Editing Birmingham, Alabama (section)

===Museums===
Birmingham is home to several museums. The largest is the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]], which is also the largest municipal art museum in the Southeast. The area's history museums include the [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]], which houses a detailed and emotionally charged narrative exhibit putting Birmingham's history into the context of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. It is located on [[Kelly Ingram Park]] adjacent to the 16th Street Baptist Church.

Other history museums include the [[Southern Museum of Flight]], Bessemer Hall of History,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhamrails.info/bess_hall_hist.htm |title=bhamrails.info |publisher=bhamrails.info |access-date=July 14, 2012 |archive-date=December 5, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205134014/http://www.bhamrails.info/bess_hall_hist.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Sloss Furnaces]] National Historic Landmark, [[Alabama Museum of Health Sciences]], and the [[Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens|Arlington Home]].

The [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]] is housed in the historic [[Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Alabama)|Carver Theatre]], and offers exhibits about the numerous notable jazz musicians from the state of Alabama.

The [[McWane Science Center]] is a regional science museum with hands-on science exhibits, temporary exhibitions, and an [[IMAX]] dome theater. The center also houses a major collection of fossil specimens for use by researchers. Other unique museums include the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame; the [[Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum]], which contains the largest collection of motorcycles in the world; the Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama at [[Tannehill Ironworks|Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park]], near [[McCalla, Alabama|McCalla]]; the [[Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]]; and the [[Talladega Superspeedway]] International Motorsports Hall of Fame museum.

South of downtown, on [[Red Mountain (Alabama)|Red Mountain]], Vulcan Park features the world's largest cast iron [[Vulcan statue|statue]], depicting Vulcan at his forge. It was cast for the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|1904 St. Louis Exposition]], and erected at Vulcan Park in 1938.