List of museums in Georgia

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This list of museums in Georgia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Lists of Georgia institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.

To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. The numbers in the "Regions" column refers to the state government's list of regions, described in a separate section below.


Name Town/City Region[1] Type Notes
A. H. Stephens State Historic Park Confederate Museum Crawfordville 7 - East Military Website
Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum Albany 10 - Southwest History / African American Website
Albany Museum of Art Albany 10 - Southwest Art
APEX Museum Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Cultural Website
Atlanta Cyclorama Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area History Also an Art museum
Atlanta History Center Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area History
Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Natural history Website
Bartow History Center Cartersville 1 - Northwest History Website
Blue and Gray Museum Fitzgerald 11 - South History / Military Website
Cannonball House Macon 6 - Macon area (central) Historic site Website
Center for Puppetry Arts Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Puppetry
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum La Grange 4 - Southwest of Atlanta Art (no website)
Coca-Cola Space Science Center Columbus 8 - West Central Aerospace web
Colquitt County Arts Center Moultrie 10 - Southwest Art Website
Columbus Museum Columbus 8 - West Central History Website
Crawford W. Long Museum Jefferson 7 - East Biography web
Dahlonega Gold Museum Dahlonega 2 - Northeast Historic site
Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit Elberton 5 - Athens area (east) Industry Website
Elliott Museum and Souvenir Center Dawsonville 2 - Northeast Biography (no website)
Fernbank Museum of Natural History Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Natural history
Flannery O'Connor - Andalusia Foundation Milledgeville East Georgia Historic house Website
Georgia Agrirama Tifton 11 - South History Website
Georgia Children's Museum Macon 6 - Macon area (central) Children's Website
Georgia Cotton Museum Vienna 8 - West Central Industry - Cotton (no website)
Georgia Music Hall of Fame Macon 6 - Macon area (central) Music Website
Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia Athens 5 - Athens area (east) Art Website
Georgia Rural Telephone Museum Leslie 8 - West Central History Website
Georgia Salzburger Society Museum Rincon 12 - Coast Cultural Website
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Macon 6 - Macon area (central) Hall of fame - Sports Website
Georgia State Capitol Museum Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Historic site
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CDC		 Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Natural history Website
Gwinnett Historical Society Lawrenceville 10 - Atlanta area History Website
High Museum of Art Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Art
Historic Mansell House and Gardens Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Historic site Website
Historic Railroad Shops Savannah 12 - Coast Railroad
History Museum of Sautee-Nacoochee Sautee-Nacoochee 2 - Northeast History Website
Hudgens Center for the Arts Duluth 3 - Atlanta area Art Website
Jekyll Island Museum Jekyll Island 12 - Coast History Website
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Biography Presidential library
Johnston-Felton-Hay House Macon 6 - Macon area (central) Historic house
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Savannah 12 - Coast Biography Website
Lowndes County Historical Museum Valdosta 11 - South History Website
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Morgan 10 - Southwest Cultural Website
Margaret Mitchell House & Museum Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Historic house
Martha Berry Museum Rome 1 - Northwest Biography
Michael C. Carlos Museum
at Emory University		 Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Archaeology
Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Pooler 12 - Coast Military Website
Milton Log Cabin Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Historic house Website
Morgan County African-American Museum Madison 5 - Athens area (east) Ethnic - African American Website
Morris Museum of Art Augusta 5 - East Art
Museum of Arts and Sciences (Macon) Macon 6 - Macon area (central) Art and Natural history
Museum of Aviation
at Robins Air Force Base		 Warner Robins 6 - Macon area (central) Aviation
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Art Website
Museum of Design Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Design Website
National Civil War Naval Museum Columbus 8 - West Central Military
National Infantry Museum Columbus 8 - West Central Military at Fort BenningWebsite
National Science Center Augusta 5 - East Science center Website
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Art Website
Old Jail Museum Barnesville 4 - Southwest of Atlanta Jail museum Website
Old Jail Museum Knoxville 6 - Macon area (central) Jail museum (no website)
Rhodes Hall Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Historic site
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area History
Rome Area History Museum Rome 1 - Northwest History Website
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum Savannah 12 - Coast Maritime Website
Sidney Lanier Cottage Macon 6 - Macon area (central) Historic house Website
Southeastern Railway Museum Duluth 3 - Atlanta area Railroad RailwayWebsite
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History Kennesaw 3 - Atlanta area Railway
St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum St. Simons Island 12 - Coast Maritime Website
Telfair Museum of Art Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Art
Thronateeska Heritage Center Albany 10 - Southwest History Also a Science museumWebsite
Tubman African American Museum Macon 6 - Macon area (central) Cultural Website
Ty Cobb Museum Royston 2 - Northeast Biographical
U.S. Army Signal Corps Museum at Fort Gordon Augusta 7 - East Military Website
U.S. Navy Supply Corps Museum Athens 5 - Athens area (east) Military Website
Weinman Mineral Museum Cartersville 1 - Northwest Natural history Website
Westville Lumpkin 8 - West Central Historic site
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Ethnic - Jewish Website
World of Coca-Cola Atlanta 10 - Atlanta area Commodity - Coca-Cola

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[edit] Defunct museums

[edit] Regions

The Georgia state government divides the state into these 12 regions (but does not necessarily use the descriptive words used along with them here, which are meant to help the reader understand where the region is within the state):[2]

Region 1 — Northwest
Counties: Bartow, Catoosa , Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield.

Region 2 — Northeast
Counties: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White.

Region 3 — Atlanta area
Counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale.

Region 4 — Southwest of Atlanta
Counties: Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, and Upson.

Region 5 — Athens area (east)
Counties: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson , Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton.

Region 6 — Macon area (central)
Counties: Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, and Wilkinson.

Region 7 — East (including Augusta)
Counties: Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, and Wilkes.

Region 8 — West Central (including Columbus)
Counties: Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor and Webster.

Region 9 — South central
Counties: Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne , Wheeler, and Wilcox.

Region 10 — Southwest
Counties: Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth.

Region 11 — South
Counties: Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, and Ware.

Region 12 Coast
Counties: Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh.

[edit] See also

Lists of other institutions in Georgia similar to museums:

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ See "Region" section of this article for explanation of numbers and the extent of regions
  2. ^ Web page titled "Regions, Cities & Counties", Georgia state government Web site. Retrieved February 12, 2007

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