FREE Things To Do Indoors in Georgia's Plantation Trace Travel Region

Discover Fun FREE Things To Do Indoors in Georgia's Plantation Trace Travel Region - Activities include fine art galleries and centers, live music, museums, hisorical sites, historical society and genealogical library and more. They are great for family and group activities. Play and Stay in GA!

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Fine Arts Council, Centers & Galleries

Albany Area Arts Council showcases exhibits of regional artwork. Open: Call for schedule and tour reservation. Mon.-Fri. 9a.m.-5p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Party Facilities
Phone: 229-439-ARTS – Address: 215 N. Jackson St., Albany, GA 31701

Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts is in a converted bank, the gallery represents work of international, national and local visual artists. Open: Call for hours and guided tours. Donations accepted. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Party Facilities
Phone: 229-247-2787 – Address: 527 N. Patterson St., Valdosta, GA 31601

Atlantic Coastline Artists Gallery - Rotating year-round exhibits display the work of regional visual artist. Tours by reservation. Open: Call for hours. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-386-0216 and 229-382-5589 – Address: 119 Love Ave., Tifton, GA 31794

Colony Art Gallery exhibit hall for area artists includes folk art and crafts, pottery, oils, watercolors and stained glass. Open: Mon.-Tue., Thurs.-Fri. 10a.m.-4p.m., Sat. by reservation. Donations accepted. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 229-426-5035 - Address: 126 E. Pine St., Fitzgerald, GA 31750

Colquitt County Arts Center includes Art exhibits, local theater performances, and other arts programs are offered throughout the year. Open: Mon.-Thurs. 9a.m.-5p.m., Fri 9a.m.-3p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Party Facilities. Phone: 229-985-1922 – Address: 401 Seventh Ave., Moultrie, GA 31768

Live Music

Po Boy Opry - Bring a fiddle, guitar or other instrument and play with local musicians onstage. Gospel and country are the specialties. Open: Sat. 6p.m.-12a.m. Free.
Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Food
Phone: 229-426-5060 and toll-free 800-386-4642 217
Address: E Pine St, Fitzgerald, GA 31750

Museums

Colquitt Museum and Southern Culture displays historic exhibits and memorabilia. Housed in Cotton Hall, the restored cotton warehouse where Swamp Gravy, Georgia’s official folk life play, is performed.
Phone: 229-758-6686 – Address: 166 E. Main St., Colquitt, GA 29837

Coleman Opera House and Museum - This 1880 entertainment hall now showcases artifacts and memorabilia of the Fort Gaines area. By reservation only. Free.
Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-768-2248 - Address: Commerce St., Fort Gaines, GA 39851

Firehouse Center and Gallery - This center contains an original jail, a museum and exhibition space. Open: Mon.-Fri. 12-4p.m., Sat.-Sun. 1-5p.m., during exhibits. Free.
Amenities: Parking, Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and Party Facilities
Phone: 229-243-1010 – Address: 119 W. Water St., Bainbridge, GA 39817

Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum exhibits display artifacts from early Lowndes County families. Open: Mon.-Fri. 10a.m.-5p.m., Sat. 10a.m.-2p.m.. Guided tours by reservation. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Party Facilities
Phone: 229-247-4780 – Address: 305 W. Central Ave., Valdosta, GA 31601

Museum of Colquitt County History displays an overview of the area’s history, from rare Native-American artifacts to Desert Storm memorabilia. Open: Fri.-Sat. 10a.m.-5p.m., Sun. 2-5p.m., or by appt. Call for tours. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-890-1626 – Address: Fourth Ave, and Fifth St., Moultrie, GA 31776

Suttons Corner 1844 Frontier Store Museum is endorsed by museum curators as one-of-a-kind in America, this frontier store is rated among the top five US heritage museums. See more than 4,000 authentic and original artifacts. Open: Call for hours. Free. Parking
Phone: 229-768-2312 – Address: 115 Washington St., Fort Gaines, GA 39851

Tifton Museum of Arts and Heritage - Visitors may view quarterly art exhibits and tour the 1900s Romanesque brick church, featuring exquisite stand-glass windows.
Open: Call for hours. Tours by reservation. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Party Facilities
Phone: 229-386-3821 – Address: 255 Love St., Tifton, GA 31794

Historic Sites - Historical Society & Genealogical Library

Barber-Pittman House is a stylish neoclassical residence that was built in 1915 for E. R. Barber, inventor and local Coca-Cola bottler. Open: Mon.-Fri. 8:30a.m.-5p.m. Free.
Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-247-8100 – Address: 416 N. Ashley St., Valdosta, GA 31603

Crescent House was built in 1898 by US Senator William Stanley, it got its name from the distinctive semi-circular portico design. Guided tours Open: Mon.-Fri. 2-5p.m. Call for groups. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Party Facilities
Phone: 229-244-6747 – Address: 904 N. Patterson St., Valdosta, GA 31601

Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library - This wing if the county library has information in the US’s migration routes and is the main repository for Scottish clans. Open: Mon.-Sat. 8:30a.m.-5:30p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 229-985-6540 – Address: 204 Fifth St., Moultrie, GA 31768

Fitzgerald Fire Engine Museum has a collection of equipment dating to 1895, including a horse-drawn fire apparatus and the town’s first gasoline engine. Open: Daily 8a.m.-5p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-426-5030 – Address: 315 E. Pine St., Fitzgerald, GA 31750

Fitzgerald Grand Theater is a restored movie Theater of the 1930s, and is now a performance theater with 846 seats, an orchestra pit and movie projection system with silver screen. Free tours. Phone: 229-426-5090 and toll-free 800-386-4642
Address: 115 South Main St., Fitzgerald, GA 31750

Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum displays artifacts from early Lowndes County families. Open: Mon.-Fri. 10a.m.-5p.m., Sat. 10a.m.-2p.m.. Guided tours by reservation. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Party Facilities. Phone: 229-247-4780 – Address: 305 W Central Ave, Valdosta, GA 31601

Thomasville Genealogical History and Fine Arts Library - Find family histories, marriage and death records, war records, state and county histories and census records. Open: Mon.-Fri. 9a.m.-5p.m., Sat. 9a.m.-4p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-226-9640 – Address: 135 N. Broad St., Thomasville, GA 31792

Indoor Walking Tours

Calhoun Produce - Find fresh fruits, vegetables, gift baskets, ice cream and lemonade.
Open: Mar-Dec Daily 8a.m.-6p.m.. Guided tours available. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Food
Phone: 229-273-1887 – Address: 5075 Hawpond Rd., Ashburn, GA 31714

Coastal Plain Experiment Station - The University of Georgia at Tifton’s agricultural research center is dedicated to fostering improved ways to produce food and fiber.
Open: Mon.-Fri. 8a.m.-4:30p.m. Free. Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 229-386-3811 – Address: 2356 Rainwater Rd., Tifton, GA 31793

NESPAL - This facility is staffed by scientist who develop systems for environmentally and economically sound agriculture production. Call for tours. Open: Mon.-Fri. 8a.m.-5p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-386-7274, 229-386-3811 - Address: 2356 Rainwater Rd., Tifton, GA 31794

Sound Play, Inc. - Tour the workshop and play drums shaped like alligators, metallophones and other unusual outdoor musical instruments. Open: Daily 10a.m.-6p.m. Guided tours available. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms
Phone: 229-623-5545 – Address: 108 Railroad St., Parrott, GA 39877



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