Welcome to the Tuskegee University Legacy Museum

The Legacy Museum is a center of arts, culture, science and bioethics in service to human health for Tuskegee University students, faculty, staff, administration and alumni. The Museum's exhibitions and programs also reach international audiences and history buffs and art enthusiasts of all ages.

Located in the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care complex, THE LEGACY MUSEUM (formerly the Infantile Paralysis Hospital) was initiated under the leadership of Dr. Benjamin F. Payton and the Legacy Committee for the Apology of the United States Public Health Service Untreated Syphilis Study in the Negro Male in Macon County, Alabama, 1932-1972.

The exhibition area of two floors is almost 10,000 square feet and features black marble and cherry wood floors. There is also a state-of -the-art Bose Sound /Rover Cart System for multidisciplinary performances and presentations. Plans for a museum gift shop are being considered and there is an adjacent patio for museum receptions and events. In addition to THE LEGACY MUSEUM, The National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care complex also houses University Archives, classrooms and academic departmental offices.

The Legacy Museum is open from 10:00 a.m until 4:00 p.m.  Monday-Friday and is closed during official University breaks. Click here for the Tuskegee University Academic Calendar. Admission is free and open to the public. Suggested donation is $3.00 per person. All contributions are welcome. Email: legacymuseum@tuskegee.edu Telephone Contacts: (334)-725-2342 or (334)-727-8888 Fax: (334)-725-2400

We are located at 1 Benjamin Payton Dr. Tuskegee AL 36088 click here for directions.