Linn-Henley Gallery Exhibitions
A special part of your visit to Vulcan Park and Museum is the Linn-Henley Gallery, a space where we host changing exhibits that enhance your experience at Vulcan. Linn-Henley Gallery is included in your admission to Vulcan Park and Museum. Adults $6 (plus tax); Seniors $5 (plus tax); Children 5 – 12 $4 (plus tax); under 4 free.
On View Now:
Beyond Barbecue and Baklava:
The Impact of Greek Immigrants on Birmingham’s Culture and Cuisine
On View April 6 - August 3, 2012
Photos courtesy of Niki Sepsas
Birmingham’s Greek community has shaped the city for over a hundred years. Greek immigrants and their descendants have contributed to a range of endeavors, from law to medicine to education, but it is perhaps their impact on the city’s vibrant restaurant scene that is most celebrated.
The first in Vulcan Park and Museum’s series of exhibitions on local cultural groups, Beyond Barbecue and Baklava: The Impact of Greek Immigrants on Birmingham’s Culture and Cuisine explores how Greek immigrants have transformed the way people live – and eat – in the Magic City. Drawing from oral histories gathered in collaboration with the UAB Ethnographic Film Program (some of which are available to view online), the exhibition weaves in stories about the journey to America and the religious practices that for over a century have sustained the Greek community.
Beyond Barbecue and Baklava: The Impact of Greek Immigrants on Birmingham’s Culture and Cuisine is organized by Vulcan Park and Museum and presented, in part, by the Alabama Humanities Foundation, Franks Global Media, Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral, UAB Ethnographic Film Program and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Red Mountain Rising: An Oral History Collection
On View August 17, 2012 - January 25, 2013
The Red Mountain Park mines closed in 1969, but their memory lives on in the miners of Tennessee Coal and Iron. Organized by the Red Mountain Park Greenway Commission, Red Mountain Rising: An Oral History Collection features the stories of miners whose efforts raised Birmingham into the Southern city of iron and steel. Join us as we salute the opening of Red Mountain Park and honor some of the people who built Birmingham.
