Shoals Historical Music and Culture Tour

Save and do more as you explore these attractions located in The Shoals, a collection the four great cities of Florence, Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals.
What's Included:
- Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
- Helen Keller Birthplace/Ivy Green
- Frank Lloyd Wright - Rosenbaum House
- Belle Mont Mansion
- Alabama Music Hall Of Fame
- Florence Indian Mound And Museum
- W. C. Handy Home And Museum
- Florence Indian Mound And Museum
- Tennessee Valley Museum of Art
- Fame Recording Studios

Operating hours are subject to change, please confirm before visiting.

Meeting Point

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

3614 N Jackson Hwy, , Sheffield, 35660-3516, Alabama

What to expect:

Duration: between 1 day and 5 days

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

3614 N Jackson Hwy, , Sheffield, 35660-3516, Alabama

A tourist attraction by day and a working studio at night, Muscle Shoals Sound has produced hundreds of hit records. Artists that have recorded in the studio include the Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Chris Stapleton, Bob Seger and scores more.

3 hours

Helen Keller Birthplace

300 N Commons St W, Tuscumbia, 35674-1134, Alabama

Helen Keller's Birthplace was build in 1820 by Helen's grandfather David Keller, the main house is of Virginia cottage construction. The school house that Annie Sullivan took Helen away from her parents still remain next to the main house and the water pump where she learned her first word water in located in the back yard. Much of the Keller furniture still remains in the home. As guest arrive they will be given a guided tour by one of the docents . The average guest spends about 45 mins touring the home and beautiful grounds.

3 hours

Frank Lloyd Wright's Rosenbaum House

601 Riverview Dr, , Florence, 35630-6026, Alabama

An American architectural treasure, this house was built for newlyweds Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum of Florence, Alabama, in 1939. The house is the only structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the state of Alabama, and one of the only such houses in the southeast that is open to the public. Wright's Usonian design (named for the United State of America) was offered as a low-cost home for middle income families. This house sits on a two-acre lot, very near downtown Florence and facing the Tennessee River. This treasure, meticulously preserved, is now a museum, open to the public .

3 hours

Belle Mont Mansion

1569 Cook Ln, Tuscumbia, 35674-6123, Alabama

Belle Mont Mansion is a historic house-museum that was constructed circa 1828.

3 hours

Alabama Music Hall of Fame

617 Highway 72 W, , Tuscumbia, 35674-8711, Alabama

We incorporate every genre of music as well as every area of the field of music in our museum, honoring music achievers from the great state of Alabama. Music actually got its start right here in Alabama with some of the greatest, most well known singers, songwriters, bands, producers, managers and recording studio's all having strong ties to Alabama.

3 hours

Indian Mound & Museum

1028 S Court St, Florence, 35630-6116, Alabama

The large earthen mound known as the Florence Indian Mound was the heart of a large prehistoric cultural center that dominated this section of the Tennessee River Valley thousands of years ago. Walk up the mound to reflect on those that lived and celebrated on this important high ground. Visit the museum to see the collection of American Indian relics found in area, with chronological displays and explanations of artifacts from Paleo to Historic periods. This site is very important  to numerous Southeastern indigenous  tribes  who assert an ancestral connection with those who built and occupied Alabama’s ancient mounds

3 hours

W. C. Handy Birthplace, Museum & Library

620 W College St, Florence, 35630-5360, Alabama

We are a non-profit group promoting the Legacy of W. C. Handy ("Father of the Blues") through his birth-home, and donated memorabilia, and community library.

3 hours

Indian Mound & Museum

1028 S Court St, Florence, 35630-6116, Alabama

The large earthen mound known as the Florence Indian Mound was the heart of a large prehistoric cultural center that dominated this section of the Tennessee River Valley thousands of years ago. Walk up the mound to reflect on those that lived and celebrated on this important high ground. Visit the museum to see the collection of American Indian relics found in area, with chronological displays and explanations of artifacts from Paleo to Historic periods. This site is very important  to numerous Southeastern indigenous  tribes  who assert an ancestral connection with those who built and occupied Alabama’s ancient mounds

3 hours

Tennessee Valley Museum of Art

511 N Water St, Tuscumbia, AL 35674, USA

The Tennessee Valley Museum of Art offers a variety of multi-disciplined exhibitions annually. The permanent exhibition of the Martin Petroglyph is on display in a replicated bluff shelter setting. Their permanent collection holds the largest body of works by Alabama folk artist Ethel Davis.

2 hours

Fame Recording Studios

603 Avalon Avenue, Muscle Shoals, 35661-2301, Alabama

FAME Music was established in 1959 in Florence, Alabama and has gone on to be the heartbeat of the Muscle Shoals Sound with entities including FAME Publishing, FAME Recording Studios, FAME Records and Muscle Shoals Records. FAME moved to Muscle Shoals in 1961. FAME has worked in the studio with some of the Greatest artists in Rock music history. Artists such as Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Otis Redding, the Osmonds, Jerry Reed, Alabama, Mac Davis, the Gatlin Brothers, Bobbie Gentry and many others.

2 hours