The Gorgas House Museum

The Gorgas House Museum Please contact us at (205) 348-5906 or by email at [email protected] for an appointment. Admission is $2.00
UA students, faculty, and staff enter free.

Built in 1829, the Gorgas House was the first structure to be built on the University of Alabama campus, and was one of only four buildings to survive the Civil War campus burning in 1865. The home was originally built as a steward's hall (hotel) and dining facility for university students. In the 1840's the building was renovated into a faculty residence. It is one of four buildings that survived

the burning of the campus by the Union Army in 1865 still standing today. The Gorgas family lived in the home from 1879-1953 and oversaw the University's hospital and post office inside their home. The residence is now a house museum with collections of antiques and Gorgas family memorabilia.

06/18/2026
Celebrate American innovation through our "Made in America" exhibit now on display through August 29! See a stoplight on...
06/17/2026

Celebrate American innovation through our "Made in America" exhibit now on display through August 29! See a stoplight on loan from the Murphy African American Museum - MAAM and learn about how the three-way stoplight we use today was invented by Garrett Morgan in 1923. Get exhibit details → https://bit.ly/43jXNFM

Visit The Gorgas House Museum to see a University of Alabama student-created exhibit about art pieces in the upstairs po...
06/12/2026

Visit The Gorgas House Museum to see a University of Alabama student-created exhibit about art pieces in the upstairs portion of the house including "The Laughing Cavalier"! → https://bit.ly/3GpVu8u

Visit The Gorgas House Museum to see our Ant Cups from the 1830s on display! These cups would be placed under the legs o...
06/09/2026

Visit The Gorgas House Museum to see our Ant Cups from the 1830s on display! These cups would be placed under the legs of furniture, such as beds, and filled with water to keep ants, bedbugs, and other critters away. Learn more about them through our "Made in America" exhibit! → https://bit.ly/43jXNFM

05/25/2026
05/25/2026

On this Memorial Day, we honor and remember the brave men + women who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom. 🇺🇸 Let us unite in gratitude & reflect on their bravery, as we strive to uphold the values they fought to protect. Today, we stand united in remembrance. ❤️

05/21/2026
See our new “Dance Cards” exhibit about a small fan given to Miss Mary Gorgas at a 1877 dance at The University of the S...
05/20/2026

See our new “Dance Cards” exhibit about a small fan given to Miss Mary Gorgas at a 1877 dance at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Functioning also as a dance card, this fan tells the history of social dances and their roles in the lives of young women in the 19th century. Extensive research and paleography done by University of Alabama Graduate Student Isabel Rendon has revealed the names of those Mary Gorgas danced with, along with popular dances of the period.

Plan Your Visit: → https://bit.ly/3RcZsKv

Address

810 Capstone Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL
35487

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 12:30pm
1pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 4:30pm
Friday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 4:30pm
Saturday 9am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+12053485906

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