Fine Arts Galleries and Museums |
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| Altama Museum of Art and History - This collection includes American and European prints, 20th-century Southern paintings, Libby procelain and John James Audubon prings. The 1911 neoclassic-style Brazell House features a 260 piece Stafforshire porcelain exhibit, 20th century Southern paintings and antique prints, including 24 first-edition Audubons. Open: Tuesday - Friday 11am-1pm and 3-6pm, Saturday 10am-2pm. Closed Sunday and Monday. Free Admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-537-1911 Address: 611 Jackson St., Vidalia Georgia | ||
| Appling County Heritage Center - The center's holdings include agricultural tools, black history, a war room, genealogy room and publications by local historians. The Appling County Heritage Center offers a wide variety of items and records that detail the history of the county. Some of the special features include: a growing turpentine collection, agricultural implements, 19th and 20th Century memorabilia, items representing county architecture, Black history, Genealogy library, county records and manuscripts, War Room, Collections and publications by local historians. Open Tuesday and Thursday, 10am to 4pm. Closed other days. Call for tours. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-367-8133 - Address: 137 Thomas St., Baxley Georgia |
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| Carnegie Center - Gallery, classes and events in Fitzgerald’s 1915 Carnegie Library. Free admission. Open: Mon 10 am - 2 pm, Tue-Thu 10 am - 4 pm, or by appointment. Phone: 229-426-5035 - Address: 116 S. Lee St., Fitzgerald, GA 31750 | ||
| Dublin-Laurens Museum - Built in 1094, this former library was converted in to the museum of the Laurens County Historical Society. Open: Tue-Fri 1-4:30p.m. Or by reservation. Free. Call for group tours. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Phone: 478-272-9242 - Address: 311 Academy Ave., Dublin Georgia 31021 | ||
| Georgia Southern University Museum/ Herty Nature Trail features a 26-foot fossil of a prehistoric Mosasaur and north America’s oldest whale fossil. Located in the Herty Memorial Pine Forest, this scenic trail has rolling hills and a variety of terrain. Visit the Georgia Southern University Museum to obtain your trail guide. Open: Tue.-Fri. 9a.m.-5p.m., Sun. 2-5p.m. Closed Monday and Saturday. Call for groups. General admission is $5 per person (children 3 and under and Georgia Southern students/staff free). Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-478-5444 - Address: Southern Dr, Rosenwald Bldg, Statesboro Georgia 30460 | ||
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| Glennville-Tattnall Museum - Built in 1911 as a school, the museum showcases local and Southern history with artifacts, photographs and animation. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Open: Monday - Friday at 9 am - 4 pm. Phone: 912-654-3756 - Address: S Tillman St., Glennville Georgia |
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| Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis County Historical Society Museum displays antiques and artifacts of rural Georgia. The museum is housed in a turn-of-the-century raised cottage. Open: Sunday - Thursday, 10 am - 4 pm. Call for guided tours. Donation accepted. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Party Facilities. Phone: 912-551-9030 - Address: 61 Coffee St., Hazlehurst Georgia 31539 |
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| Jones Creek Church Museum is a small museum that features the slave gallery in the 1856 church building, original cemetery and “baptism hole” in Jones Creek. Open: Call ahead. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms - Phone: 912-545-2437 and 912-545-9315 - Address: 69 Jones Creek Church Loop NW (off US Hwy 301 N), Ludowici Georgia 31316 | ||
| Pioneer Arts and Historical Society Bicentennial Museum - The museum's collection is representative of the areas and vocations of Telfair County in the late 1900s. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Open Sun 2-4 pm and by appointment. Free, but donations accepted. Phone: 229-868-2664 - Address: 2 Sixth St., Helena Georgia | ||
| World War II Flight Training Museum interprets the story of men and women who volunteered to fly and fight in the world's greatest airborne conflict. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Open Museum hours are 11 AM to 4 PM, Thursday through Saturday. Free admission, but a $3 per person donation is suggested. Phone: 912-383-9111 - Address: 3 Airport Circle, Douglas Georgia | ||
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Historic Sites & Genealogical Libraries |
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| Appling County Heritage Center has agricultural tools, black history, a war room, genealogy room and publications by local historians. An extraordinary display explaining the early turpentine production in Appling County is featured at this museum that also has a Black History Room, a Genealogy Room, and a War Room, as well as a wide variety of items and records that detail the history of Appling County. Open: Tuesday and Thursday, 10am to 4pm. Call for tours. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-367-8133 - Address: 137 Thomas Street, Baxley Georgia 31513 |
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| Dell Goodall House - The former Screven County seat is said to have been destroyed by a curse. This 1815 house is all that remains. Owned by the Brier Creek Chapter of the DAR, which opens it for tours during special events; ask the Screven County Chamber for dates. Phone: 912-564-7878 (Screven County Chamber) Address: US Hwy 301, State Rt. 24, Sylvania Georgia 30467 |
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| Eastman-Bishop-Bullock House - William Pitt Eastman built this house as his residence in 1872, and it was preserved by the Dodge Historical Society in 1993. Open: Call for hours and tours. Free tours. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms Phone: 478-374-1921 - Address: 407 Eastman Way, Eastman Georgia 31023 |
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| Historic Opera House - Stages concerts and other live performances on its full-size stage with near-perfect acoustics. Musical theater features Children's Productions, Comedy, Rock, Country, Bluegrass, Classical, R&B, and Gospel concerts are just some of the performances occurring at the Opera House. Free self-guided tours. Amenities: Parking, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Open Monday-Friday, 9 am - 5 pm. Phone: 478-783-1884 Address: 42 S. Lumpkin St., Hawkinsville Georgia |
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| Ladson Genealogical Library - Ladson’s store of genealogical materials focuses primarily in the southeastern U.S. and the Eastern seaboard. Now housed inside the Vidalia-Toombs County Library. Open: Monday through Friday, 10 am - 6 pm, and Saturday 10 am - 2 pm. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-537-9283 - Address: 610 Jackson St., Vidalia Georgia 30474 | ||
| Little Red Caboose - This restored Atlantic Coast Line caboose in downtown Jesup's Train Triangle has since been converted into "Madge's Place," an overnight rental rather than a free walk-in museum, so there is no longer free public access inside. It can still be viewed and photographed from the outside at no charge. Amenities: Parking Phone: 912-427-3233 (Wayne County Board of Tourism, for rental info) - Address: 101 E Cherry St, Jesup Georgia 31545 |
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| McCranie Brothers Turpentine Still - This restored turpentine distillery operated from 1936-1942, one of the most intact of the old fire-burning stills remaining in the southeastern United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, though it has sustained storm damage in recent years, so call ahead to confirm current access before visiting. Phone: 912-534-5405 & 534-5354 - Address: US Hwy 82 W, Willacoochee Georgia | ||
| The Historic Ashley-Slater House is a turn-of-the-century Italianate mansion that serves as the Douglas Area Welcome Center and Chamber of Commerce. Built in 1912 by Mr. John Marshall Ashley as a wedding present for his wife, the Ashley-Slater House is complete with moldings, beautiful woodwork, and an original mural. Visitors should drop by the get local and regional tourism information and relocation packets as well as a tour of the historic home. There are EVP recordings of ghosts sounds in this house. The Ashley-Slater House is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Call ahead of time to book a tour or drop by any time for travel and tourism information. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Phone: 912-384-4555 - Address: 211 S Gaskin Ave., Douglas Georgia | ||
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| Local Events Calendar (Recurring, No Need to Check Back Monthly) | ||
These are recurring events, so the schedule below stays accurate season to season.
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