The Shoe Shop and Quilt Museum of Camden, Alabama is an African American history museum located in the Black Belt region of Alabama. Visit us for an up close look as we tell stories about African American life and culture in Camden, Gee’s Bend, and surrounding areas from slavery to the civil rights era. The museum focuses on sharing these histories through the crafts of quilting, shoe making, activism, gastronomy, lye soap making, foraging of herbal medicines and natural dyes, garment making, needlework, and art-making. Plan your visit today!

The Shoe Shop and Quilt Museum of Camden, Alabama is an African American history museum located in the Black Belt region of Alabama. Visit us for an up close look as we tell stories about African American life and culture in Camden, Gee’s Bend, and surrounding areas from slavery to the civil rights era. The museum focuses on sharing these histories through the crafts of quilting, shoe making, activism, gastronomy, lye soap making, foraging of herbal medicines and natural dyes, garment making, needlework, and art-making. Plan your visit today!

Say Their Names: Honoring Our Ancestors in Wilcox County is an interactive, photographic exhibit of rare, unseen portraits of our African American ancestors in Wilcox County from around 1900. These images are powerful portrayals of how the men, women, and children in Wilcox County shaped our history. This exhibit is open to all ages. Come to the opening and join us for a chance to celebrate those who came before us and envision how we can shape history now.