Editing Mobile, Alabama (section)

===Museums===
[[File:USS Alabama Mobile, Alabama 002.JPG|thumb|right|The {{USS|Alabama|BB-60|6}} at [[Battleship Memorial Park]]]]
[[File:Vincent-Doan House.jpg|thumb|The Vincent-Doan House, home to the Mobile Medical Museum, is one of the oldest extant houses in the city.]]

Mobile is home to a variety of museums. [[Battleship Memorial Park]] is a military park on the shore of Mobile Bay. It features the World War II era [[battleship]] {{USS|Alabama|BB-60|6}}, the World War II era [[submarine]] {{USS|Drum|SS-228|6}}, [[Korean War]] and [[Vietnam War]] Memorials, and a variety of historical military equipment.<ref name="battleship">{{cite web |title=See Courage Up Close |work=USS Alabama Battleship Commission |url=http://www.ussalabama.com/ |access-date=November 18, 2007}}</ref> The [[Old City Hall (Mobile, Alabama)|History Museum of Mobile]] showcases 300 plus years of Mobile history and prehistory. It is housed in the historic [[Old City Hall (Mobile, Alabama)|Old City Hall]] (1857), a National Historic Landmark.<ref name="southernmarket">{{cite web |title=About Us |work=Museum of Mobile |url=http://www.museumofmobile.com/html/about.php |access-date=November 18, 2007}}</ref> The [[Oakleigh Historic Complex (Mobile, Alabama)|Oakleigh Historic Complex]] features three house museums that attempt to interpret the lives of people from three strata of 19th century society in Mobile, that of the enslaved, the working class, and the upper class.<ref name="Oakleigh">{{cite web |title=OakleighMuseum |work=Historic Mobile Preservation Society |url=http://www.historicmobile.org/oakleigh.htm |access-date=September 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807121029/http://www.historicmobile.org/oakleigh.htm |archive-date=August 7, 2007}}</ref>

The [[Mobile Carnival Museum]], housing the city's [[Mardi Gras in Mobile|Mardi Gras]] history and memorabilia, documents the variety of floats, costumes, and displays seen during the history of the festival season.<ref>Andrews, Casandra, ''Master of make-Believe'', Press Register, Mobile, Alabama: January 28, 2007.</ref> The [[Bragg-Mitchell Mansion]] (1855), [[Richards DAR House]] (1860), and the [[Conde-Charlotte House|Condé-Charlotte House]] (1822) are historic, furnished [[antebellum architecture|antebellum]] house museums.<ref name="bmm1">{{cite web |title=Tour |work=Bragg Mitchell Mansion |url=http://www.braggmitchellmansion.com/tour.htm |access-date=October 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216232525/http://www.braggmitchellmansion.com/tour.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2007}}</ref><ref name="rdarhm1">{{cite web |title=Welcome |work=Richards DAR House Museum |url=http://www.richardsdarhouse.com/index.html |access-date=October 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829044823/http://www.richardsdarhouse.com/index.html |archive-date=August 29, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ccmh1">{{cite web |title=Condé |work=Condé-Charlotte Museum House |url=http://www.angelfire.com/al2/condecharlotte/ |access-date=October 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014204814/http://www.angelfire.com/al2/condecharlotte/ |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy}}</ref> [[Fort Morgan (Alabama)|Fort Morgan]] (1819), [[Fort Gaines (Alabama)|Fort Gaines]] (1821), and [[Blakeley, Alabama|Historic Blakeley State Park]] all figure predominantly in local [[American Civil War]] history.<ref name=nris2>{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

The Mobile Medical Museum is housed in the historic French colonial-style Vincent-Doan House (1827). It features artifacts and resources that chronicle the long history of medicine in Mobile.<ref name="mmm1">{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Mobile Medical Museum |work=Mobile Medical Museum |url=http://www.mobilemedicalmuseum.com/ |access-date=October 19, 2007}}</ref> The Phoenix Fire Museum is located in the restored Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company Number 6 building and features the history of fire companies in Mobile from their organization in 1838.<ref name="pfm1">{{cite web |title=Phoenix Fire Museum |work=Museum of Mobile |url=http://www.museumofmobile.com/html/other_museums.php |access-date=October 19, 2007}}</ref> The Mobile Police Department Museum features exhibits that chronicle the history of law enforcement in Mobile.<ref name="mpdm1">{{cite web |title=Mobile Police Department Museum |work=Mobile Police Department |url=http://www.cityofmobile.org/mobilepd/html/divisions/museum.html |access-date=October 19, 2007}}</ref>

The [[Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center]] is a non-profit science center located in downtown. It features permanent and traveling exhibits, an [[IMAX]] dome theater, a digital 3D virtual theater, and a hands-on chemistry laboratory.<ref name="exploreum">{{cite web |title=About Us |work=Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center |url=http://www.exploreum.net/ |access-date=October 16, 2007 |archive-date=August 6, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030806094443/http://www.exploreum.net/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Dauphin Island Sea Lab]] is located south of the city, on Dauphin Island near the mouth of [[Mobile Bay]]. It houses the Estuarium, an aquarium which illustrates the four habitats of the [[Mobile Bay]] [[ecosystem]]: the [[Mobile River|river delta]], [[Mobile Bay|bay]], [[Dauphin Island|barrier islands]] and [[Gulf of Mexico]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |title=You Can Call It the Little Easy |last=Motyka |first=John |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/travel/escapes/23American.html?ex=1175313600&en=f9db7486620e5d10&ei=5070&emc=eta1 |access-date=May 8, 2007 |date=March 23, 2007}}</ref>