About Us:

The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts houses the administrative office for the Florence Department of Arts & Museums and functions as a center for cultural activities including the Kennedy-Douglass volunteers meetings, the Shoals Artist Guild meetings, Arts Alive administration and activities, W.C. Handy Festival activities, and much more. The center also houses a permanent exhibit of historical artifacts and memorabilia, and offers a variety of traveling art exhibitions.

The center consists of two adjacent houses with an added walkway connecting them, and a carriage house to the rear. The buildings are all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The cultural center for Florence, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is a gallery, educational facility, museum, and a center for the coordination and promotion for cultural activity in the area.  It serves as the administrative office for all the museums. 

It is a home base and meeting place for cultural groups and a showcase and classroom for all arts disciplines.

The Center features annual exhibits and rotating exhibits by artists from the Southeast, workshops and classes for all ages, concerts, and interesting lectures and programs.