freedom rides museum

This small museum packs a powerful punch. It was a moving experience because it tells the truth about the brutal conditions of life for people who were Black and how they fought to change it. Their courage and determination has inspired generations of people and continues today through the words and experiences of the participants presented here through photographs, interviews and art.. They stood strong and unafraid in the face of mob violence against them, simply because they rode a Greyhound bus in defiance of Jim Crow segregation in 1961. The Montgomery bus station has been preserved and houses the museum so all can learn about the courage and determination of the Freedom Riders, 84 mostly young people, Black and Caucasian.

IT was closed but I peeked through the front door and saw the pictures of the Freedom Riders that were stopped here In Montgomery at this old Greyhound Station where this occurred.

You must stop by for the tour. Our tour guide was very informative, encouraging, and animated. The best part is she sung to us! Great experience.

We were disappointed not to be able to get into the museum today, but just visiting the site of this incredible piece of Civil Rights history was great. The pictures and stories outside were excellent but made me want to get inside. If you want to see the museum, check the days and hours carefully.

Senior, Military and Student Discounts available. Start outside and read along the wall. Then you can go inside and pay. A tour guide will talk story with you and provide information. As you walk around the small area inside, you will be able to see more information about the freedom ridersRestrooms are available as well as a "gift shop" kind of area with many different books, CDs, etc for purchase. Walking distance from the Rosa Parks Museum

If you’re spending any time in Montgomery, I highly recommend the Freedom Rides Museum. This little gem of a museum presents the history of the Freedom Rides, and more specifically, the mob violence visited on the riders when their Greyhound bus arrived in Montgomery on May 20, 1961. The ultimate result of this campaign was the desegregation of interstate bus and train travel. This is must-see history.

The 1961 Freedom Rides are beautifully commerated and celebrated in this small yet powerful museum. The Greyhound terminal where the awful, cowardly and unlawful attacks upon young men and women occurred (or the small portion of the terminal left) is the home of the museum. The now bricked in "coloured" enterance is a reminder of the hypocrisy and ignorance that once was not only commonplace but legislatively protected in the United States (although the freedom rides were designed to bring attention to the failure to implement the desegregation that the Supreme Court had mandated). The static displays commence outside and continue inside. A excellent tour and oral narration is also available for a small fee ($5). Overall the riders are presented and respected tactfully and appropriately. The focused and unemotive presentation compels the courage of these men and women well and places the significance of their bravery in clear context. One is left questioning how the segregated South came to be or how or why it was maintained. Ultimately, it's most important legacy is to remain vigilant to the abuse of power by individuals and groups.Well worth visiting for the confrontinh "ordinariness" of evil in man and the courage of those who oppose, expose and defeat it

So glad the Freedom Riders who risked their lives in 1961 were honored by this museum. An interactive video allowed visitors to express their recollections of those times.

This is the bus station where a violent attack took place against the Freedom Riders in 1961during the Civil Rights Movement. The panels on the outside of the building give a good sequence of events, but the pictures, stories and biographies inside are poignant. Most of them were just kids who wanted to be treated like human beings!

This is a small museum and is located in downtown Montgomery in the old Greyhound Bus Station. To begin the tour of the museum, read the information on the outside of the building prior to going inside. Once inside, there are art exhibits, photographs, and placards which depict the violence that happened here in the early 1960s. The woman inside is quite knowledgable about the station's history.

Only part of the original Greyhound bus station remains. How hypocritical to have the same "Negros" in ONE kitchen serving food to separate waiting areas just to separate races! The exhibit changes, but they're hoping to keep some parts permanently. The biographies of rather ordinary people were fascinating in addition to the art & quilt.

We visited on a Sunday, where most attractions are closed. However, we were pleased that the history of the building is displayed outside. You can picture the scene 50 years ago when brave individuals took on a cause greater than self.

This was our last tour visit in Montgomery before heading south to Pensacola. The Bus Station at 210 South Court Street in Montgomery, Alabama, was the site of a violent attack on participants in the 1961 Freedom Ride during the Civil Rights Movement. The property is no longer used as a bus station. This museum was opened at the same location in 2011.

I am in Montgomery on business and I drove by the Greyhound station during a lunch break and recognized it immediately. Unfortunately, the actual museum is only open on Friday and Saturday; however, the building is covered with photographs and stories that are worth reading. It's free and won't take you too much time, but it's an incredible moment of history.

Visited Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 2:45pm.According to our guides, the federal building behind the station needed a mail room and sadly re-purposed most of the original bus station. What remains is an isolated, "imagine if you can", single room with photo exhibits, a few pieces of artistic expression and a video booth for recording your own human rights violation experience or watching/listening to another's. There is a small gift/souvenir counter and that pretty much sums it up. Outside, there is a great story board that does a nice job of explaining the sequence of events. It is worth looking at.The museum hours are (Friday & Saturday noon to four only). Admission is $5 per person.