Resources

Community leaders envisioned the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area to be, in part, a collector & repository of northwest Alabama’s stories as well as a significant presence in the local development & preservation of those stories.

To fulfill that mission, MSNHA staff & consultants work with the University of North Alabama Public History Center to collect & document history from MSNHA’s six counties. We make that content available free for everybody -– teachers, students, lifelong learners -– as educator packets, digital archives, cell-phone tours and other projects & programs at our “For Teachers” page. And don’t forget to check out our new Junior Rangers program. Learners of all ages can complete activities and earn exclusively designed MSNHA badges.

MSNHA also seeks to provide access to organized groups who would like to experience camping or backpacking, but lack access to gear, through our free backpacking loan closet.

In addition, MSNHA  helps fund community efforts in historic preservation, outdoor recreation, music, education and more by offering various grants & other partnership opportunities throughout the year. Find updates & details at our “Grants” page.

We also connect communities with additional resources in such areas as outdoor recreation (especially kayaking, canoeing & hiking), live music, class field trips, Native American heritage, archaeology, black history, women’s history in northwest Alabama, tourism, wayfinding signage, nature photography & more. We provide speakers for civic groups, classrooms, walking tours & other opportunities for sharing MSNHA’s history & heritage. We also can help you find the resources you need to answer questions about historic-site nominations, federal & state grant opportunities, suggestions for visitors, etc. If we don’t know the answer, we’ll find somebody who does!

Questions? Email msnha@una.edu.