MANSION EXHIBIT
History Lives On: Preserving Alabama’s Rosenwald Schools

Burritt Museum is proud to announce that History Lives On: Preserving Alabama’s Rosenwald Schools will be the Spring 2025 exhibit in the Burritt Mansion. The exhibit is on loan from Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction who partnered with the Alabama Department of Archives to study the partnership between Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington and the importance of what these men accomplished. The exhibit also focuses on the local communities and their roles in raising funds to support these educational projects.

In the early part of the 20th century, the Rosenwald School Program, ending in 1932, constructed over 5,000 schools for 600,000 students throughout 15 states. The goal was to improve education for rural African American children in the South by offering basic education in a clean, healthy environment and teaching industrial and home economics classes. Rosenwald Schools ensured the opportunity for a better future for many rural children.

History Lives On: Preserving Alabama’s Rosenwald Schools exhibit will open on January 28th and run through May. This exhibit is included with general admission to Burritt.