Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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m M ' The Alahnmn School of Fine Arts, serving grades 7 through 12, is the only stati!-.sii| |)ort (l school of its kind in the llnil«)d Slates. lis sliuienis, dr.iwn from Ihroiixhoiil Aliiliiima, show Iheir skills in bollHl, Iheaire, music, and wrilinj . Educational films compete for the Academy Awards of this field in the Birmingham International i ' ilm Festival each year. Birmingham colleKes, stores, and restaurants have won national attention, such as BirminKham-South- ern (picked among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report}. Highlands Bar and Gill (recognized in Foo( ond Winti], and Shaia ' s of Momewood (listed in M magazine). Art lovers will find the largest municipal museum in the world on 8lh Avenue North, across from Woodrow Wilson Park. Exhibits at the Birmingham Museum of Art include the world ' s finest collection of Wedgewo(xl and the largest collection of contem- porary Chine.se paintings outside of C hina. On the Southeastern edge of the city center is another unique museum. Birmini '

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1 Th«! only indiistriiil plant or it.s si ! Iminx I t ' d in lh ! world, Slo.s.s FiirniicitN is tin- only J historic l.indmiirk ntprrsrntinx Utttli ct ntiiry ' i W- Slill fiirthwr t st is Riiffnt ' r Moimlain Nature Ci-n- ter. the largest iirhan natural aroa in the Soiithoasl. South of th«; city in Shelhy County is Oak Moun- l lain Stale Park, the largest park in the state system. It boasts a Children ' s Hdncational Farm that is unique in the Southeast Other intriKuint( animals can lie found at irmin){ham ' s world-class zoo. one of the largest in lilt- Soiilhiiast. The oo also includes the only display (if predatory animals in their natural habitat and the only self-sustaining breeding colony of golden spider 1 monkeys anywhere in captivity Within the state, the jimmy Morgan Zoo ranks sec- (md (miy to the Space Museum in Ihmtsville in the number of visitors to a paid attraction. And that t makes it the most (Hipular l(H:al attraction. Across the street is the Birmingham Botanical (lardens with the large.st clear-span ccm.servatory in the Southeast. The gardens feature top-ranked rose, fern, and Ixm .ai tree collections. Also south of the downt iwn area is the Red Mountain Cut. the only cut east of the Grand Can- yon that has been geologically interpreted for vi.si- tors. The Red Mountain Museum itself boasts the only sniar-heliscope (solar telescope) available for public use in North America. just down the street, the Discovery Place holds the title as the state ' s first hands-on museum for chil- dren. The statue of Vulcan, atop Red Mountain, is the largest cast iron statue in the world and one of a few liiBiii HS ■ ;ih « ■ill sa i ' : : m ,! i ' eMl ' x Ai r