About the area |
The Heritage Hall museum is located in the heart of Talladega's historic Silk Stocking District. The building once housed a Public Library. The Hall is now outfitted as a state-of-the-art exhibition space and historical archive with its soaring 18 foot ceilings and classic interior columns of the Beaux Arts Classic style punctuated by a rare freestanding staircase leading down to the lower galleries. Several major shows are presented each year including exhibitions of the works of individual artists and the collected works of college and university arts faculties. The city is the site of Talladega College, a private liberal arts, college founded in the 1860's by two former slaves. At this institution students can take courses including Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services and Education. |