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Montgomery’s Freedom Monument
Sculpture Park opened in 2024 as the final part of The Legacy Sites, set on 17 acres along the Alabama River. According to ExperienceMontgomeryAL.org, The Legacy Sites explores the lived experience of enslaved people and features a first-of-its-kind monument listing the names of 122,000 Black people who adopted surnames in the census of 1870. In addition to the new park, The Legacy Sites includes the six-acre National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum, which uses first-person accounts, interactive exhibits, and cutting-edge technology to explore the story of slavery in America and its legacy.
As both the cradle of the Confederate States of America and the impetus of the Civil Rights Movement, Montgomery offers planners a distinct historic background and unique facilities for events, including the Rosa Parks Museum, which has a 103-seat auditorium.
There are approximately 1,100 guest rooms in Montgomery’s walkable downtown convention district. The Montgomery Convention Center has a 73,000-square-foot, column-free exhibit hall. The attached AAA Four Diamond Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center has 342 guest rooms, a 14,000-square-foot ballroom, and 18 meeting rooms. Adjacent to the complex, the 237-suite Embassy Suites by Hilton Montgomery and Conference Center offers 14,354 square feet of event space. The 1,800-seat Montgomery Performing Arts Centre also is part of the convention center complex. The Alley, the city’s newest entertainment district, is across the street from the complex, and nearby, the 141-room DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Montgomery Downtown has 20,084 square feet of function space. Located near the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the Elevation Convening Center & Hotel is expected to open this fall; it will include a 200-person-capacity ballroom, meeting rooms to seat 80, and additional boardrooms.
Set on 1,600 acres, Montgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel & Conference Center at Capitol Hill, approximately 15 minutes from downtown, has 96 guest rooms and more than 20,000 square feet of event space to host a maximum of 1,011 guests theater style. The newly renovated resort features 54 holes of championship golf, part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
Home to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival is a year-round professional theater with a full schedule of productions and a variety of indoor and outdoor event venues. The Festival Stage Theater can host 250 guests for receptions.
Montgomery Whitewater offers new tubing and rafting experiences for all ages, with teambuilding options and event space, including a 468-square-foot conference room seating 94 and an outdoor patio for up to 150 reception guests.
