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2018 Summer Lecture Event: Evening Talks with Jim Phillips

a man examines a coin
Historical videographer Jim Phillips checks the date on a coin found with his metal detector. Photo by Rick Watson.

Jim Phillips is a local historian and videographer who spoke at the museum in June 2018.  His talks provided guests with stories and the little known history of the state of Alabama highlighting ghost towns along the river, stagecoach travel, and the Civil War.  Each of these topics explored secret treasures found throughout the state.

Thursday, June 7: “Lost Antebellum Alabama”

Thursday, June 14: “Lost and Found Treasures of Alabama, the South, and the United States”