University of Alabama Museums

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 Moundville Archaeological Park will host its annual Knap-In on March 1-2. This stone tool maker event at will host flint knappers from all over the country. Knapping is the shaping of flint, chert, obsidian or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools.

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