Among the many historical exhibits visitors will get a taste of artifacts as they are taken from the “Footprints To Freedom” room, which includes molded, cast footprints of many who marched from Selma to Montgomery, to the “Selma Room”, also known as the “Marie Foster” room, where visitors view such items as voting records, clothes worn as she was beaten during the march and a host of photos, to the Suffrage Room where the largely unknown contributions of African American women securing the voting rights for half the population are chronicled, to the Living History Exhibit, dedicated to those who served as foot soldiers/participants in the voting rights activity in Alabama, and an “I Was There” wall exhibit which allows Museum visitors to contribute historical notes that echo their particular involvement. Serving over 1,000,000 people since inception, these graphic visual exhibits document the struggles and triumphs of African Americans on the journey toward freedom for all Americans.
The Museum is housed in Selma’s historic district and sits at the foot of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge. The Museum’s proximity to the beginning point of the historic March from Selma to Montgomery serves as both a strategic reference for the tourism industry in Selma, and as the site of several historic footnotes. The Museum provides a major market for the tourism industry in Alabama and Selma, and accounts for a significant segment of the tourism trade. The Museum is open daily from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., and on Saturdays by appointment.
Among the many historical exhibits visitors will get a taste of artifacts as they are taken from the “Footprints To Freedom” room, which includes molded, cast footprints of many who marched from Selma to Montgomery, to the “Selma Room”, also known as the “Marie Foster” room, where visitors view such items as voting records, clothes worn as she was beaten during the march and a host of photos, to the Suffrage Room where the largely unknown contributions of African American women securing the voting rights for half the population are chronicled, to the Living History Exhibit, dedicated to those who served as foot soldiers/participants in the voting rights activity in Alabama, and an “I Was There” wall exhibit which allows Museum visitors to contribute historical notes that echo their particular involvement. Serving over 1,000,000 people since inception, these graphic visual exhibits document the struggles and triumphs of African Americans on the journey toward freedom for all Americans. 
