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Moundville Archeological Park, Moundville Archaeological Park is located 14 miles south of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Highway 69 South. The park is open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Museum is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. year-round. This 320-acre park includes nature trails, Indian Villages, and a museum. An internationally known National Historic Landmark, Moundville contains 20 prehistoric Indian mounds and an archaeological museum which displays some of the finest Mississippian-era artifacts ever found in North America. Self-guided tour handouts are given to each visitor free of charge. A complete tour of the park will last 2-3 hours. Tour guides are available with advance notice at a reasonable price. Guided tours last about two hours.

Bear Bryant Museum, Celebrate more than 100 years of Crimson Tide football revealed through photographs, uniforms, and sports memorabilia.

Westervelt-Warner Museum of American Art, The Westervelt-Warner Museum of American Art celebrates significant American historical events and figures. Among the exhibits are hundreds of paintings, sculptures, artifacts and antiques by world-renowned artists. The collection includes portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette, for which the subjects actually sat. Also on display is silver fashioned by Paul Revere, furniture designed and made by Duncan Phyfe, Charles Honore Lannuier and Joseph Barry, among others.

Alabama Museum of Natural History,  Tu-Sa 10AM-4:30PM. The Museum is on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Capstone Drive on The University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. Experience the natural diversity of Alabama through exhibits from the Age of Dinosaurs, the Coal Age, and the Ice Age. View extensive collections of geology, zoology, mineralogy, paleontology, ethnology, history, and photography. See the Hodges meteorite, the only meteorite know to have struck a human.

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Tour the Visitor Center/Museum and Factory in this state of the art automotive manufacturing facility. This factory located in Tuscaloosa County manufactures the 2nd generation M-Class and the newest members of the Mercedes-Benz line, the R-Class and GL-Class using Mercedes-Benz U.S. International’s original production system which is a combination of American, Japanese, and German automotive best practices. Visitor Center/ Museum Hours: M - F 9:00AM to 5:00PM, closed Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays. Factory Tours have been temporarily suspended due to the new plant construction, but are scheduled to resume in 2006.

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