Museum of East Alabama

Friendly People in a Wonderful Museum

This was our first stop in Alabama, and what a delightful city Opelika is with friendly people in not only the museum but everywhere we went. Mr Buxton was a wonderful host as he explained many aspect...

Local flavor...

This is a small museum that I visited when I first came to Opelika, and it is interesting if you like local history. The people who work there are very nice, and Opelika has an interesting history fr...

Nice museum

Toured the museum with my sister. The gentleman working today told us that there was once a German POW camp in Opelika during WWII. He showed us the case display with the authentic Nazi fla...

Nice attempt, but I was disappointed

I grew up in Opelika and was excited to see that there was a museum. However, I was really disappointed. It is a nice start and hopefully it will grow.

Local History

I was in downtown Opelika and had some time to kill so I decided to check out the museum. It was a decision that made my day. I loved the old photographs and information throughout the museum. I found...