Gorgas House Museum

Holiday cheer is being spread around by The University of Alabama Museums. Free events are being offered at Gorgas House Museum, Paul W. Bryant Museum and Alabama Museum of Natural History during "the most wonderful time of the year."

Locals, visitors and spooky enthusiasts are being invited to some of the oldest historic homes in Tuscaloosa. During the free “Mourning Matters: Grieving and Etiquette in the Antebellum South and Further” event, participants can learn about the sociocultural expectations and practices of mourning and grieving after the Civil War and greater Victorian Era.

The Haunting at the Museum returns to UA's Gorgas House Museum through October 31. Guests will hear spooky stories associated with the home during regular operating hours from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Last night, students, historians and others gathered at the oldest structure on the University of Alabama’s campus for the unveiling of a new kind of…