PIONEER MUSEUM OF ALABAMA

The Pioneer Museum of Alabama has become a living history classroom for thousands of school children who visit and are fascinated by the various demonstrations conducted.  The Hands-on-History Program, funded by Alabama Power Foundation in 2004, was developed by the museum in 1997 to provide an opportunity for students to experience life in a log cabin.  Adaptable for elementary through high school students, the program leads our children to explore life before electricity.  Activities for the students include cooking at the wood stove and fireplace, churning butter, “fetching” water, sweeping the yards with handmade straw brooms, feeding the chickens and gathering eggs, and taking a tour of the museum which includes a spinning and weaving demonstration that goes from making thread from “raw” cotton all the way to the loom.

To see pictures of a prior class go to our Hands on History Scrapbook page. Teachers and/or school systems can make registration for their classes to experience Hands-on-History by calling 334-566-3597 or emailing the Museum Director.