Georgia Historical Society

Sunday, February 10, 2008, 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.

Savannah-area museums (visit www.georgiahistory.com for museum list, or contact individual sites of interest)

Sponsored by: Richmond Hill Plantation

 

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

 

For a map of the participating venues, click here. 

   

The following organizations will participate in Super Museum Sunday 2008.  Hours of participation are 12:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. unless otherwise noted. Please check back soon for updates as this list will continue to grow.

 

Bonaventure Cemetery
330 Bonaventure Road, Savannah
912-247-8173

 

Chatham County Garden Center & Botanical Gardens
1388 Eisenhower Dr, Savannah
355-3883
tours 2-4:00

 

Congregation Mickve Israel
Gordon at Bull Street, on Monterey Square, Savannah
912-233-1547

 

Historic Dorchester Academy
8787 E. Oglethorpe Highway, Midway
912-884-2347

 

Isaiah Davenport House Museum
324 E. State Street, Savannah
912-236-8097

 

Historic Effingham Society Museum and Living History Site
1002 Pine Street, Springfield
912-754-2170

 

First African Baptist Church
23 Montgomery Street Savannah
912-233-6597
**Alternate hours: 1:30-4:00

Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
207 E. Charlton Street, Savannah
912-233-6014

 

Fort King George
1600 Wayne Street, Darien
912-437-4770

 

Fort McAllister Historic Park
3894 Ft. McAllister Road, Richmond Hill
912-727-2339

 

Fort Morris Historic Site
2559 Fort Morris Road, Midway
912-884-5999

 

Fort Pulaski National Monument
US Highway 80 E, Entrance on Queen's Island, Savannah
912-786-5787

 

Fort Stewart Museum
Bldg. T904, 2022 Frank Cochran Drive, Fort Stewart
912-767-7885

 

Geechee Kunda
Ways Temple Road Riceboro
Take Hwy. 17 through Riceboro. Travel approximately 4.6 miles and turn left onto Ways Temple Road, Geechee Kunda is on the right 0.2 miles.
912-884-4440

 

Georgia Salzburger Society
2980 Ebenezer Road, Rincon
912-754-7001

 
Georgia Southern University Museum
Rosenwald Building, Southern Drive, GSU, Statesboro
912-681-5444

 

Girl Scout First Headquarters Museum and Program Center

330 Drayton Street, Behind the Andrew Low House, Savannah
912-232-8200

 

Jepson Center for the Arts
207 W York St, Savannah
912-790-8800

 

Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, National Historic Landmark
10 E. Oglethorpe Avenue Savannah
912-233-4502

 

LeConte-Woodmanston Rice Plantation and Botanical Gardens
Off Barrington Ferry Road near Riceboro
912-884-6500

 

Massie Heritage Center

207 E. Gordon Street, Savannah
912-201-5070

 

Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler
912-748-8888

 

Midway Museum
491 N. Coastal Hwy, Midway
912-884-5837

 

SCAD Museum of Art/ Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies **Exhibit in Jen Library, Third Floor
201 E. Broughton Street, Savannah
912-525-7191

 

Old Fort Jackson

1 Fort Jackson Road, Savannah
912-232-3945

 

Owens-Thomas House
124 Abercorn St, Savannah
912-790-8800

 

Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Savannah
912-231-8900
 

Richmond Hill Museum
11460 Ford Avenue, Richmond Hill
912-756-2676y

 

Roundhouse Railroad Museum
601 W. Harris Street, Savannah
912-651-6823

 

Savannah History Museum
303 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah
912-651-6825

 

Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum
681 Ft. Argyle Road, Savannah
912-748-8068
**Alternate hours: 1:00-4:00

 

Ships of the Sea Museum
41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Savannah
912-232-1511

 

Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences
121 Barnard Street, Telfair Square, Savannah
790-8800

 

Thunderbolt Historical Society
2702 Mechanics Avenue Thunderbolt
(Mechanics Avenue at Victory Drive)
912-351-0836
**Alternate hours: 1:00-4:00

 

Tybee Island Light Station and Museum
30 Meddin Drive, Tybee Island
912-786-5801

 

Tybee Island Marine Science Center
1510 Strand, Tybee Island
912-786-5917

 

UGA MECA
30 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah
912-598-2496

 

Wormsloe Historic Site
7601 Skidaway Road, Savannah
912-353-3023