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| Erskine Caldwell Birthplace and Museum - “The Little Manse,” birthplace of the author of Tobacco Road, restored and moved to Moreland Town Square. Open Thursday-Saturday 10 am - 3 pm by appointment. Phone: 678-492-3161 - Address: Moreland Town Square, Moreland, GA 30259 | ||||
Visit the Columbus Museum, Doc Holiday Museum, Drummer Boy Civil War Museum, FDR's Pools and Warm Springs Museum, Georgia Rural Telephone Museum and more. |
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| African American Museum Cedar Row - The museum was established in an authentic three room "shotgun" house moved from King Avenue, an area among the first established as African American. The house is approximately 80 years old. Mrs. Frances Walker lived in this house for 70 years and raised a son, grandson and great-grandchildren. No current online listing was found for this museum, so call ahead to confirm it's still open before visiting. Address: 460 Cedar Row, Thomaston Georgia | ||||
| Bedingfield Inn Museum - This 1836 Greek Revival Museum has original pioneer furnishings and an 1845 dogtrot house. Open daily. Call for fees, hours and tours. Amenities: parking and public restrooms. Phone: 229-838-6419 Address: 100 Cotton St., on the Square, Lumpkin GA | ||||
| Chattahoochee Valley Art Center and Gallery is the former Troup County Jail. It is now an arts resource for local galleries that focuses on contemporary American art. Open: Tue.-Fri. 9a.m.-5p.m., Sat. 11a.m.-5p.m. Call for tours. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 706-882-3267 - Address: 112 Lafayette Pkwy., LaGrange GA 30240 | ||||
| Columbus Black History Museum and Archives offers learning experiences related to black history in Columbus. No current listing was found for this museum, so call ahead to confirm it is still open. Phone: 706-507-3466 - Address: 3226 Hamilton Rd., Columbus Georgia 31904 | ||||
| Columbus Museum displays historical to contemporary mixed-media work. Open: Open Tuesday at Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm - Thursday at 10 am - 8 pm and Sunday at 1-5 pm. Closed on holidays. Call for guided tours. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and Party Facilities. Phone: 706-748-2562 - Address: 1251 Wynnton Rd., Columbus Georgia 31906 | ||||
| Coweta County African-American Heritage Museum and Research Center - Housed in a restored shotgun-style mill house in Newnan, the museum collects African American artifacts and family records and has a genealogy workroom with Coweta census indexes. The adjacent Farmer Street Cemetery may be one of the largest slave burial grounds in the South. Open: Wed-Fri 10 am - 3 pm or by appointment. Address: 92 Farmer St., Newnan, GA 30263 | ||||
| Doc Holliday Museum - The standalone Doc Holliday Museum has closed; Griffin's Doc Holliday exhibit is now at the Griffin Spalding Museum, 143 N. Hill St. Phone: 770-233-4128 - Address: 143 N. Hill St., Griffin Georgia 30223 | ||||
| Drummer Boy Civil War Museum - Exhibits at this museum include CivilWar uniforms, guns, swords, documents and photographs. Amenities: parking, public restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Open daily 9 am - 5 pm. Adults $5, ages 13-17 $1, under 13 free. Phone: 229-924-2558 Address: 109 Church St., Andersonville Georgia 31711 | ||||
| FDR's Pools and Warm Springs Museum - These pools were built by FDR and used for polio treatments from 1927 until 1942. Learn the history of the springs and feel the warm water from a basin. Open daily 9 am - 4:45 pm. Call for admission cost. Phone: 706-655-5870 Address: 401 Little White House Rd., Warm Springs Georgia 31830 |
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| Georgia Rural Telephone Museum has one of the larest collections of telephones and related memorabilia worldwide. Amenities: parking, public restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared.Open Mon-Fri 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Call for fees and group rates. Phone: 229-874-4786 Address: 135 N Bailey Ave., Leslie Georgia 31764 | ||||
| Georgia State Cotton Museum - The history of cotton is told with farm tools, cotton bolls, periodicals, a cotton bale and other agricultural artifacts. Currently closed; call before visiting. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired - Free admission.- Phone: 229-268-2045 - Address: 1321 E. Union St., Vienna GA | ||||
| Gertrude MA Rainey House and Blues Museum - Visit the last home of the "Mother of the Blues." Parking available. Open: Monday-Friday 9am-3pm and Saturday 10am-3pm; tours by appointment. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired - Free admission - Phone: 706-641-5933 - Address: 805 Fifth Ave., Columbus Georgia | ||||
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| Griffin Museum and Art Gallery - A twofold attraction, the museum chronicles the history of Griffin and Spalding Counties. The gallery features work by local artists. Amenities: parking, restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Open Mon-Fri 9 am - 4 pm. Phone: 770-233-4128 - Address: 143 N Hill St., Griffin Georgia 30223 | ||||
| Janice Persons Biggers House - 700 Broadway stands on a lot surveyed as part of the original 1828 town plan. The home has had a storied past. It was occupied until recently by a series of influential families, including that of the late Georgia Supreme Court Justice Sterling Price Gilbert and during the Second World War served as an apartment building. Phone: 706-322-0756 - Address: 700 Broadway, Columbus Georgia | ||||
| Heard County Historical Center and Museum - This building served as the county jail and sheriff's home from 1912 to 1964. See the original gallows and jail cells, among other exhibits. Amenities: parking and restrooms. Open 9 am - 4 pm Tuesday and Thursday. The museum is county operated and supported by the Heard County Historical Society. Free admission. Phone: 706-675-6507 - Address: 161 Shady St., Franklin Georgia 30217 | ||||
| Joseph House Gallery - Gallery with original artwork from Georgia & Alabama. No current listing was found for this gallery, so call ahead to confirm it is still open. Amenties: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 706-321-8948 - Address: 828 Broadway, Columbus Georgia |
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| Lagrange Art Museum is the former Troup County Jail. It is now an arts resource for local galleries that focuses on contemporary American art. Open: Tues - Fri at 9am-5pm, and Sat at 11am-5pm. Call for guided tours. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms, Accessibility for Mobility-impaired and Party Facilities. Phone: 706-882-3267 - Address: 112 Lafayette Square., LaGrange Georgia 30240 | ||||
| Lamar Dodd Art Center - Enjoy a permanent collection of 20th century southern painter, Lamar Dodd with other artists exhibits. Open Sept-June on Mon-Fri at 8:30am - 4:30pm. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Free tours. Phone: 706-880-8211 - Address: 302 Forrest Ave., LaGrange Georgia | ||||
| Legacy Museum and Troup County Archives have a genealogical library and records depository that documents the history of LaGrange and Troup County. See rare artifacts and photographs. Open: Call for hours. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired - Phone: 706-884-1828 - Address: 136 Main St, LaGrange Georgia 30241 | ||||
| Male Academy (now ChildrenConnect Museum) - Newnan’s 1840s boys’ school building, long the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society’s museum, now houses the ChildrenConnect children’s museum. The society’s collections are on view at the McRitchie-Hollis Museum, 74 Jackson St. (Tue-Fri 10 am - 4 pm, Sat 10 am - 2 pm). Phone (historical society): 770-251-0207 - Address: 30 Temple Ave., Newnan, GA 30263 | ||||
| Moreland Hometown Heritage Museum: A Tribute to Lewis Grizzard - In the historic Moreland Mill, with memorabilia and personal items of humorist Lewis Grizzard and a re-creation of the Old Moreland of his youth. Open: Thu-Sat 10 am - 3 pm. Cost: $15 adults, $7 children, under 6 free. Phone: 678-492-3161 - Address: 7 Main St., Moreland, GA 30259 | ||||
| National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center traces the history of the American infantryman from the Revolution to today with era galleries, uniforms, weapons and life-size scenes, plus World War II Company Street, a giant screen theater and virtual reality simulators (extra charge). Closed Mondays. Cost: Admission charge to museum is free, but a $5 donation is encouraged. Open: Tues - Sat at 9 am to 5 pm, Sun at 11 am to 5 pm. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Food and Party Facilities. Phone: 706-685-5800 - Address: 1775 Legacy Way, Columbus, Georgia 31903 | ||||
| Old South Farm Museum and Agricultural Learning Center - The interactive museum has animals, hay presses, peach-packing and moonsine still. Amenities: parking, public restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Open Mon-Sat 9 am - 5 pm. Call for fees, groups and guided tours. Phone: 706-674-2894 or toll free at 888-635-0193 - Address: Pleasant Valley Road and GA Hwy 41, Woodland Georgia 31836 | ||||
| The Pemberton House - The 1855 Victorian cottage where Dr. John Stith Pemberton, later the inventor of Coca-Cola, lived from 1855 to 1860. Now a private home; no tours. View it from the street at 11 Seventh St. The Pemberton exhibit is at the historic YMCA, 118 E. 11th St. | ||||
| National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus - The National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus provides a unique naval combat experience through a Confederate ironclad ship combat simulator. Also featured are the remains of two original Civil War ships along with rebuilt sections of famous ships such as the USS Monitor and the CSS Albemarle. Countless artifacts including uniforms, weapons and the largest exhibit of Civil War navy related flags in the nation are also on display. Amenities: parking, public restrooms and accessibility for mobility-impared. Open Mon-Sat 10 am - 4:30 pm, Sun 12:30 - 4:30 pm. Adults $12, seniors and military $10, students $8. Phone: 706-327-9798 - Address: 1002 Victory Dr., Columbus Georgia 31901 | ||||
| Rankin House Museum and Historic Columbus Foundation is a library that houses the research collections of the Historic Columbus Foundation in a museum of beautiful Victorian furnishings. Open: Mon.-Fri. 9a.m.-5p.m. Call for free tours. Appointment required. Amenities: Parking and Restrooms. Phone: 706-322-0756 - Address: 1440 Second Ave., Columbus Georgia 31901 | ||||
| Richland City Hall and Rail Museum is the town's late-1800s train depot that now houses a railroad museum along with related memorabilia. Open: Mon.-Fri. 8a.m.-5p.m. Call for free tours. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms and Accessibility for Mobility-impaired - Phone: 229-887-3323 - Address: 390 Broad St., Richland Georgia 31825 | ||||
| The Walkers-Peters-Langdon House - A simple Federal cottage built in 1828, it is considered the oldest house in the original city. House dates stands on a lot surveyed as part of the original town plan. Colonel Virgil Walker, a highly respected Harris County landowner, purchased the original lot for $105. Phone: 706-322-0756 - Address: 716 Broadway, Columbus Georgia | ||||
| Walter F. George Law Museum contains furniture and documents from the senator’s career and private life. Call for hours and free guided tours. Amenities: Parking and Restrooms. Phone: 229-268-4920 and 229-268-4458 - Address: 106 N. Fourth St., Vienna Georgia | ||||
| Watermark Artisan's Gallery - Juried handcrafted regional art. No current listing was found for this gallery, so call ahead to confirm it is still open. Amenties: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and Food. Phone: 706-637-9505 - Address: 1863 E Main St. Hogansville Georgia |
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