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The Hammer Museum, located on Main Street, has over 1,400 hammers on display. This unique museum is easy to find as there is a very large hammer in front. On display in four rooms are various collections of hammers from ancient times through the industrial age.
[Margie Hovde and daughter Brinn, 07/29/2007]Giant Hammer, Hammer Museum:- Address:
- 108 Main St., Haines, AK
- Directions:
- Just up the hill from the boat harbor.
- Hours:
- May-Sep. M-F 10-5, Sa 10-2 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 907-766-2374
- Admission:
- Adults $5.00
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Highly recommend this stop if passing through Anniston. Very neat collection of crazy cool spy weapons....a flute pistol AND Hitler's tea set?! That in itself should be enough to capture your attention. Well worth the $5 admission fee. Small enough to stop and look without delaying your trip.
[Liz Armato, 09/18/2014]Hitler's Tea Service and Spy Weapons:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 840 Museum Drive, Anniston, AL
- Directions:
- Berman Museum of World History. I-20 exit 185. Turn north onto Hwy 21. Drive 6.5 miles. When US Hwy 431 splits from Hwy 21, turn right into Lagarde Park, then immediately turn left. Museum will be up ahead on left.
- Hours:
- T-Sa 10-5, Su 1-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 256-237-6261
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Anniston, Alabama - Adolf Hitler's Tea Service
The Berman museum is located on the main drag in Anniston, just before you get to the first Ft. McClellan gate. The items in the museum were donated by COL Berman (ret), an ex OSS officer in WWII. Some of us suspect he obtained the items in his collection by trading food to starving Germans at the end of the war. A number of the items in his collection really belong in the Smithsonian; Hitler's travelling silver set, gold/jewel encrusted swords, a greek helmet, etc.
This museum is really worth a visit (on my last visit there 2-3 years ago, the museum was only about 75% finished). I've heard he has since died and the rest of his stuff moved in. The building to house his collection cost over a million bucks, so you can imagine he had quite a private collection.
[Mark T., 05/05/2001]Also on display in the museum is Col. Farley Berman's collection of spy weapons, which includes a flute that fires bullets and a pen that can fire a .22 or a capsule of poison gas. The gift shop sells a DVD of the late Colonel firing his spy weapons.
- Birmingham, Alabama - Statue of Liberty
There's a lot of renovation going on in the surrounding park, but the Statue is a beautiful sight! The gates looked locked -- we checked and they were open. "Little Granny's" daughter, a charming hostess in the adjacent Boy Scout Headquarters Shop, gave us a friendly welcome. Take a look at the colorful collection of scout patches on display.
[Diane Hochheiser, 05/01/2022]Statue of Liberty Replica:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 516 Liberty Pkwy., Birmingham, AL
- Directions:
- Liberty Park. Visible from I-459, south of River Run Lane. I-459 Exit 23, south on Overton Rd.
- Hours:
- Park open dawn-dusk. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Admission:
- Free
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
George Barber's collection of nearly 1,400 motorcycles (and a few dozen cars as well), displayed in a cross between the Guggenheim and a parking garage.
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Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
- Address:
- 6040 Barber Motorsports Pkwy, Birmingham, AL
- Directions:
- Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. 13 miles east of Birmingham International Airport on I-20. Exit 140 (Leeds), then follow the signs.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 10-6, Su 12-6 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 205-699-7275
- Admission:
- Adults $15.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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April 2008: Owner Dave Pahl now has more than 1,700 hammers. The ex-homesteader has hired an intern and wants to expand his building and (someday) attract a corporate sponser.