Date/Time
Date(s) - Sunday, February 9, 2020
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Georgia History Festival‘s Super Museum Sunday will be held on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at participating sites throughout Georgia.
Georgians and visitors alike experience our state’s rich history and cultural life as historic sites, house museums, art museums, and other points of interest in Savannah and throughout Georgia open their doors to the public, providing an exceptional opportunity to experience the history in our own backyard.
Free and open to the public. Sites offer free admission from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. unless alternate hours are noted.
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Participating Sites
Click to view participating sites by county.
Andalusia Farm: The Home of Flannery O’Connor
2628 N. Columbia St., Milledgeville
478-445-8722 | Hours: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion
120 South Clarke St., Milledgeville
478-445-4545 | Hours: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Sallie Ellis Davis House
301 S. Clarke St., Milledgeville
478-445-5889 | Hours: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site
813 Indian Mound Rd. SE, Cartersville
770-387-3747 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
AB&A Historic Train Depot
116 N. Johnston St., Fitzgerald
229-426-5033
The Blue and Gray Museum
116 N. Johnston St., Fitzgerald
229-426-5033
The Carnegie Center for the Arts
120 S. Lee St., Fitzgerald
229-426-5035
Fort McAllister Historic Park
3894 Fort McAllister Rd., Richmond Hill
912-727-2339 | Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Richmond Hill Historical Society & Museum
11460 Ford Ave., Richmond Hill
912-756-3697
Burke County Museum
536 S. Liberty St., Waynesboro
706-554-4889 | Hours: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
St. Marys Submarine Museum
102 St. Marys Street West, St. Marys
912-882-2782 | Hours: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Candler County Historical Society
245 W Vertia St., Metter
912-685-2450
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
3370 Lafayette Rd., Fort Oglethorpe
706-866-9241 | $5/person (ages 16+) to enter Point Park on Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center & Museum
110 Point Park Rd., Lookout Mountain, TN
706-866-9241 | $5/person (ages 16+) to enter Point Park on Lookout Mountain
American Prohibition Museum
209 W. Julian Street, Savannah
912-551-4054 | Hours: 10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Andrew Low House Museum
329 Abercorn St., Savannah
912-233-6854
Beach Institute African American Cultural Center
502 East Harris St., Savannah
912-335-8868
Bloomingdale History Museum & Visitors Center
205 E. Hwy 80, Bloomingdale
912-748-0970
Bonaventure Historical Society
330 Bonaventure Rd., Savannah
912-412-4687 | Hours: Visitor center at 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; tours at 2 and 2:30
Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens
2 Canebrake Rd., Savannah
912-921-5460 | Hours: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Congregation Mickve Israel
20 E Gordon St., Savannah
912-233-1547 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Davenport House Museum
324 East State St., Savannah
912-236-8097
First African Baptist Church
23 Montgomery St., Savannah
912-233-2244 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
First Bryan Baptist Church
575 W. Bryan St., Savannah
912-232-5526 | Hours: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home
207 East Charlton St., Savannah
912-233-6014 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Fort Pulaski National Monument
US Highway 80 E, Savannah
(Entrance on McQueen’s Island)
912-786-8182 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Georgia State Railroad Museum
655 Louisville Rd., Savannah
912-651-6823 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Girl Scout First Headquarters Museum and Program Center
330 Drayton St., Savannah
(Behind the Andrew Low House)
888-223-3883
Green-Meldrim House
14 W. Macon St., Savannah
912-233-3845 | Hours: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Harper Fowlkes House
230 Barnard St., Savannah
912-234-2180
King-Tisdell Cottage
514 E. Huntingdon St., Savannah
912-335-8868
Massie Heritage Center
207 E. Gordon St., Savannah
912-395-5070
Mother Mathilda Beasley Cottage
500 E. Broad Street, Savannah
912-433-4512
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler
912-748-8888 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Oatland Island Wildlife Center
711 Sandtown Rd., Savannah
912-395-1500 | Hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Old Fort Jackson
1 Fort Jackson Rd., Savannah
912-232-3945
Ossabaw Island
Boat from Rodney Hall Boat Ramp on Diamond Causeway, Savannah
912-233-5104 | Hours: 12 p.m. departure; return to mainland approx. 4:30 p.m. $30/ person(cash or check). Call Ossabaw Island for ticket/waitlist information.
Pin Point Heritage Museum
9924 Pin Point Ave., Savannah
912-355-0064
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
460 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah
912-777-6099
St. John’s Church1 West Macon St., Savannah
912-232-1251 | Hours: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Savannah African Art Museum
201 E 37th Street, Savannah
912-721-7745
Savannah Children’s Museum
655 Louisville Rd., Savannah
912-651-4292
Savannah History Museum and Battlefield Memorial Park
303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
912-651-6825
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center
681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Rte. 204) 2.3 miles past I-95
912-748-8068 | Hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
SCAD Museum of Art
601 Turner Blvd., Savannah
912-525-7191
SCADStory
342 Bull Street, Savannah
912-525-5505 | Hours: 12 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Tours run every half hour. The presentation lasts approximately 20 minutes.
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Savannah
912-232-1511
Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center
207 W. York St., Savannah
912-790-8802
Telfair Museums’ Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters
124 Abercorn St., Savannah
912-790-8802
Telfair Museums’ Telfair Academy
121 Barnard St., Telfair Square, Savannah
912-790-8802
Thunderbolt Museum
2702 Mechanics Ave. at Victory Dr., Thunderbolt
912-351-0836 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Tybee Island Light Station and Museum
30 Meddin Drive, Tybee Island
912-786-5801 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
UGA Marine Education Center & Aquarium
30 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah
912-598-2496
Webb Military Museum
411 E. York St., Savannah
912-663-0398
Wormsloe State Historic Site
7601 Skidaway Rd., Savannah
912-353-3023 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Funk Heritage Center of Reinhardt University
7300 Reinhardt Circle, Waleska
770-720-5970 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Marietta Gone with the Wind Museum
472 Powder Springs St., Marietta
770-794-5576
Marietta Museum of History
1 Depot St., Marietta
770-794-5710
Museum of History and Holocaust Education
at Kennesaw State University
3333 Busbee Dr., Kennesaw
470-578-2083
Seven Springs Museum at the Bodiford House
4355 Marietta St., Powder Springs
678-626-0799
William Root House Museum and Garden
80 N Marietta Pkwy NW, Marietta
770-426-4982
The Little Manse: Birthplace & Museum of Erskine Caldwell
Town Square, Moreland
678-378-9867
Moreland Hometown Heritage Museum: A Tribute to Lewis Grizzard
7 Main St., Moreland
678-378-9867
Georgia Veterans State Park
2459-A US Hwy 280 W., Cordele
229-276-2371
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art
4484 Peachtree Rd. NW, Atlanta
404-364-8555 | Hours: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Douglas County Museum of History & Art
12431 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Douglasville
678-449-3939
Kolomoki Mounds State Park
205 Indian Mounds Rd., Blakely
877-591-5575 | Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Historic Effingham Society Museum and Living History Site
1002 N. Pine St., Springfield
912-754-2170 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Georgia Salzburger Society Museum
and Jerusalem Lutheran Church
2980 Ebenezer Rd., Rincon
912-754-7001 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Longview Farm
161 Museum Rd., Swainsboro
478-763-3631 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Living history site will not be open, only the museum.
Cave Spring Welcome Center
4 Rome St., Cave Spring
706-777-0299
Cherokee Log Cabin
24 Broad St., Cave Spring
Fairview School
278 Padlock Rd., Cave Spring
404-759-3918
Hearn Academy
Rolater Park 13 Old Cedartown Rd., Cave Spring
Rome Area History Museum
305 Broad St., Rome
706-235-8051
Barrington Hall
535 Barrington Drive, Roswell
770-640-3855 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Bulloch Hall
180 Bulloch Avenue, Roswell
770-992-1731 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Historic Oakland Cemetery
248 Oakland Avenue SE, Atlanta
404-688-2107 | Hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Millennium Gate Museum
395 17th St NW, Atlanta
404-881-0900
Smith Plantation
935 Alpharetta Street, Roswell
770-641-3978 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Cassina Garden Club Tabby Cabins at Gascoigne Bluff
1195 Arthur J. Moore Dr., St. Simons Island
912-223-6755
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Historic Site
5556 U.S. Hwy 17 N, Brunswick
912-264-7333 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Moore Methodist Museum
100 Arthur J. Moore Drive, St. Simons Island
912-638-4050| Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Mosaic, the Jekyll Island Museum
100 Stable Road, Jekyll Island
912-635-4168 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
St. Simons Lighthouse Museum
610 Beachview Drive, St. Simons Island
912-638-4666 | Hours: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.; last climb at 4:30 p.m.
World War II Home Front Museum
4201 1st Street, St. Simons Island
912-638-4666 | Hours: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.; last ticket distributed at 4:30 p.m.
New Echota Historic Site
1211 Chatsworth Hwy NE, Calhoun
706-624-1321 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Cornelia Historic Train Depot Museum
102 Grant Place, Cornelia
706-779-8585 | Hours: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Regional African American Museum of Northeast Georgia
353 Chattahoochee Street, Cornelia
706-499-8842
Standard Telephone Museum
353 Chattahoochee Street, Cornelia
706-499-8842
The Longstreet Society
827 Maple Street, Gainesville
770-539-9005
Northeast Georgia History Center
322 Academy St. NE, Gainesville
770-297-5900
Towns Bluff Park and Heritage Center
45 Riverwood Trail, Hazlehurst
912-379-9303 | Hours: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Frankie Snow will provide Native American artifact identification
Camp Lawton Museum at Magnolia Springs State Park
1053 Magnolia Springs Dr., Millen
478-982-1660 | Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
ITPA Telephone Museum
438 W. Oglethorpe Hwy, Hinesville
912-408-4872 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Old Liberty County Jail
302 South Main Street, Hinesville
912-877-4332 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Fort Morris Historic Site
2559 Fort Morris Rd., Midway
912-884-5999 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Midway Museum
491 N. Coastal Hwy, Midway
912-884-5837
Lincoln County Historical Society & Lincoln County Historical Park
147 Lumber St., Lincolnton
757-831-9556
Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site
1 Public Square, Dahlonega
706-864-2257 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
The Big House Museum
2321 Vineville Avenue, Macon
478-741-5551 | Hours: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tubman Museum
310 Cherry St., Macon
478-845-3814
Fort King George
302 MacIntosh Rd., SE, Darien
912-437-4770 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site
401 Little White House Rd., Warm Springs
706-655-5870 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Jarrell Plantation Historic Site
711 Jarrell Plantation Rd., Juliette
478-986-5172 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Chatsworth Depot
500 N. 1st Ave., Chatsworth
706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Chief Vann House State Historic Site
82 Hwy 225 N, Chatsworth
706-695-2598 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Old Spring Place Methodist Church
237 Elm St., Chatsworth
706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Wright Hotel
201 E. Market St., Chatsworth
706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
The Columbus Museum
1251 Wynnton Rd., Columbus
706-748-2562 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Historic Westville
3557 S. Lumpkin R., Columbus
706-940-0057 | Hours: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
National Civil War Naval Museum
1002 Victory Dr., Columbus
706-327-9798 | Hours: 12 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Historic Site
4432 Mt Tabor Church Rd., Dallas
770-443-7850 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Programs from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Polk County Historical Society Museum
117 West Avenue, Cedartown
770-749-0073 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Rockmart History Museum
133 South Marble Street, Rockmart
678-764-5201 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Foxfire Museum & Heritage Center
98 Foxfire Ln., Mountain City
706-746-5828 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Augusta Museum of History
560 Reynolds St., Augusta
706-722-8454 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Historic Meadow Garden
1320 Independence Dr., Augusta
706-724-4174
The Morris Museum of Art
1 Tenth St., Augusta
706-724-7501
Traveler’s Rest Historic Site
4339 Riverdale Rd., Toccoa
706-886-2256 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Andersonville National Historic Site
496 Cemetery Road, Andersonville
229-924-0343 | Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Liberty Hall at A.H. Stephens State Park
456 Alexander St. NW, Crawfordville
706-456-2602 | Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Lapham-Patterson House
626 N Dawson Street, Thomasville
229-226-7664
Pebble Hill Plantation
1251 US Hwy 319 S, Thomasville
229-226-2344
Thomasville History Center
725 N. Dawson Street, Thomasville
229-226-7664
Georgia Radio Museum and Hall of Fame
714 Lincoln St., LaGrange
706-756-1095
Hills and Dales Estate
1916 Hills and Dales Dr., LaGrange
706-882-3242| Hours: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia
283 Hwy 255 N, Sautee Nacoochee
706-878-3300 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Hardman Farm State Historic Site
143 Highway 17, Sautee Nacoochee
706-878-1077 | Hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Blunt House
506 S. Thornton Ave., Dalton
706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Emery Center
110 West Emery St., Dalton
706-277-7633
Hamilton House
701 Chattanooga Ave., Dalton
706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Huff House
314 N. Selvidge Street, Dalton, GA
706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.