Make plans for this weekend for Super Museum Sunday! Museums and historic sites throughout Georgia will participate in “Super Museum Sunday” as part of the Georgia History Festival’s statewide celebration. Over 100 museums and historic sites across the state will be open to the public for free on Sunday, February 9, 2025.
Museums across our state, rich in history and beauty, offer a wonderful opportunity to learn more about our land, people, and culture.
Here in Statesboro, explore the Georgia Southern Museum located on the Georgia Southern campus. The Museum contains permanent and changing exhibits curated by faculty and students. The permanent exhibit, Uncharted Worlds: The Natural History of Georgia’s Coastal Plain, transports you through millions of years of changes to Georgia’s landscape from the arrival of the first humans to the current coastal plain.
“Come face-to-face with a mosasaur, Tylosaurus proriger, a 78 million-year-old, 26 foot-long marine reptile, and Georgiacetus vogtlensis, a 41 million-year-old whale, the most primitive whale fossil discovered in North America.” The “Vogtle Whale” was unearthed during construction of Plant Vogtle in 1983.
Other exhibits include, Charted Worlds: The Cultural History of Georgia’s Coastal Plain. This exhibit highlights important stories of the interactions between cultures and environment that created the distinct traditions and heritage of Georgia’s Coastal Plain.
The current changing exhibit is "Crack, Boom, Bam: The History of the American Drum Set." Curated by Dr. Matthew W. Hill, head of the Fred and Dinah Gretsch Collection of Musical Instruments at Georgia Southern University, Crack Boom Bam! Takes visitors on a surprising journey that begins with marching and culminates in rock ‘n’ roll.
Local museums and historic sites in our region participating in Super Museum Sunday include:
Bulloch County
Georgia Southern Museum
2142 Southern Dr. (Sweetheart Circle), Statesboro
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Bryan County
Fort McAllister
3894 Ft. McAllister Road, Richmond Hill
912-727-2339| Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Richmond Hill Historical Society & Museum
11460 Ford Avenue, Richmond Hill
912-756-3697 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Candler County
The History Museum and The Candler County Historical Society
245 W Vertia St., Metter
912-685-2450 | Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Chatham County
American Prohibition Museum
209 W. Julian Street, Savannah
912-220-1249 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Andrew Low House Museum
329 Abercorn St., Savannah
912-233-6854 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Beach Institute
502 E Harris St., Savannah
912-335-8868 | Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Bonaventure Historical Society
330 Bonaventure Rd., Savannah
912-412-4687 | Hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
City of Savannah Municipal Archives *virtual experience only*
Visit the City of Savannah Municipal Archives website to see the Archive’s virtual offerings.
Congregation Mickve Israel
20 East Gordon Street, Savannah
912-233-1547 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Davenport House Museum
324 East State St., Savannah
912-236-8097 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
First African Baptist Church
23 Montgomery Street, Savannah
912-233-6597 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
First Bryan Baptist Church
575 W. Bryan St., Savannah
912-232-5526 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home
207 East Charlton St., Savannah
912-233-6014 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Fort Pulaski National Monument
US Highway 80 E, Savannah
(Entrance on McQueen’s Island)
912-786-8182 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Georgia Historical Society
501 Whitaker St., Savannah
912-651-2125 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Georgia State Railroad Museum
655 Louisville Rd., Savannah
912-651-6823 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Girl Scouts First Headquarters Museum and Program Center
330 Drayton St., Savannah (Behind the Andrew Low House)
912-232-8200 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Gray’s Reef Ocean Discovery Center
340 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Suite A, Savannah
912-598-2417 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Green-Meldrim House
14 W. Macon St., Savannah
912-232-1245 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Harper-Fowlkes House
230 Barnard St., Savannah
912-234-2180 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
10 E. Oglethorpe Ave., Savannah
912-233-4501 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The King-Tisdell Cottage
502 East Harris Street, Savannah
912-228-1040 | Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Lutheran Church of the Ascension
120 Bull Street, Savannah
912-232-4151| Hours: 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Massie Heritage Center
207 E. Gordon St., Savannah
912-395-5070 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler
912-748-8888 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Oatland Island Wildlife Center
507 Sandtown Road, Savannah
912-395-1500 ext. 1504 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Old Fort Jackson
1 Fort Jackson Rd., Savannah
912-232-3945 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Pin Point Heritage Museum
9924 Pin Point Ave., Savannah
912-355-0064 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Savannah
912-777-6099 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Savannah African Art Museum
201 E. 37th Street, Savannah
912-721-7745 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Savannah Botanical Gardens
1388 Eisenhower Dr, Savannah
912-355-3883 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Savannah Children’s Museum
655 Louisville Rd., Savannah
912-651-6823 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Savannah History Museum and Battlefield Memorial Park
303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
912-651-6825 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center
681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Rte. 204) 2.3 miles past I-95, Savannah
912-748-8068 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
SCAD Museum of Art
601 Turner Blvd., Savannah
912-525-7191 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
41 MLK Jr. Blvd., Savannah
912-232-1511 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center
207 W. York Street, Savannah
912-790-8802 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Telfair Museums’ Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters
124 Abercorn Street, Savannah
912-790-8802 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Telfair Museums’ Telfair Academy
121 Barnard Street, Savannah
912-790-8802 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thunderbolt Historical Society
2702 Mechanics Avenue, Savannah
912-351-0836 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tybee Island Light Station and Museum
30 Meddin Drive, Tybee Island
912-786-5801 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Lighthouse will be closed due to renovation, but the rest of the buildings and museum will be open.
Tybee Island Marine Science Center
37 Meddin Drive, Tybee Island
912-786-5917| Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
UGA Marine Education Center & Aquarium
30 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah
912-598-2496 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Webb Military Museum
411 E. York St., Savannah
912-663-0398 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wormsloe State Historic Site
7601 Skidaway Rd., Savannah
912-353-3023 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Find the full list of all participating Georgia sites here: https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2025-super-museum-sunday/.
