Complete information about visiting Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site is now on National Park Planner!
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Alabama, is the only National Park dedicated to a college campus. Created in 1881 by the Alabama State Legislature as the Normal School for Colored Teachers at Tuskegee, the school that started out in a small building on the grounds of a church soon grew into one of the premier Historically Black Colleges in the United States. The school is now called Tuskegee University, the name changing from Tuskegee Institute in 1985.
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site was established in 1974, and while it encompasses the entire university campus, the National Park Service owns just two buildings in the park, Booker T. Washington’s home, The Oaks, and the George Washington Carver Museum, which also serves as the park’s visitor center. Guests are also welcome to walk around the campus to see the original buildings that are still in existence. These are not open to the public, but information signs at the front of each one gives a short history of the buildings.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM
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Last updated on April 23, 2019
