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| Fine Arts Center |
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Lamar Dodd Arts Center displays a permanent collection of work by 20th-century Southern painter Lamar Dodd. Open: Sept-Jun. Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. Free
Phone: 706-880-8211 - Address: 302 Forrest Ave., LaGrange, GA 30240 |
| Museums |
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Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum 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 |
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Columbus Museum displays Native American art to impressionist and contemporary mixed-media work.Open: Tue.-Sat. 10a.m.-5p.m..(Thurs. until 9p.m.), Sun. 1-5 p.m. Call for guided tours. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Food, Party Facilities
Phone: 706-748-2562 – Address: 1251 Wynnton Rd., Columbus, GA 31906 |
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FDR’s Pools and Warm Springs Museum 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 9a.m.-4:45p.m.
Phone: 706-655-5870 - Address: 401 Little White House Rd, Warm Springs, GA 31830 |
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Georgia State Cotton Museum - The history of cotton is told with farm tools, cotton bolls periodicals, a cotton bale and other agricultural artifacts. Open: Mon.-Fri. 9a.m.-5p.m.. Free. Call for groups. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-268-2045 – Address: 1321 E. Union St., Vienna, GA 31092 |
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National Infantry Museum is a 30,000-square-foot museum that traces the history of US infantrymen with displays of weapons and uniforms. Open: Mon.-Fri. 10a.m.-4:30p.m., Sat.-Sun. 12:30-4:30p.m. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 706-545-2958 – Address: Baltzell Ave., Bldg. 396, Fort Benning, GA 31905 |
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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. Free. Amenities: Parking and Restrooms. Phone: 706-322-0756 – Address: 1440 Second Ave., Columbus, GA 31901 |
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Richland 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. Free.
Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-887-3323 – Address: 200 Broad St., Richland, GA 31825 |
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Walter F. George Law Museum contains furniture and documents from the senator’s career and private life. Guided tours by reservation. Open: Mon.-Fri. 9a.m.-4p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms
Phone: 229-268-3663 – Address: 106 N. Fourth St., Vienna, GA 31092 |
| Historic Sites - Historical Society - Archives |
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Andersonville Civil War Village - See the controversial Wirz monument, built in memory of Henry Wirz, who was convicted and hanged by the US Government. Open: Daily 9a.m.-5p.m. Call for tours. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Food and Party Facilities
Phone: 229-924-2558 – Address: 114 Church St., Andersonville, GA 31711 |
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Andersonville National Historic Site includes the Andersonville National Cemetery, the National Prisoner of War Museum and the stockade where 40,000 prisoners of war were held. Open: Daily 8:30a.m.-5p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 229-924-0343 – Address: 496 Cemetery Rd., Andersonville, GA 31711 |
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Bailey-Tebault House is a Greek Revival home that was built between 1859 and 1862. It is now the headquarters for the Griffin/Spalding Historical Society. Call for hours and guided tours. Free. Amenities: Parking, Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired.
Phone: 770-229-2432 – Address: 633 Meriwether St., Griffin, GA 30224 |
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Heard County Historical Center and Museum is in a building that served as the county jail and sheriff’s home from 1912 to 1964. See the original gallows and jail cells, among other exhibits. Open: Tue. and Thurs. 9 am - 5 pm. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms Phone: 706-675-6507 – Address: 161 Shady St., Franklin, GA 30217 |
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Pettigrew-White-Stamps House is representative of the early-1800s dwellings native to this area, this is the second-oldest residence in Thomaston. Call for your reservations. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms
Phone: 706-646-2437 – Address: 746 Andrews Dr., Thomaston, GA 30286 |
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Thomaston-Upson Archives covers everything from micro-film to yearbooks and dates back as early as 1824. Open: Mon.-Fri. 9a.m.-5p.m., and Second Sat. each month 9a.m.-1p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 706-646-2437 – Address: 301 S. Center St., Thomaston, GA 30286 |
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Troup County Historical Society and Archives have a genealogical library and records depository that documents the history of LaGrange and Troup County. Open: Mon.-Fri. 9a.m.-5p.m. (Tue. until 8p.m.), Sat. 9a.m.-1p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
Phone: 706-884-1828 – Address: 136 Main St, LaGrange, GA 30241 |
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