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Movies
Hollywood 18 Cinemas located at 3312 Memorial Parkway and is only a short distant from the Holiday Inn, Embassy Suites and the Von Braun Center. Phone 883-1602.

US Space & Rocket Center
Alabama’s largest tourist attraction is right here in Huntsville. Stand under a Space Shuttle, soar 140 feet in the air with 4 G’s of force on the Space Shot, ride the motion-based simulator Mars Mission, experience three times the tug of gravity as you spin inside the Centrifuge. The Spacedome IMAX Theater shows films on a 67-foot screen that fills your field of vision for awe-inspiring, you-are-there experience. Admission Charge. Closed Mondays and Tuesday and major holidays. Phone 837-3400. www.spacecamp.com/museum

Downtown Huntsville
Walking distance from the Von Braun Center, Holiday Inn and Embassy Suites.

Harrison Brothers Hardware virtually unchanged since its opening in 1879. Phone 536-3631

Huntsville Museum of Art is North Alabama’s leading visual arts center. Phone 535-4350. www.hsvmuseum.org

Twickenham Historic District contains scores of outstanding early 19th century homes dating from 1814.

Weeden House Museum is home to Maria Howard Weeden and built in 1819. Phone 536-7718

EarlyWorks, a collection of three museums, the EarlyWorks Children’s Museum, Alabama Constitution Village and the Historic Huntsville Depot. Phone 564-8100. www.earlyworks.com