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| Live Music |
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Woodbine Opry is an open-mike jam session with some of the best musicians on the Deep South! Fridays hear acoustic bluegrass and gospel, and Saturdays listen to amplified country. Free. Open: Call for times Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-576-3027
Address: Old Woodbine High School, Second and Camden Aves., Woodbine, GA |
| Museums |
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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: Tue.-Sat. 9a.m.-4p.m. Groups by reservation. Free (donations excepted). Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Food and Party Facilities.
Phone: 912-638-4050 - Address: 100 Arthur J Moore Dr, St. Simons Island, GA 31522 |
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Dorchester Academy and Museum - Experience an African-American historic site that was founded as a school after the Civil War for freed slaves.
Phone: 912-884-2347 – Address: 8787 Oglethorpe Hwy., Midway, GA 31320 |
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Folkston Railroad Depot and Train Museum - Enjoy old train memorabilia such as logbooks, lights and train maps in this restored depot. Open: Mon.-Fri. 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-496-2536 – Address: 202 W. Main St., Flokston, GA 31537 |
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Fort Stewart Military Museum chronicles the story of Fort Stewart from it’s origins in 1940 to the present. Open: Tue.-Sat. 10 am - 4 pm. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-767-7885 – Address: 2022 Fort Stewart Dr., Hinesville, GA 31314 |
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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. Phone: 912-884-4440 – Address: 622 Ways Temple Rd., Riceboro, GA 31323 |
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King-Tisdell Cottage is a restored 1986 Victorian cottage is a museum highlighting the contributions of African-Americans to our nation’s history.
Phone: 912-236-5161 – Address: 514 E. Huntingdon St., Savannah, GA 31401 |
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Mildred Huie Museum and Mediterranean House was built in 1929. This museum showcases the work of the legendary impressionist painter Mildred Nix Huie.Open: Fri.-Sun. 2-5p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms - Phone: 912-638-3017, 800-336-9469 Address: 1819 Frederica Rd., St. Simons Island, GA 31522 |
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Pierce County Heritage Museum and Depot is a restored 1902 train depot that now houses a Civil War museum, with county history and a genealogical library. Open: Mon.-Fri. 8a.m.-3 pm. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-449-7044 – Address: 200 S. Central Ave., Blackshear, GA 31516 |
| Historic Sites - Historical Societies & Genealogical Societies |
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1894 Hanging Jail was constructed around 1880, and it is one of the only two hanging jails in the state of Georgia. Phone: 912-449-7044
Address: 200 S. Central Ave., Blackshear, GA 31516 |
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Cathedral of St. John the Baptist - Dedicated in 1876, this is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Georgia. Open: Call for hours and tours. Free (donations excepted).
Amenities: Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-233-4709 –Address: 222 E. Harris St., Savannah, GA 31407 |
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Christ Church is known as Georgia’s Mother Church, John Wesley preached here and established the first Sunday school in 1736. Open: Call for hours. Free. Amenities: Public Restrooms, and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-232-4131
Address: 28 Bull St., Savannah, GA 31401 |
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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. Free. Phone: 912-882-4335, 888-817-3421
Address: Cumberland Island, GA 31558 |
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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 2-4p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-635-4036 – Address: 181 Old Plantation Rd., Jekyll Island, GA 31527 |
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First African Baptist Church in Cumberland served as a community hall, school and church for the island’s early African-Americans. It was the site of the Wedding of John F. Kennedy Jr. Open: Call for tours. Free.
Phone: 912-882-4335, 888-817-3421 – Address: Cumberland Island, GA 31558 |
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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. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-233-6597 – Address: 23 Montgomery St., Savannah, GA 31401 |
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Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home was built in 1856, and is still furnished as it was in the 1920s and ‘30s when O’Connor lived there as a child. Open: Sat.-Sun. 1-4p.m.. Free. Amenities: Public Restrooms. Phone: 912-233-6014
Address: 207 E. Charlton S., Savannah, GA 31401 |
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Fort Screven - This beach fort was built about 1875 and manned during the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms
Phone: 912-786-5801 – Address: 30 Meddin Dr., Tybee Island, GA 31328 |
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Gascoigne Bluff - Two slave cabins are located at the former Hamilton Plantation and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Open: Wed. 10a.m.-12p.m.
Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-265-0620, 800-933-2627 |
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Georgia Historical Society - The 1875 Hodgson Hall is the headquarters of the Georgia Historical Society, the oldest such society in the Southeast, est. 1839. Open: Tue. – Sat. 10a.m.-5p.m. Free. Phone: 912-651-2125
Address: 501 Whitaker St., Savannah, GA 31401 |
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Grant House - This 1840 frame dwelling was the only residence to survive the destruction of the town in 1863 by Union troops. |
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Historic Effingham Society’s Old Jail Museum - The two-story jail, housing Revolutionary and Native American artifacts, was built in 1934. Open: Sun. 2-4p.m.. Group tours by reservation. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, and Accessibility for mobility-impaired.
Phone: 912-826-4705, 912-754-2170 Address: 1002 Pine St, Springfield, GA 31329 |
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Horton House Ruins/ Horton’s Brewery Site - This hose, dating from 1742, is one of the oldest standing structures in the state and includes the ruins of Georgia’s first brewery. Open: Daily. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-635-3636, 877-4-JEKYLL –Address: N. Riverview Dr., Jekyll Island, GA 31527 |
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Isaiah Davenport House Museum - The Federal-style home provides a glimpse into 1820s domestic life in the port city of Savannah.
Phone: 912-236-8097 – Address: 324 E. State St., Savannah, GA 31401 |
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Jekyll Island History 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 also available of the National Historic Landmark District. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-635-4036, 887-4JEKYLL - Address: 100 Stable Dr, Jekyll Island, GA 31527 |
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Lutheran Church of the Ascension - This 260-year-old church is one of Savannah’s most celebrated landmarks. Open: Call for hours. Free. Amenities: Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-232-4151 – Address: Wright Square, 120 Bull St., Savannah, GA 31401 |
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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, 800-868-8687
Address: Spur 40 (Charlie Smith Sr., Hwy.), St. Marys, GA 31558 |
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Old Liberty County Jail - Built in 1882, former home of the Hinesville-Liberty County Chamber of Commerce. Phone: 912-368-3580.
Address: 302 S Main St., Hinesville, GA 31313 |
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Richmond Hill Historical Society and Museum is a collection of memorabilia on Henry Ford’s development of Richmond Hill. Open: Mon.-Sat. 10a.m.-4p.m.. Free (donations excepted). Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms - Phone: 912-756-3697, 800-807-4848 - Address: GA Hwy. 144 and Timber Trail Rd., Richmond Hill, GA 31324 |
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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. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 912-826-562 – Address: 2980 Ebenezer Rd., Rincon, GA 31326 |
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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: One W. Macon St., Savannah, GA 31401 |
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