Museums

When you visit a Georgia museum, you’re instantly introduced to the lives, culture and history of the state’s inhabitants – gaining a true sense of what matters to the community.

In Georgia, museums tell a lot about people and who they are.

The High Museum of Art Atlanta is one of America's top museums and is considered a crown jewel in the Southeast. Founded in 1905 and located in Midtown's art district, the High is home to over 11,000 permanent works in its collection. The piece de resistance however is the High's new three-year partnership with the Musée du Louvre in Paris that will allow visitors to view numerous pieces of art until 2009.

Another such museum is Fernbank, offering “two worlds of science in Atlanta.” Visit Fernbank and enjoy two very different worlds at the Fernbank Science Center and the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Take an educational exploration into science that covers everything from sand and stars to the prehistoric past, complete with replicas of 100-ton dinosaurs. Another is Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta. This ffacility is designed to engage children and their parents in hands-on activities that combine learning with fun.

Georgia’s Coast also has a museum to satisfy your every curiosity. In Savannah explore the many museums to learn about the contributions of Africans to the American tapestry at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum or visit one the South's oldest art museums, the Telfair Museum of Art.

Visit the Jekyll Island National Historic Landmark District and History Center to discover how the richest families in American, families with names such as Morgan, Astor, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and Pulitzer, spent their winters in the late 18oo’s and early 1900’s. On this small barrier island off of Georgia's beautiful coast, you can tour their mansion sized “cottages” and their original clubhouse, The Jekyll Island Club Hotel, once called, "The richest, the most exclusive and most inaccessible club in the world."

The Coast of Georgia has 3 lighthouse museums to brighten your day. St Simons Island, Tybee Island and Sapelo Island all have scheduled tours of their lighthouses and museums.

Midway Museum, Church and Cemetery, located in historic Midway, GA, was the home to numerous historical figures dating as far back as the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. A tour of the Museum will provide you with information on the descendants of the area including signers of the Declaration of Independence. The Midway Church, built in 1756, was burned during the American Revolution and rebuilt in 1792. In this simple white-frame church, Sherman’s cavalry set up foraging headquarters during the Civil War. The cemetery is home to two generals of the American Revolution. During the Civil War, Sherman’s cavalry corralled animals in the walled, two-acre cemetery.

Georgia’s past can also provide you a unique history lesson from a presidential perspective. There’s the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Museum at the “Little White House” in Warm Springs and the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum in Atlanta. Take a fascinating look inside both men, and their presidencies. Step into their lives and legacies with extensive photographs, memorabilia and special exhibits.

To give history a literary spin, be sure to stop by the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, in Atlanta. Not only will you see exclusive exhibits with photos and the apartment where Mitchell wrote “Gone With the Wind,” you’ll also gain a unique insight into the background of the author and the famous movie that shares her book’s title.

Enjoy a fun-filled, educational journey for the entire family at The Coca-Cola Space Science Center in Columbus. Explore the wonders of science, space and beyond within the Center’s many interactive exhibits and special events. Witness spectacular, astronomical events at the state-of-the-art Mead Observatory. Travel into the depths of space at one of the many Omnisphere Theater shows. The Coca-Cola Space Science Center is filled with adventure and endless possibility – are you ready to blast off?

Discover and explore our past, present and future with Georgia’s wide variety of intriguing museums. Seize the opportunity to live our journey.

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