BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The $2 million Negro Southern League Museum next to Regions Field baseball park won design approval from the Birmingham Design Review Committee today.

The two-story museum will feature exhibit space, a theater and baseball-themed restaurant on the ground floor with an indoor bar and outdoor terrace on the top floor.

Designed by Dorsey Architects & Associates, the exterior will feature silhouettes of baseball players along with landscaping, picnic tables, a fountain and promenade connecting the museum with Railroad Park to the north and the baseball park next door.

The entrance to the Negro Southern League Museum will be off 16th Street. (contributed)

The site is just off 15th Street and First Avenue South behind the B&A Warehouse.

The committee approved the design, site plan and materials for the project. It will come back to the committee with its detailed landscaping plan and signage plan.