap things to do in or near Birmingham, Alabama, including 51 different types of inexpensive activities like Music Venue, History Museums, Specialty Museums and Parks.
- From Red Mountain Park to Birmingham's Railroad Park, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Birmingham and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Pelham, Hoover, Bessemer and Trussville.
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In collections from all over the world, the Birmingham Museum of Art has gathered more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and other, some of them dating back to 4,000 years ago.
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With 4 floors of interactive exhibits, the McWane Science Center aims at acquainting children with everything that means science and natural life. Amongst others, it has a collection of dinosaurs and an aquarium.
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Birmingham, AL 35203
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Offering casual walking tours of various points of interest in the Birmingham area, Birmingham History Tours and Ghost Walk offers intriguing, often spooky insights into local history. The ghost walk, the company's most popular tour, combines humor and horror.
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Moonlight on the Mountain has a small theater where performers perform folk, Americana, roots, country and bluegrass music to intimate settings of 85 to 100 people. The room can also be rented for private parties.
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4343 N 73rd St, Birmingham, AL 35206
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The exhibits displayed at the Southern Museum of Flight pertain to both the military and the civil domain. There are Korean War Jet collections, Vietnam War helicopters, Tuskegee Airmen collections and others. It organizes summer camps for children.
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Named after the Roman god of fire and smithery, the Vulcan Park & Museum is guarded by the third largest cast iron statue in the world, weighing 50 tons.
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20 32nd St N, Birmingham, AL 35222
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With the oldest building from the site dating back to 1902, the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark produced iron for almost 80 years, until it was transformed into a museum in 1983. There are 40 buildings on the site and 2 blast-furnaces. It can host special events.
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The Peanut Depot started roasting peanuts in 1907. Visitors can see peanuts roasted in the old antique roasters, buy fresh roasted, salted and Cajun peanuts, and see the architecturally interesting turn of the century building.
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Tours of Avondale Brewing Company are held 5 times a week, last about an hour and include a pint of beer and glass. Their taproom is open daily and they often host live music on their outdoor stage.
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6030 Barber Motorsports Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35249
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The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is a motorsports museum that has a collection of over 1,400 restored bikes and cars. The museum offers premium museum tours that include viewings of the Restoration Level.