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Free Museums - Parking is free at most of these museums. Click on their links for more info. Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum, Fort Stewart Museum, Mildred Huie Plantation Museum, Pierce County Heritage Museum - Genealogical Library and Depot, Richmond Hill Historical Society and Museum,
More free museums in the Georgia coast area. They include the Folkston Railroad Depot and Train Museum, McIntosh Old Jail Art Center and Museum - Click here to see these free Georgia Coast Museums. |
| More Museums - Click on names for more info. Call for admission and parking fees. |
| Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum, Library and Archive - Find letters of John Wesley and Francis Asbury, as well as Wesley’s rare-book collection. Open: Call for hours and fees. Groups by reservation. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-638-4050 - Address: 100 Arthur J Moore Dr, St. Simons Island GA 31522 |
| Beach Institute and African American Museum and Cultural Center displays works by African-American artists from the Savannah area and around the country. It was established in 1867, and once housed the first school for African-American children in Savannah. On permanent exhibit are more than 230 wood carvings by folk artist Ulysses Davis. Amenities: parking, public restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Please call for hours. Admission fee. Phone: 912-234-8000 - Address: 502 E. Harris St., Historic District, Savannah Georgia |
| Dorchester Academy and Museum - Experience an African-American historic site that was founded as a school after the Civil War for freed slaves. By 1917, the fully-accredited high school had eight frame buildings and 300 students. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Call for hours and fees. Phone: 912-884-2347 – Address: 8787 Oglethorpe Hwy, Midway Georgia 31320 |
| Geechee Kunda Cultural Arts Center & Museum is a living museum filled with Africa Art, textiles, paintings, tools and craftwork used by the Gullah Geechees from the 1700s to the 1900s. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Call for hours and fees. Phone: 912-231-7583– Address: 622 Ways Temple Rd., Riceboro Georgia 31323 |
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| Historic Effingham Living History Museum - The two-story jail, housing Revolutionary and Native American artifacts, was built in 1934. Open: Call for hours and fees. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Phone: 912-754-2170 - Address: 1002 Pine St, Springfield Georgia 31329 |
| Isalah Davenport House Museum - This fine Federal style home provides a glimpse into 1820s domestic life in the port city of Savannah. It was completed by master-builder Isaiah Davenport as his family residence in 1820. Authentically restored, the house museum features original plasterwork, a cantilever staircase and furnishings true to the 1820s. It also features a courtyard garden that was re-designed by noted horticulturist Penelope Hobhouse. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Call for hours and fees. Phone: 912-236-8097 - Address: 324 East State Street, Savannah Georgia 31401 |
| Jepson Center for The Arts - A museum that features major traveling exhibitions, African-American art, Southern art, photography, works on paper and outdoor sculpture. Call for hours & fees. Amenties: Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Food, Party Facilities. Phone: 912-790-8800 - Address: 207 W. York St, Savannah Georgia |
| King-Tisdell Cottage is a restored 1986 Victorian cottage is a museum highlighting the contributions of African-Americans to our nation’s history. Phone: 912-234-8000 – Address: 514 E. Huntingdon St., Savannah Georgia 31401 |
| Midway Museum & Church - Browse through furnishings used in coastal homes during the colonial days. Amenties: Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Call for hours and fees. Phone: 912-884-5837 - Address: US Hwy 17, Midway Georgia 30320 |
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| Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum - Exhibits from WWII through today. Visitors can go on a simulated B-17 bombing mission. Amenities: parking, restrooms, accessibility for mobility-impared, food, party facilities. Open 7 days a week from 9 am to 5 pm. Library Hours are Monday through Friday at 9 am - 12 noon and 1-4 pm. Closed New Years Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Phone: 912-748-8888 - Address: 175 Bourne Ave, Pooler GA |
| Orange Hall House Museum & Welcome Center is found the architectural pearl of historic St. Marys, Georgia. The home takes its name Orange Hall from the “extensive hedges and the large sour orange grove at the rear of the house.” This is a showcase of antebellum life in the 1800s Greek Revival style. Orange Hall was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Amenities: parking and public restrooms. Phone: 912-576-3644 or 800-868-8667 - Address: 311 Osborne St., St. Marys Georgia 31558 |
| Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum serves to educate the public on Savannah's rich African-American heritage, and to engender community pride and self-esteem in area residents. Housed here are the papers and memorabilia of its namesake, as well as a sequence of 15 areas that re-create the saga of the civil right movement in Savannah. The father of Savannah's modern day Civil Rights Movement. Amenities: parking, public restrooms, accessibility for mobility-impared and party facilities. Call for hours and fees. Phone: 912-231-8900 - Address: 460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Savannah Georgia |
| Roundhouse Railroad Museum complex begun in the 1830s as the Central of Georgia Railway headquarters and repair shops. Its design was revolutionary, combining all the railroad's cutting-edge facilities in one place. Open: Daily 9 am - 5 pm. Admission fee. Phone: 912-651-6823 - Address: 601 West Harris Street, Savannah Georgia 31401 |
| Salzburger Museum and Church - The Georgia Salzburger Society’s museum is on the site of the original Ebenezer Orphanage, the first in Georgia. Open: Call for hours and fees. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-754-7001 Address: 2980 Ebenezer Rd., Rincon Georgia 31326 |
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| Savannah History Museum housed in the old Central of Georgia Railway passenger shed. It is a National Historic Landmark built in the 1850s and 1860s. The railway used the building until 1972. In 1984, a historical attraction called The Great Savannah Exposition opened in the building. The museum is now home to more than 10,000 artifacts - the largest collection of artifacts in the entire coastal community. Amenities: parking, public restrooms, accessibility for mobility-impared, food, party facilities. Phone: 912-651-6825 - Address: 303 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Savannah Georgia 31401 |
| Savannah Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center - The waterway moves through locks, including one at the Savannah River, to the Ogeechee River. Nautre and history programs are available. Amenities: parking, restrooms, accessibility for mobility-impared. Open daily 9 am - 5 pm. Phone: 912-748-8068 - Address: 681 Fort Argyle Road, Savannah Georgia 31419 |
| Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum - Most recent gallery explores Savannah's naval encounters during the Civil War. Amenities: public restrooms and party facilities. Call for hours and fees. Phone: 912-232-1511 - Address: 41 Martin Luther King Blvd., Savannah GA |
| St. Marys Submarine Museum - Surfacing in a converted historic movie theater on the St. Marys waterfront, the Museum is one attraction not to be missed! Get ready to see firsthand a working periscope, models of torpedoes, and many displays made from actual submarines. See a deep-sea diving suit and submarine uniforms, command plaques, photographs and models of submarines, an area for watching movies on submarines, working sonar panels, a history of submarines, a reading area, a reference area, gift shop and a display dedicated to the eight submariners who received the Medals of Honor. Walls and walls of memorabilia track the history of the submarine. Amenities: parking, restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Phone: 912-882-2782 - Address: 102 St. Marys Street, St. Marys Georgia 31558 |
| St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum - The architectural simplicity of the restored 1872 lighthouse keeper's cottage complements the towering 104-foot lighthouse. The oldest brick structure in Glynn County, the dwelling is now the museum and gift shop of the Coastal Georgia Historical Society. Call for hours and fees. Amenities: parking, restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared, party facilities. Phone: 912-638-4666 Addess: 101 12th Street, St. Simons Island Georgia 31522 |
| Telfair Academy of Arts & Science - View paintings, sculpture & decorative arts on exhibit. Amenties: Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, and Party Facility. Phone: 912-790-8800 - Address: 121 Barnard St., Savannah Georgia |
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