Starting next year, visitors to Fort Conde in Mobile will have to pay to get in.
The tourist attraction, operated by Activation Management, will continue to be free until sometime next year.
Manager Scott Tindle tells WKRG-TV it's an exciting opportunity for the fort, which will begin to be changed quarterly to reflect its diverse heritage. He says admission charges will begin once some new changes to Fort Conde are implemented. Tindle says the new additions to the museum will include technology and live action characters appropriate for the fort.
He estimates admission prices will be around $7 for adults and $5 for children.
Admission prices are nothing new for the fort. Longtime volunteer Ronald Hunt said the city charged admission from 1976 to 1983. It has been free to get into Fort Conde for more than 30 years.