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Whether your interests are history, art, ecology, horticulture, or science, Mobile has a wide variety of wonderful attractions for everyone!  From grandchildren to grandparents, attractions in the Mobile Bay area always have special events and outstanding exhibits for your enjoyment.  After you visit Bellingrath Gardens and Home, stay a while and tour all of the Port City's great attractions!

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  Link   USS Alabama
Courage comes alive at Battleship Memorial Park, one of America's finest military parks. Here, along the shores of Mobile Bay, you'll experience heroism spanning more than seven decades.
  Link   Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Estuarium
Exciting visual displays and fun interactive exhibitry highlight the wonders of Mobile's estuary system. "Sea" science at the Estuarium! All ages welcome.
  Link   Gulf Coast Exploreum
Voted Mobile's #1 Family Attraction, the Exploreum is the area's premiere science museum. Two exhibit galleries, Hands On Hall and Minds On Hall, filled with more than 100 science exhibits and IMAX Dome Theater. A Day in Pompeii opens January 2007!
  Link   Mobile Museum of Art
Mobile Museum of Art hosts special exhibitions from world-famous museums and collectors throughout the year. Open daily except major holidays.
  Link   Museum of Mobile
The Museum of Mobile, located in the Southern Market/Old City Hall, is a National Historic Landmark built in 1857. Mobile has a rich history of Native American, Colonial, African-American and Antebellum influences that come alive in the museum's 21s
  Link   Fort Conde Museum
Costumed guides lead tours, fire muskets and take you back to Mobile’s colonial days in the replica of the original 18th century French brick fort built on this site.
  Link   Historic Fort Gaines
Established in 1821 within feet of the Gulf, this fort is famous for the Battle of Mobile Bay. Museum, gift shop, displays, “living history” events and demonstrations.
  Link   Oakleigh Historic Complex
Costumed guides lead you through an intimate experience of 19th century Gulf Coast living in an authentic setting. Minutes from downtown Mobile, the Oakleigh complex takes you back to the Old South. Visit Mobile’s Official Period House Museum, circ
  Link   Bragg-Mitchell Mansion
Canopied by century-old live oak trees, the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion is a grand antebellum home. This beautiful example of southern elegance is furnished with fine antiques and exquisite draperies. The circular staircase, double parlors and lavish ro
  Link   Mobile Botanical Gardens
Enjoy 100 acres of nature trails, longleaf pine forest, herb gardens, Japanese maple garden, fern glade, camellia wintergarden and fragrance and texture garden.
  Link   Phoenix Fire Museum
Touch the fiery history of Old Mobile! Visit the home of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company No. 6 and see a unique collection of antique equipment and authentic 19th century steam engines.