Tuskegee - Tuskegee Institute Attractions

Booker T. Washington was the first principal of Tuskegee Institute in 1881. Located on the campus of Tuskegee University, it is also the place where the United Negro College Fund began.

Tuskegee was used to train pilots for the military, they were known as the Tuskegee Airmen and became a center for African-American pilots during WWII to learn to fly and maintain combat aircraft.

George Washington Carver Museum

George Washington Carver Museum in Tuskegee is located on the campus of Tuskegee University. George Washington Carver was an artist, a teacher and a scientist who worked with the peanut, sweet potato and soy bean to name a few experiments.

His laboratory has been preserved where he also invented paint formulated from Alabama clay and a synthetic marble made from wood pulp.

Address

Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
1212 Old Montgomery Road
Tuskegee, AL 36087
United States

Phone 1 (334) 727-3200

Fax 1 (334) 727-4597

http://www.nps.gov/tuin/

Hours

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00
Close	16:30	16:30	16:30	16:30	16:30	16:30	16:30

Always closed on:

New Year's Day (January 1)
Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November )
Christmas - Christian (December 25)

The Oaks

The Oaks, built in 1899, is the former home and command center of Booker T. Washington. The Queen Anne style house was constructed of red brick, the first of its kind in Macon County. Booker T. lived in the house from 1900 to 1915 and his wife until 1925. The Oaks has been restored and is furnished with period furnishings made by local craftsmen and students. The home was also a place of employment and the location for on-the-job training for students.