Sunday, February 01 - Saturday, February 28, 2026
All Day
During our Chaplain’s Office Murals and Music Mini Tours, learn how how creative expression—through visual art and sound—has long offered both reflection and resistance within the prison walls.
Times vary. Ask a staff member for details.
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This program is part of Finding Justice Month, a series of programs that invite visitors to explore how expression—through words, art, and music—has always been a natural and essential human right, even within spaces of confinement.
Friday, January 09 - Saturday, February 28, 2026
All Day
This self-guided tour highlights the voices of prominent civil rights leaders and incarcerated people and connects their struggles to the broader movement for equality.
Sunday, February 01 - Saturday, February 28, 2026
All Day
Included with admission. Visit this video installation near the historic site’s central rotunda to hear from prominent civil rights leaders who spoke and wrote from behind bars.