Join the Paul R. Jones Museum for Downtown Tuscaloosa's First Friday, 5-8pm on November 7th!

Come see our current exhibit, February 1956: The Photographs of Gus Robinson. The exhibition runs through December 5, 2025.

Gus Robinson (1928-2001) was a Tuscaloosa photographer who served the community his entire life. He began working as a staff photographer for The University of Alabama’s Audio-Visual Department in 1953. And on Friday, February 3rd, 1956, when Autherine Lucy became the first African-American student to enroll at the University, Robinson was there to immortalize her moment.