Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area

Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area We are one of two National Heritage Areas in Alabama. MSNHA’s three themes are music, Native American heritage & the Tennessee River.
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A program of the National Park Service, MSNHA preserves & promotes cultural & natural resources in northwest Alabama's six counties: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone & Morgan. Part of the National Park Service’s National Heritage Areas program, MSNHA helps promote cultural tourism through education, preservation & conservation in the six northwest Alabama counties of the Tennesse

e River basin: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone & Morgan. We focus on historic & natural stories as we inform, educate, develop & interpret visitor-ready sites to chronicle the evolution of the area’s landscape, extending these opportunities to the largest audience possible. Learn more about MSNHA at our website, msnha.una.edu.

Congratulations to MSNHA Director Terah Terah Welch Klein!National Park Service Alliance of National Heritage Areas Visi...
05/29/2026

Congratulations to MSNHA Director Terah Terah Welch Klein!
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05/28/2026
05/28/2026

Sixty years ago today, on May 28, 1966, Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In this video, Shoals musicians Junior Lowe, Spooner Oldham and Donna Jean Godchaux McKay reflect on the recording & release of the Shoals area's first chart-topping hit. For more great interviews with Shoals musicians, past and present, subscribe to the MSNHA YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/MuscleShoalsHeritageArea

Check out our lastest blog post -- it kicks off a series from Shoals Master Gardeners. In our first on, Brenda Smith wal...
05/27/2026

Check out our lastest blog post -- it kicks off a series from Shoals Master Gardeners. In our first on, Brenda Smith walks you through caring for your hydrangeas.
https://msnha.una.edu/master-gardener-offers-advice-for-your-hydrangeas/

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A good way to kick off summer outdoor season! National Park Service Alliance of National Heritage Areas University of N...
05/27/2026

A good way to kick off summer outdoor season!
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Some fun summer activities in one of our favorite spaces! National Park Service Alliance of National Heritage Areas Uni...
05/27/2026

Some fun summer activities in one of our favorite spaces!
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June and July at the Museum are packed with fun! Let us know which fun event you're most excited about! ☀️

05/26/2026
So much family fun in the MSNHA this summer! National Park Service Alliance of National Heritage Areas University of No...
05/26/2026

So much family fun in the MSNHA this summer!
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Calling all adventurers, can you complete this bucket list?
Take the challenge and be sure to tag us in all of your fun adventures and use & !

Keep an eye out, we'll be posting more fun themed bucket list this summer!

Jimmy Hughes, whose hit "Steal Away" helped solidify Muscle Shoals as the "hitmaking capital," died May 20. National Pa...
05/26/2026

Jimmy Hughes, whose hit "Steal Away" helped solidify Muscle Shoals as the "hitmaking capital," died May 20.
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05/22/2026

Thank you so much, Athens Main Street, for helping spread the word about our photo contest!!!
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