Georgia Historical Society

 

Sunday, February 8, 2009, 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.

Savannah-area museums (see below for this year's museum list, or contact individual sites of interest) For a copy of this year's map, click here.

 
Georgians and visitors alike will experience our first city's rich history and cultural life as historic house museums, art museums, and other points of interest open their doors to the public at no charge during this Georgia Historical Society's Georgia Days tradition. More than 40 cultural institutions in and around Savannah participate in this popular annual family event.

Free and open to the public

 

 

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The following organizations participated in Super Museum Sunday 2009.  

 

A. Bonaventure Cemetery
330 Bonaventure Road, Savannah
912.247.8173

B. Beach Institute African American Cultural Center
502 East Harris Street, Savannah
912.234.8000
** Alternate hours: 3:00–6:00 p.m.

C. Chatham County Garden Center & Botanical Gardens
1388 Eisenhower Drive, Savannah
912.356.3591
912.355.3883
Tours: 2:00–4:00 p..m.

D. Congregation Mickve Israel
Gordon at Bull Street, on Monterey Square, Savannah
912.233.1547

E. Historic Dorchester Academy
8787 East Oglethorpe Highway, Midway
912.884.2347

F. Historic Effingham Society Museum and Living History Site
1002 Pine Street, Springfield
912.754.2170

G. First African Baptist Church
23 Montgomery Street, Savannah
912.233.6597
** Alternate hours: 1:30–4:00 p.m.

H. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home
207 East Charlton Street, Savannah
912.233.6014

I. Fort King George
1600 Wayne Street, Darien
912.437.4770

J. Fort McAllister Historic Park
3894 Fort McAllister Road, Richmond Hill
912.727.2339

K. Fort Morris Historic Site
2559 Fort Morris Road, Midway
912.884.5999

L. Fort Pulaski National Monument
US Highway 80 East, Entrance on Queen’s Island
912.786.5787

M. Fort Stewart Museum
Bldg. T904, 2022 Frank Cochran Drive, Fort Stewart
912.767.7885

N. Geechee Kunda
Ways Temple Road, Riceboro
Take Highway 17 through Riceboro. Travel approx. 4.6 miles and turn
left onto Ways Temple Rd. Geechee Kunda is on the right 0.2 miles.
912.844.4440

O. Georgia Salzburger Society
2980 Ebenezer Road, Rincon
912.754.7001

P. Georgia Southern University Museum
Rosenwald Building, Southern Drive, GSU, Statesboro
912.681.5444

Q. Girl Scout First Headquarters Museum and Program Center
330 Drayton Street, Behind the Andrew Low House, Savannah
912.232.8200

R. Harper Fowlkes House
230 Barnard Street, Savannah
912.234.2180
**Alternate hours: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

S. Isaiah Davenport House Museum
324 E. State Street, Savannah
912.236.8097

T. Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts
207 West York Street, Savannah
912.790.8860

U. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, National Historic Landmark
10 East Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah
912.233.4502

V. LeConte-Woodmanston Rice Plantation and Botanical Gardens
Off Barrington Ferry Road near Riceboro
912.884.6500

W. Massie Heritage Center
207 East Gordon Street, Savannah
912.201.5070

X. Midway Museum
491 North Coastal Highway, Midway
912.884.5837
**Alternate hours: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Y. Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler
912.748.8888

Z. Oatland Island Wildlife Center
711 Sandtown Road, Savannah
912.898.3980

AA. Old Fort Jackson
1 Fort Jackson Road, Savannah
912.232.3945

BB. Telfair’s Owens-Thomas House
124 Abercorn Street, Savannah
912.790.8880

CC. Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard., Savannah
912.231.8900

DD. Richmond Hill Historical Society
11460 Ford Avenue, Richmond Hill
912.756.2676

EE. Roundhouse Railroad Museum
601 West Harris Street, Savannah
912.651.6823

FF. Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum
681 Fort Argyle Road, Savannah
912.748.8068
**Alternate hours: 9:00–5:00 p.m.

GG. SCAD Museum of Art
227 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Savannah
912.525.7191

HH. Ships of the Sea Museum
41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Savannah
912.232.1511

II. Telfair Academy
121 Barnard Street, Telfair Square, Savannah
912.790.8800

JJ. Thunderbolt Historical Society
2702 Mechanics Avenue, Thunderbolt
(Mechanics Avenue at Victory Drive)
912.351.0836
**Alternate hours: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

KK. Tybee Island Lightstation and Museum
30 Meddin Drive, Tybee Island
912.786.5801

LL. Tybee Island Marine Science Center
1510 Strand, Tybee Island
912.786.5917
**Alternate hours: 10:00–5:00 p.m.

MM. UGA Marine Education Center & Aquarium, Savannah
30 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah
912.598.2496

NN. Wormsloe Historic Site
7601 Skidaway Road, Savannah
912.353.3023

OO. Battlefield Memorial Park
Corner of MLK, Jr. Blvd. and Louisville Rd.

PP. Andrew Low House Museum
329 Abercorn Street, Savannah
912.233.6854