Discover Fun FREE Things To Do Indoors in Georgia's Magnolia Midlands Travel Region - Activities include a fine arts gallery, museums, a center for wildlife, historic sites and a genealogical library and more. They are great for family and groups. Play and Stay in GA!
Fine Arts Galleries and Museums
Altama Museum of Art and History - This collection includes American and European prints, 20th-century Southern paintings, Libby procelain and John James Audubon prings. The 1911 neoclassic-style Brazell House features a 260 piece Stafforshire porcelain exhibit, 20th century Southern paintings and antique prints, including 24 first-edition Audubons. Open: weekdays from 10am - 4pm. Closed Wednesday. Free Admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-537-1911 Address: 611 Jackson St., Vidalia Georgia
Butler Brown Gallery - A world-renowned artist, Butler Brown has paintings hanging in the White House. Open: Tuesday - Friday at 10 am to 5 pm and Saturday at 11 am - 3 pm. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 478-322-2220. Address: 1849 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins GA 31093 - Located 13.7 miles east of Hawkinsville Georgia 31036
Appling County Heritage Center - The center's holdings include agricultural tools, black history, a war room, genealogy room and publications by local historians. The Appling County Heritage Center offers a wide variety of items and records that detail the history of the county. Some of the special features include: a growing turpentine collection, agricultural implements, 19th and 20th Century memorabilia, items representing county architecture, Black history, Genealogy library, county records and manuscripts, War Room, Collections and publications by local historians. Open Tuesday-Friday at 12 Noon to 4:30 pm. Closed Saturday through Monday. Call for tours. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-367-8133 - Address: 137 Thomas St., Baxley Georgia
Dublin-Laurens Museum - Built in 1094, this former library was converted in to the museum of the Laurens County Historical Society. Open: Tue-Fri 1-4:30p.m. Or by reservation. Free. Call for group tours. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Phone: 478-272-9242 – Address: 311 Academy Ave., Dublin Georgia 31021
Georgia Southern University Museum/ Herty Nature Trail features a 26-foot fossil of a prehistoric Mosasaur and north America’s oldest whale fossil. Located in the Herty Memorial Pine Forest, this scenic trail has rolling hills and a variety of terrain. Visit the Georgia Southern University Museum to obtain your trail guide. Open: Mon.-Fri. 9a.m.-5p.m., Sat.-Sun. 2-5p.m. Call for groups. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-681-5444 - Address: Southern Dr, Rosenwald Bldg, Statesboro Georgia 30460
Glennville-Tattnall Museum - Built in 1911 as a school, the museum showcases local and Southern history with artifacts, photographs and animation. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Open: Monday - Friday at 9 am - 4 pm. Phone: 912-654-3756 - Address: S Tillman St., Glennville Georgia
Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis County Historical Society Museum displays antiques and artifacts of rural Georgia. The museum is housed in a turn-of-the-century raised cottage. Open: Monday - Friday at 10 am - 3 pm. Call for guided tours. Donation accepted. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired, Party Facilities. Phone: 912-375-4543 – Address: 61 Coffee St., Hazlehurst Georgia 31539
Jones Creek Church Museum is a small museum that features the slave gallery in the 1856 church building, original cemetery and “baptism hole” in Jones Creek. Open: Call ahead. Free. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms - Phone: 912-545-2437 and 912-545-9315 - Address: US Hwy 301 N, Ludowici Georgia 31316
Pioneer Arts and Historical Society Bicentennial Museum - The museum's collection is representative of the areas and vocations of Telfair County in the late 1900s. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Open Sun 2-4 pm and by appointment. Free, but donations accepted. Phone: 229-868-2664 - Address: 2 Sixth St., Helena Georgia
World War II Flight Training Museum interprets the story of men and women who volunteered to fly and fight in the world's greatest airborne conflict. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Open Museum hours are 11 AM to 4 PM on Friday and Saturday. Free admission, but donations accepted. Phone: 912-383-9111 - Address: 3 Airport Circle, Douglas Georgia
Historic Sites & Genealogical Libraries
Appling County Heritage Center has agricultural tools, black history, a war room, genealogy room and publications by local historians. An extraordinary display explaining the early turpentine production in Appling County is featured at this museum that also has a Black History Room, a Genealogy Room, and a War Room, as well as a wide variety of items and records that detail the history of Appling County. Open: Tuesday - Friday at 12 Noon to 4:30 pm. Call for tours. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-367-8133 – Address: 137 Thomas Street, Baxley Georgia 31513
Dell Goodall House- The former Screven County seat is said to have been destroyed by a curse. This 1815 house is all that remains. Call for tours. Free tours. Amenities: Parking, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-564-7878, 912-829-3291 Address: US Hwy 301, State Rt. 24, Sylvania Georgia 30467
Eastman-Bishop-Bullock House - William Pitt Eastman built this house as his residence in 1872, and it was preserved by the Dodge Historical Society in 1993. Open: Call for hours and tours. Free tours. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms Phone: 478-374-1921 – Address: 407 Eastman Way, Eastman Georgia 31023
Frogbottom Gritsmill - With a pull of the crank on the old John Deere engine, the two large stones grind corn into grits and cornmeal. This historic facility has been painstakingly restored to its former glory. Visitors can view an old John Deere engine turn two large stones to grind corn into grits and cornmeal. Call ahead. Open: Year-round, but best to go Sept through Jan. Free admission for tours. Amenities: Parking and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-375-4073 – Address: 65 Luther Turner Rd., Hazlehurst Georgia 31539
Historic Opera House - Stages concerts and other live performances on its full-size stage with near-perfect acoustics. Musical theater features Children's Productions, Comedy, Rock, Country, Bluegrass, Classical, R&B, and Gospel concerts are just some of the performances occurring at the Opera House. Free tours by reservation. Amenities: Parking, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Open daily 10 am - 4 pm. Phone: 478-783-1884 Address: 100 Lumpkin St., Hawkinsville Georgia
Ladson Genealogical Library - Ladson’s store of genealogical materials focuses primarily in the southeastern U.S. and the Eastern seaboard. Open: Monday through Friday at 9 am - 1 pm and 2-5 pm. Closed on holidays. Free admission. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, and Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Phone: 912-537-8186 – Address: 125 Church St., Vidalia Georgia 30474
Little Red Caboose - Step inside this little red train caboose for a healthy dose of Wayne County history, from General “Mad Anthony” Wayne to the railroad boom. Open: Mon.-Fri. 1-5p.m. Free. Amenities: Parking Phone: 912-427-3233 – Address: 101 E Cherry St, Jesup Georgia 31545
McCranie Brothers Turpentine Still - This restored turpentine distillery operated from 1936-1942. “ McCranie’s Turpentine Still in Willacoochie Georgia , one of the most intact of the old fire-burning stills remaining in the southeastern United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Phone: 912-534-5405 & 534-5354 - Address: US Hwy 82 W, Willacoochee Georgia
The Historic Ashely-Slater House is a turn-of-the-century Italianae mansion that serves as the Douglas Area Welcome Center and Chamber of Commerce.
Built in 1912 by Mr. John Marshall Ashley as a wedding present for his wife, the Ashley-Slater House is complete with moldings, beautiful woodwork, and an original mural. Visitors should drop by the get local and regional tourism information and relocation packets as well as a tour of the historic home. There are EVP recordings of ghosts sounds in this house. The Ashley-Slater House is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Call ahead of time to book a tour or drop by any time for travel and tourism information. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired and party facilities. Phone: 912-384-4555 - Address: 211 S Gaskin Ave., Douglas Georgia
