Historic Avenue Cultural Center

The Davis Avenue Branch of the Mobile Public Library was built in 1931 to serve the needs of the local African American community.

[2] Following desegregation in the late 1960s after federal civil rights legislation was passed, this branch library became used as a storage repository for government documents.

[2][4] In 1992 the Mobile City Council leased the building to a community group that founded the National African American Archives and Multicultural Museum.

[2] The collection included documents, records, photographs, books, African carvings, furniture, and special collections that relate to the African-American experience in the United States,[5] and artifacts representing the numerous contributions African Americans have made to greater Mobile.

The Historic Avenue Cultural Center's opening just months after the July 8, 2023 opening of Clotilda: The Exhibition at Africatown Heritage House helped Mobile, Alabama earn several travel accolades, such as being named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the Top 24 Places To Go in North America and The Caribbean in 2024.