Discover Georgia's Coast and Islands Indoors ADA Accessible Places to Visit
There are plenty of fun indoor places throughout the coast. Visit the Jepson Center for the Arts, Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum, Savannah History Museum, First African Baptist Church in Savannah, St. Marys Submarine Museum, Old Fort Jackson and more.
Art and Educational Centers
Jepson Center for The Arts is 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 Facility. Phone: 912-790-8800 - Address: 207 W. York St, Savannah, GA
Massie Heritage Interpretation Center hosts an education program, including “The 19th-Century Classroom,” where students live a 19th-century school day. Open: Mon.-Fri. 9am-4pm. Cost: $3 per person, $5 with guide. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-201-5070 – Address: 207 E. Gordon St., Savannah, GA 31401
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, GA
Museums
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 hgours 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 - African-American Museum and Cultural Center was established in 1867. The institute is the state’s oldest continuously operating school for African-Americans. Open: Sat. 12-5pm. Cost: $4. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-234-8000 – Address: 502 E. Harris St., Savannah, GA 31401
Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum houses artifacts from Native Americans, African-Americans and the Carnegie family. Amenities: parking, public restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Open Mon-Sat 1-4 pm. Phone: 912-882-4336 or 888-817-3421. Address: 129 Osborne St., St. Marys, GA 31558
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 fees. Open Tues-Fri at 11 am to 2 pm, and Sat - Sun from 2-4 pm. Phone: 912-884-2347 – Address: 8787 Oglethorpe Hwy, Midway Georgia 31320
Folkston Railroad Depot and Train Museum - Enjoy old train memorabilia such as log books, lights and train maps in this restored depot. Amenities: Parking, public restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Free admission.Open Call for hours. Phone: 912-496-2536 - Address: 202 W Main St., Folkston Georgia 31537
Fort Stewart Museum chronicles the story of Fort Stewart from it’s origins in 1940 to the present. See the 3rd infantry division. Open: Tue.-Sat. 10 am - 4 pm. Free admission.Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Phone: 912-767-7885 – Address: 2022 Frank Cochran Dr., Bldg T904, Hinesville Georgia 31314
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 officialgeecheekunda@gmail.com
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
McIntosh Old Jail Art Center and Museum - This art center has five art galleries, two calssrooms, agit shop and a county history museum in al jail built in 1888. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Free admission. Hours: Tues - Sat 10am to 4pm. Phone: 912-437-7711 - Address: 404 Northway, Darien Georgia
Mildred Huie Plantation Museum was built in 1929. This museum showcases the work of the legendary impressionist painter Mildred Nix Huie. Open: Fri-Sun 1-5 pm. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired.Phone: 912-638-3057 or 800-336-9469 Address: 1819 Frederica Rd., St. Simons Island Georgia 31522
Pierce County Heritage Museum, Genealogical Library and Depotis a restored 1902 train depot that now houses a Civil War museum, with county history and a genealogical library. Open: Mon.-Thurs. 8a.m.-3:30 pm. Free admission.Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Phone: 912-449-7044 – Address: 200 S. Central Ave., Blackshear Georgia 31516
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum serves to educate the public about Savannah’s African-American heritage and offers a bus tour. Open: Mon.-Sat. 9am-5pm. Cost: Adults $4, students $2, seniors $3. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and Party Facilities. Phone: 912-231-8900 - Address: 460 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Savannah, GA.
Salzburger Museum and Church - The Georgia Salzburger Society’s museum is on the site of the original Ebenezer Orphanage, the first in Georgia. Open: Wed., Sat., Sun. 3-5p.m. Free admission.Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired Phone: 912-826-562 – Address: 2980 Ebenezer Rd., Rincon, GA 31326
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 and party facilities. Call for hours and fees. Phone: 912-651-6825 Address: 303 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Savannah, GA 31401
Savannah Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center- The waterway moves through locks, including one at the Savannah River, to the Ogeechee River. Nature and history programs are available. Amenities: parking, public restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Open daily 9 am - 5 pm. Call for fees. Phone: 912-748-8068 - Address: 681 Fort Argyle Road, Savannah, GA 31419
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, public restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Phone: 912-882-2782 - Address: 102 St. Marys Street, St. Marys, GA 31558
St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum is a restored lighthouse that remains a navigational aid for St. Simons Sound. Open: Mon.-Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 1:30-5pm. Call for fees. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-638-4666 – Address: 101 12th St., St. Simons Island, GA 31522.
UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium - UGA’s saltwater aquarium features about 50 species of marine life, nature trails and a gift shop. Open: Mon.-Fri. 9am-4pm, and Sat. 12-5pm. Call for fees. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-598-2496 – Address: 30 Ocean Science Cir., Savannah, GA
Historic Sites
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist- Dedicated in 1876, this is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Georgia. Open: Open daily at 9 am - 5 pm. Call for tours. Free admission, but donations are excepted.Amenities: Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-233-4709 – Address: 222 E Harris St, Savannah Georgia 31407
Christ Church in Savannah is known as Georgia’s Mother Church, John Wesley preached here and established the first Sunday school in 1736. Open: Call for tours. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-232-4131 - Address: 28 Bull St., Savannah Georgia 31401
Christ Church, Frederica and St. Ignatius Chapel - In 1736, John and Charles Wesley held services under the oak trees at the location of the present church, erected in 1883 by Anson Phelps Dodge Jr. as a memorial to his first wife. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Open daily 2 to 5 pm, except on Tuesdays and Christmas Day. Free admission.Phone: 912-638-4050 - Address: 6329 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island Georgia 31522
Dungeness Ruins are stately homes from the 1700s were named for the castle of the Duke of Cumberland, King George II’s son. One is from the 1790s and was rebuilt by Carnegie in 1884. Amenities: Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Free tours. However, there is a fee to Cumberland Island.Phone: 912-882-4336 and toll free at 877-860-6787 - Address: Cumberland Island Georgia 31558
Faith Chapel is a 1904 wooden chapel that was built for quests of the famed Jekyll Island Club. It houses a rare stained-glass window signed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Open: Daily at 2-4 pm - subject to availability. Free admission, however, there is a small fee to enter Jekyll Island.Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Phone: 912-635-4036 – Address: 181 Old Plantation Rd., Jekyll Island Georgia 31527
First African Baptist Church in Savannah was founded in 1773. This church is believed to be the oldest continuously active African-American congregation in North America. Open: Call for hours amd fees. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Phone: 912-233-6597 – Address: 23 Montgomery St., Savannah Georgia 31401
Fort Frederica National Monument was built by General Oglethorpe in 1736, three years after the founding of Savannah. Open: Daily 8:30-5pm. Cost: $2 per person or $4 per vehicle for a 7-day pass. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-638-3639 – Address: Frederica Rd., St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Historic Old City Hall- Historic landmark structure with detailed scale model of Brunswick's Oglethrope Hotel, vintage police uniforms, and images and artifacts of the city. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Open Mon-Fri 8 am to 5 pm. Free admission.Phone: 912-265-4032 - Address: 1229 Newcastle Street, Brunswick Georgia
Historic Savannah Theatre - Opened in 1818, this is augurably the oldest continuously running theater in the nation. See a show and visit the historical exhibit in the loby with artifacts, newspaper ads and photographs from the theater's celebrated past. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-233-7764 - Address: 222 Bull St., Savannah Georgia
Jekyll Island Museum, Visitor Center and National Historic Landmark District - Exhibits detail the island’s history from native inhabitants to the present. Guided tours available. Open: Daily 9a.m.-5p.m.. Free tours. Tours also available of the National Historic Landmark District. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired Phone: 912-635-4036 and toll free at 877-4JEKYLL - Address: 100 Stable Dr, Jekyll Island Georgia 31527
Lutheran Church of the Ascension - This 260-year-old church is one of Savannah’s most celebrated landmarks. Call for hours. Amenities: Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-232-4151 – Address: Wright Square, 120 Bull St, Savannah Georgia
Mcintosh Sugar Mill Ruins - Visit this old mill believed to have been built in the 1820s. Open: Daily sunrise-sunset. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired Phone: 912-882-4000 and toll free at 800-868-8687 - Address: Spur 40 (Charlie Smith Sr, Hwy), St. Marys, GA 31558
Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum - Exhibits from WWII through today. Visitors can go on a simulated B-17 bombing mission. Amenities: parking, public restrooms, accessibility for mobility-impared, food and 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
Old Fort Jackson is the offspring of a Revolutionary War battery and garrisoned troops during the War of 1812. Open: Daily 9am-5pm. Cost: Adults $4.25, seniors $3.75, under 6 free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and Party Facilities. Phone: 912-232-3945 – Address: One Fort Jackson Rd., Savannah, GA 31404
Plum Orchard Mansion was built by the Carnegie family, dates back to 1898. Open: Call for hours and tour reservations. Free admission. Amenities: Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-882-4335, and toll free at 888-817-3421 – Address: Cumberland Island, GA 31558
Richmond Hill Historical Society and Museum is a collection of memorabilia on Henry Ford’s development of Richmond Hill. Open: Call for hours. Closed on Holidays. Free (donations excepted). Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-756-3697 - Address: 11460 Ford Ave., Richmond Hill Georgia
St. Johns Church and Parish House - Visit Sherman’s headquarters after his 1864 march. Open: Call for tours, church services and fees. Church tour is free.Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-232-1251 – Address: 1 W Macon St, Savannah, GA
