Evelyn Burrow Museum — Strange Alabama

In 1920, Evelyn Hamilton Burrow was born into a successful Cullman County farming family. She joined eleven brothers and sisters before she married Otis Burrow when she was 17.

During her time managing a Western Union, she collected her first porcelain and glass wares – trading art for services and gasoline during the war – then took the reins of the Palomino Motel and Restaurant and ran it along with her husband, where friends and guests contributed to the coupleʼs immense collection of horse figurines.

After retiring, she ran a growing antiques business and later established the museum that would become her legacy.

From fine examples of delicately crafted porcelain to artful everyday wares, the Burrow Museum’s vast collection includes more than 5,000 objects primarily of porcelain, pottery, glass and bronze from the Victorian era to modern times. Highlights are on display in the Museum’s main gallery and its Porcelain Room.

The Evelyn Burrow Museum is located on the corner College Drive in Cullman county.