Red Mountain Museum

The Red Mountain Museum was a museum dedicated to the geology of Red Mountain in addition to the paleontology, biology and engineering of the area. The facility is located at 2230 Arlington Crescent South along the Red Mountain cut. Additionally, the museum featured a path straddling the cut with interpretative signage telling of the history and geologic features of the mountain. The museum was in operation from 1971 through 1998 when the McWane Center opened. After McWane's opening, many of the exhibits from the Red Mountain Museum were relocated there.

In 2007 the City of Birmingham reached an agreement with the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Congregation to sell the museum property to St Rose Academy for $606,632. Plans call for the dilapidated building to be demolished and used for parking in accordance with the school's master plan. The city would retain the small neighborhood park adjacent to the museum, and the locked access to the Red Mountain cut walkway. Proceeds from the sale will be directed to the McWane Science Center.

References

• Coman, Victoria L. (July 30, 2003) "Redmont Park OKs razing old Red Mountain Museum site". Birmingham News.
• Coman, Victoria L. (May 15, 2007) "Vote on selling museum site to St. Cecilia nuns expected." Birmingham News.