When I first moved to Alabama, I lived in Oxford.  In a neighboring city, there is a wonderful place called the Anniston Museum of Natural History.  We bought a family membership and spent many holidays and weekends exploring the exhibits.  Are you planning a similar excursion to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Birmingham Museum of Art, McWane Science Center, or the Southern Museum of Flight this Spring Break?  Do some prep work!  Check out one of these titles.

Babar's Museum of Art: Closed Mondays by Laurent de Brunhoff
E  BRU
The Billionaire's Curse by Richard Newsome
J  NEW
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
J  KON  NEWBERY
The Great Googlestein Museum Mystery by Jean Van Leeuwan
J  VAN
Help! I'm Stuck in a Giant Nostril! by Nancy E. Krulik
J  KRU  FIRST CHAPTER
How the Sphinx Got to the Museum by Jessie Hartland
E  932  HAR
Meet Me at the Art Museum: A Whimsical Look Behind the Scenes by David Goldin
E  GOL  NEW BOOK
Mousterpiece by Jane Breskin Zalben
E  ZAL  NEW BOOK
Ms. Krup Cracks Me Up! by Dan Gutman
J  GUT  FIRST CHAPTER
Museum ABC 
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The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections by Jan Mark
J  069  MAR
Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman
E  LEH
Out and About at the Science Center by Kitty Shea
E  507.4  SHE
Revenge of the DinoTrux by Chris Gall
E  GAL
The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone
J  MAL
Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors
J  SEL
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
J  SEL
You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
E  WEI