Freedom Rides Museum

Montgomery, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Located at 210 South Court Street in Montgomery, Alabama, the Freedom Rides Museum occupies the building that served as the Montgomery Greyhound Bus Station until 1995. Designed by architect William Strudwick Arrasmith in the Moderne architectural style, the structure became a pivotal site in the Civil Rights Movement when a violent mob attacked Freedom Ride participants there in May 1961—assaults that shocked the nation and prompted the Kennedy Administration to support civil rights protesters for the first time. After the station's closure, the building faced demolition but was preserved and its façade restored. The Alabama Historical Commission leased the property, and in 2011 a museum opened inside to document these historic events. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and received a national preservation award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2012.