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Interactive displays and modern exhibits stand ready for you to experience the rich German heritage, native American lifestyles, adventure of early pioneers and Deep South folklore when you visit with us.
The Cullman County Museum opened in 1973 during Cullman's Centennial, and has been collecting and preserving items from the county's unique past ever since. Housed in a replica of Col. Johann G. Cullmann's home (our founding father), the Museum brings the past to life in its displays, paying tribute to the families that made the area their home. Each gallery showcases a different aspect of life in early Cullman.
For a listing of our rotating displays, please visit our Upcoming Exhibits page.
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The Cullman County Museum offers a small gift shop with items ranging from 25 cents to $20. Items available include German cookbooks by local chefs, German-American flag pins, Oktoberfest hat pins, small German flags, postcards and History of Cullman picture books.
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The Archaeological Room houses artifacts from the earliest Cullman County settlers, the Native Americans. A highlight of the room is an interactive display that gives museum goers an opportunity to make rubbings of projectile points.
Other items include: a timeline of Native American artifacts, demonstrations of arrowhead making and the use of a throwing stick, and examples of Native American pottery with a rare, full pot.
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Located in the Primitive Room are turn-of-the-century tools used to carve a living out of Cullman County's hilly landscape. Wood rafters and walls taken from old local barns are the backdrop for plows, lanterns, household items, and other fixtures of daily living.
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In the clothing Store, imagine what wearing one of the garments on display -- ranging from a wedding dress to turn-o-the-century apparel -- would be like.
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Stroll along the Main Street gallery for a feel of small town life a hundred years ago. Medical tools and patent medicines from that era are showcased in the doctor’s display. A general store display shows common and unusual items from that time. Old photographs give a feel for the way people dressed and worked and played then. Items from a historic saloon, a case devoted to Civil War skirmishes fought in Cullman County, the county’s three state governors, the bell from the first school in Cullman and artifacts from more recent wars in which Cullman residents fought are on display as well.
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A Nursery, with its dolls, toy plane, and tea sets brings to mind childhood pasttimes before electronics.
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In the days before radios, the Music Room demonstrates how people entertained themselves. An interactive display demonstrates three types of music from yesteryear – Sacred Harp singing, fiddle playing and a German hymn. A wall of historic photographs traces Cullman’s early history in the late 1800s and into the 20th Century.
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A highlight of the museum is the re-creation of Col. Cullmann's Room, containing his own bed, rocking chair, and sofa, as well as other items from his life.
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Birds, fish, animals and insects native to Cullman County and North Alabama are brought to life in realistic displays in the Natural History Room. The largest display shows underwater life in Smith Lake or the many other smaller lakes in the area. Several woodland scenes depict the mammals, birds and reptiles that can be found in the wild. Butterflies and insects round out the display, along with a golden eagle shot and preserved in 1917.
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Several exhibit spaces allow for changing displays, such as the quilts, shown here. Other exhibits have included family histories of early Cullman settlers, Christmas decorations owned and used by Col. Cullmann and business ledgers from early Cullman businesses. Please visit our Upcoming Exhibits page for a listing of scheduled displays.
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