Huntsville/Madison County CVB (Alabama)

In the century-old building that was once all work and no play, the reimagined Stovehouse complex is now manufacturing leisure. The old factory is being transformed into a village of eclectic restaurants, gourmet cocktail & coffee bars, event & entertainment spaces, boutique shopping, offices and more.

Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment is the largest privately owned arts facility in the United States. With a focus on visual arts, this huge historic factory building has been redeveloped into 148 working studios for over 200 artists and makers, 6 fine art galleries, a multi-use theatre, and performance venues. Within this thriving creative community are artists and makers from across the world. The Mill serves as a space where they can create, learn, and collaborate. With studio spaces lining the hallways, visitors have the opportunity to openly explore the Mill and artist spaces where they can shop and learn about the artists and their works. In addition to working artists, Lowe Mill is home to several of North Alabama’s premiere entertainment including Concerts on the Dock, the world’s longest running Cigar Box Guitar Festival, and more. This historic arts center provides its community—both in- and outside the Mill—with a space to gain knowledge and hands-on experience in various mediums and forms, a place to fully immerse in an originative environment, ultimately making arts, entertainment, and culture accessible to those who visit this vibrant facility.

The museum at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center® is the showcase of the American space program. It contains an actual Apollo spacecraft returned from a Moon mission as well as spacesuits and equipment astronauts used while preparing for missions. Take a virtual journey inside our motion-based simulator, or experience three times the pull of gravity as you spin inside the Centrifuge. In the Center’s Rocket Park, your group will marvel at the 363-foot Saturn V moon rocket, the only one standing in the world! You can stand under an actual-sized Space Shuttle for a close-up look at its rockets and engines developed in Huntsville. The Spacedome IMAX® Theater, adjacent to the museum lobby, features shows daily on a 67-foot screen.

In the heart of Huntsville, Alabama, atop Round Top Mountain, lies Burritt on the Mountain, an important piece of Alabama’s history. Situated on a magnificent 167-acre site overlooking the city, we encourage visitors to explore the natural beauty of Round Top Mountain, learn about its ecology, revisit the lives of farmers from the 1800s, and tour the Burritt Mansion. For over 60 years Burritt has been an attraction that everyone can enjoy. The site is home to Dr. William Henry Burritt’s unique 1938 mansion. Learn the story of Dr. Burritt and his three wives, his penchant for goat’s milk, and how his vocation of homeopathic medicine led him to build one of the city’s most unique and eccentric homes. The Historic Park consists of 6 authentic 19th century homes typical of life in the Cumberland Plateau, along with a blacksmith shop and assorted outbuildings. Interpreters in authentic period dress are on hand to answer questions, give tours, and demonstrate life as it was on a farm during the 1800s. At the heart of the Historic Park is The McCurdy Barnyard, home to a variety of authentic farm animals that educate young and old about the animals’ purpose on a farm. The Nature Trails at Burritt are perfect for hiking to enjoy the wide variety of wildflowers in spring or the colorful mountain foliage in fall. Burritt’s trails circle around Round Top Mountain and connect to the LandTrust of Madison County and Monte Sano State Park. Geocachers come from around the world to explore the mountain and find our cache. Our nature trails are also listed on the Huntsville/Madison County Birding Trail.

The South's Premier Brewery & Entertainment Venue From our landmark location in the heart of the city, Campus No. 805 has become the connecting point for the resurging West Huntsville neighborhoods and the treasured historic districts and the hundreds of exciting new loft residences in downtown. Transformed as the Stone Event Center, the refurbished school building offers a variety of multi-use space for private rentals and it has become a popular event venue for young professionals and the hospitality industry. The Stone Center building and the new 16,000 square foot Student Union has attracted a growing list of tenants to include craft breweries, restaurants, catering, bars, retail and entertainment venues. We’re also located in one of the City’s Arts & Entertainment Districts, which means patrons can purchase a beer or drink and take it outside when they leave. Campus No. 805 is proud to be part of the exciting rebirth of Huntsville’s urban core.

Bridge Street Town Centre is the premier mixed-use lifestyle center in Huntsville, Alabama. Featuring over 70 upscale shops and full-service restaurants, the 210-room Westin Huntsville Hotel, the 150 room Element Huntsville hotel and a 14-screen Monaco Pictures. The property also features Guest Services, a five-acre lake, carousel, train ride, walking trail and live weekend musical entertainment.

The Huntsville Botanical Garden is a beautiful 120-acre site with stunning floral collections, inviting woodland paths, broad grassy meadows, aquatic areas, demonstration vegetable and herb gardens and the Nature Center. The two-acre Children’s Garden is adjacent to the Nature Center. The Garden plays an important part in stimulating the study and understanding of the sciences as students learn about the role plants – and butterflies—play in their lives. Did you know? The Huntsville Botanical Garden is home to the nation's largest open-air, seasonal butterfly house! Have you heard the Garden's BIG news? A new, 30,000 square foot event facility is now open for business for 2017 events.

Built in 1819, the house at 300 Gates Avenue is now open to the public as the Weeden House Museum and Garden. Dr. William Weeden bought the house in 1845 and his descendants owned it until 1956. Now owned by the City of Huntsville, it is maintained as a 19th century house museum. Earlier residents included John McKinley who lived in the house from 1824-1827, prior to serving as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Banker-planter Bartley M. Lowe, first president of Huntsville Bank, lived in the house, and his portrait painted by John Grimes hangs in the house today. The Weeden family lived in the house from 1845-1956, except for during the Federal occupation of Huntsville during the Civil War when the home served as the living quarters of Federal officers. Maria Howard Weeden possessed the rare ability to record its essence for others to enjoy. The paintings and poems that fill the pages of her four published books (1898-1904) bear plentiful evidence of this talent. Not only was she able to picture the beauty of the daintiest wild flower or the most luscious rose, but to an even greater degree her pen and brush could capture and distill beauty of character in the portrait of an individual - most notably, African Americans who resided in Huntsville at the turn of the 20th century. Howard was born in the house in July 1846, and resided here until her death in 1905.