The Pettus Museum

For over 50 years, Ronald Pettus has been collecting historic memorabilia and artifacts from all over the world. Mr Pettus, now retired from his profession of what else, a history teacher, has turned his lifelong dream into reality by opening The Pettus Museum. The museum is dedicated to the preservation of local history from the North Alabama area, but goes much further as the collection includes items from all over the world. Items dating back at least to the Jurassic Period may be found here along with other items such as arrowheads, military uniforms, national flags, sports items, vintage promotional items, autographs and photographs. In all, there are an estimated 20,000 plus items in this privately held collection.