The Alabama Mining Museum is a themed museum located in Dora, Alabama. The museum?s focus is on the mining history of the city, since the said trade has been one of the major sources of income of the area in the past.

The Alabama Mining Museum basically chronicles the coal mining history of the city of Dora. The trade started sometime in the turn of the century up until the early years of the 1900s. Like in other mining boom towns, the mining brought in settlers, populating the area that surrounds it. The venue focuses on the local mining industry from 1890 to 1940, which was the heyday of the trade.

Dubbed as the Alabama State Senate as the ?Official State Coal Mining Museum of Alabama?, the Alabama Mining Museum is a really great place to drop by if you want to learn more about local history.