The Gorgas House Museum

Celebrate American innovation through our "Made in America" exhibit now on display through August 29! See a stoplight on loan from the Murphy African American Museum - MAAM and learn about how the three-way stoplight we use today was invented by Garrett Morgan in 1923. Get exhibit details → https://bit.ly/43jXNFM

Visit The Gorgas House Museum to see a University of Alabama student-created exhibit about art pieces in the upstairs portion of the house including "The Laughing Cavalier"! → https://bit.ly/3GpVu8u

Visit The Gorgas House Museum to see our Ant Cups from the 1830s on display! These cups would be placed under the legs of furniture, such as beds, and filled with water to keep ants, bedbugs, and other critters away. Learn more about them through our "Made in America" exhibit! → https://bit.ly/43jXNFM

On this Memorial Day, we honor and remember the brave men + women who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom. 🇺🇸 Let us unite in gratitude & reflect on their bravery, as we strive to uphold the values they fought to protect. Today, we stand united in remembrance. ❤️

See our new “Dance Cards” exhibit about a small fan given to Miss Mary Gorgas at a 1877 dance at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Functioning also as a dance card, this fan tells the history of social dances and their roles in the lives of young women in the 19th century. Extensive research and paleography done by University of Alabama Graduate Student Isabel Rendon has revealed the names of those Mary Gorgas danced with, along with popular dances of the period.

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