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| [[Carter-Coile Doctors Museum]] || [[Winterville, Georgia|Winterville]] || Historic Heartland || Medical || [http://www.cityofwinterville.com/doctor_museum.html website], country doctor's house and office
| [[Carter-Coile Doctors Museum]] || [[Winterville, Georgia|Winterville]] || Historic Heartland || Medical || [http://www.cityofwinterville.com/doctor_museum.html website], country doctor's house and office
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| [[C. E. Blevins Avian Learning Center]] || [[Cohutta, Georgia|Cohutta]] || Northwest || Art || [http://avianlearningcenter.googlepages.com/ website], also natural history, features handmade bird egg replicas of over 1200 birds
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| [[Center for Puppetry Arts]] || [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Puppetry || Puppets from around the world and famous American puppets
| [[Center for Puppetry Arts]] || [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Puppetry || Puppets from around the world and famous American puppets
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| [[Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park]] || [[Chickamauga, Georgia|Chickamauga]] || || Military
| [[Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park]] || [[Chickamauga, Georgia|Chickamauga]] || Northwest || Military
|| Museum and site of the [[Battle of Chickamauga]] during the American Civil War
|| Museum and site of the [[Battle of Chickamauga]] during the American Civil War
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| [[Chief Vann House Historic Site]] || [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]] || || Historic house || Early 1800s Cherokee Indian plantation home
| [[Chief Vann House Historic Site]] || [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]] || Northwest || Historic house || Early 1800s Cherokee Indian plantation home
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| [[Chieftains (Rome, Georgia)|Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge Home]] || [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]] || 1 - Northwest || Historic house|| 19th century home of Cherokee chief [[Major Ridge]]
| [[Chieftains (Rome, Georgia)|Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge Home]] || [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]] || Northwest || Historic house|| 19th century home of Cherokee chief [[Major Ridge]]
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| [[Church-Waddel-Brumby House]] || [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] || Historic Heartland || Historic house || [http://www.athenswelcomecenter.com/ website], serves as the Athens Welcome Center and 1820s house museum
| [[Church-Waddel-Brumby House]] || [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] || Historic Heartland || Historic house || [http://www.athenswelcomecenter.com/ website], serves as the Athens Welcome Center and 1820s house museum
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| [[Hamburg State Park]] || [[Mitchell, Georgia|Mitchell]] || Classic South || Mill || Includes a working grist mill and a museum with agriculture equipment and tools
| [[Hamburg State Park]] || [[Mitchell, Georgia|Mitchell]] || Classic South || Mill || Includes a working grist mill and a museum with agriculture equipment and tools
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| [[Hamilton House (Dalton, Georgia)]] || [[Dalton, Georgia|Dalton]] || Northwest || Multiple || [http://www.southernmuse.com/history/hamilton.htm information], exhibits include [[Chenille fabric|chenille]] bedspreads, items and tufting artifacts, Civil War artifacts, antiques, open by appointment
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| [[Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins]] || [[St. Simons Island, Georgia|St. Simons Island]] || [[Colonial Coast]] || Historic house || [http://www.cassinagardenclub.org/ website], two [[tabby]] slave cabins operated by the Cassina Garden Club, located at [[Gascoigne Bluff]]
| [[Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins]] || [[St. Simons Island, Georgia|St. Simons Island]] || [[Colonial Coast]] || Historic house || [http://www.cassinagardenclub.org/ website], two [[tabby]] slave cabins operated by the Cassina Garden Club, located at [[Gascoigne Bluff]]
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| [[Heritage Hall (Madison, Georgia)]] || [[Madison, Georgia|Madison]] || Historic Heartland || Historic house || [http://www.friendsofheritagehall.org/ website]
| [[Heritage Hall (Madison, Georgia)]] || [[Madison, Georgia|Madison]] || Historic Heartland || Historic house || [http://www.friendsofheritagehall.org/ website]
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| [[Heritage Museum of Gilmer County]] || [[Ellijay, Georgia|Ellijay]] || Northwest || Local history || [http://gilmerarts.org/Heritage/Heritage_Museum.htm website], located in the Gilmer Arts and Heritage Association building
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| [[Heritage Station Museum]] || [[Douglas, Georgia|Douglas]] || || Local history || [http://www.cityofdouglas.com/web/sites_tours.php information]
| [[Heritage Station Museum]] || [[Douglas, Georgia|Douglas]] || || Local history || [http://www.cityofdouglas.com/web/sites_tours.php information]
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| [[Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum]] || [[Fayetteville, Georgia|Fayetteville]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Local history || [http://www.hdfhouse.com/ website], includes Gone With the Wind and Civil War memorabilia
| [[Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum]] || [[Fayetteville, Georgia|Fayetteville]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Local history || [http://www.hdfhouse.com/ website], includes Gone With the Wind and Civil War memorabilia
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| [[Howard Finster Vision House]] || [[Summerville, Georgia|Summerville]] || Northwest || Art || [http://web.georgia.org/net/org/info.aspx?s=243325.0.26.3011 information], [http://www.myspace.com/howardfinstervisionhouse information], house and museum of visionary artist [[Howard Finster]]
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| [[Hudgens Center for the Arts]] || [[Duluth, Georgia|Duluth]] || 3 - Atlanta area || [[Art museum|Art]] || [http://www.artsgwinnett.org/ website], officially the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts
| [[Hudgens Center for the Arts]] || [[Duluth, Georgia|Duluth]] || 3 - Atlanta area || [[Art museum|Art]] || [http://www.artsgwinnett.org/ website], officially the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts
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| [[King-Tisdell Cottage]] || [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] || [[Colonial Coast]] || African American || [http://www.kingtisdell.org website], African-American Savannah and the Sea Islands
| [[King-Tisdell Cottage]] || [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] || [[Colonial Coast]] || African American || [http://www.kingtisdell.org website], African-American Savannah and the Sea Islands
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| [[Kingston Woman's History Museums]] || [[Kingston, Georgia|Kingston]] || Northwest || Local history || [http://www.notatlanta.org/kingston_museum.html information]
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| [[Kirby-Quinton Mountain Heritage Cabin]] || [[Jasper, Georgia|Jasper]] || Northwest || Historic house
|| [http://www.marblevalley.org website], operated by the Marble Valley Historical Society
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| [[Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park]] || [[Blakely, Georgia|Blakely]] || || Archaeology || Museum with early Native American artifacts excavated from the park's [[Woodland Period]] mounds
| [[Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park]] || [[Blakely, Georgia|Blakely]] || || Archaeology || Museum with early Native American artifacts excavated from the park's [[Woodland Period]] mounds
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| [[Laurel & Hardy Museum]] || [[Harlem, Georgia|Harlem]] || Classic South || Biographical || [http://www.laurelandhardymuseum.org/ website], early film comedians [[Stan Laurel]] and [[Oliver Hardy]]
| [[Laurel & Hardy Museum]] || [[Harlem, Georgia|Harlem]] || Classic South || Biographical || [http://www.laurelandhardymuseum.org/ website], early film comedians [[Stan Laurel]] and [[Oliver Hardy]]
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| [[Lee and Gordon's Mill]] || [[Chickamauga, Georgia|Chickamauga]] || || Mill
| [[Lee and Gordon's Mill]] || [[Chickamauga, Georgia|Chickamauga]] || Northwest || Mill
|| [http://www.leeandgordonsmills.com/ website], historic mill with tractor museum
|| [http://www.leeandgordonsmills.com/ website], historic mill with tractor museum
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| [[Neel House Federated Garden Clubs of Macon]] || [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] || Historic Heartland || Historic house || [http://www.fgcmacon.org/ website]
| [[Neel House Federated Garden Clubs of Macon]] || [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] || Historic Heartland || Historic house || [http://www.fgcmacon.org/ website]
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| [[New Echota|New Echota Historic Site]] || [[Calhoun, Georgia|Calhoun]] || || Native American || Replica 19th century Cherokee village
| [[New Echota|New Echota Historic Site]] || [[Calhoun, Georgia|Calhoun]] || Northwest || Native American || Replica 19th century Cherokee village
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| [[Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center]] || [[Cassville, Georgia|Cassville]] || Northwest || African American || [http://www.notatlanta.org/noblehill.html information], [http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/interp/int4.htm information], historic black school
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| [[Northeast Georgia History Center]] || [[Gainesville, Georgia|Gainesville]] || Northeast || Local history || [http://www.negahc.org/ website], part of [[Brenau University]], regional history and culture
| [[Northeast Georgia History Center]] || [[Gainesville, Georgia|Gainesville]] || Northeast || Local history || [http://www.negahc.org/ website], part of [[Brenau University]], regional history and culture
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| [[Oak Hill Berry Museum|Oak Hill & Martha Berry Museum]] || [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]] || 1 - Northwest || Multiple || Historic house and history museum about [[Berry College]] and founder [[Martha Berry]]
| [[Oak Hill Berry Museum|Oak Hill & Martha Berry Museum]] || [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]] || Northwest || Multiple || Historic house and history museum about [[Berry College]] and founder [[Martha Berry]]
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| [[Obediah's Okefenok]] || [[Waycross, Georgia|Waycross]] || || Open air || [http://www.okefenokeeswamp.com/ website], park includes 1870s log cabin, many historic farm outbuildings, agriculture equipment, animals, print shop museum, antiques, Native American exhibit and more
| [[Obediah's Okefenok]] || [[Waycross, Georgia|Waycross]] || || Open air || [http://www.okefenokeeswamp.com/ website], park includes 1870s log cabin, many historic farm outbuildings, agriculture equipment, animals, print shop museum, antiques, Native American exhibit and more
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| [[Old Mill Motorcycle Museum]] || [[Juliette, Georgia|Juliette]] || Historic Heartland || Transportation || [http://www.antiquesofthelake.com/mill//les.html website]
| [[Old Mill Motorcycle Museum]] || [[Juliette, Georgia|Juliette]] || Historic Heartland || Transportation || [http://www.antiquesofthelake.com/mill//les.html website]
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| [[Old Pickens County Jail]] || [[Jasper, Georgia|Jasper]] || Northwest || Prison
|| [http://www.marblevalley.org website], operated by the Marble Valley Historical Society
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| [[Paradise Gardens Park & Museum]] || [[Summerville, Georgia|Summerville]] || Northwest || Art || [http://finstersparadisegardens.org/ website], [ information], sculpture park museum created by visionary artist [[Howard Finster]]
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| [[Paulding County History Museum]] || [[Dallas, Georgia|Dallas]] || Northwest || Local history || [http://www.pchsm.org/ website]
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| [[Pebble Hill Plantation]] || [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]] || Southwest || Historic house || [http://www.pebblehill.com/ website], 20th century estate featuring 19th century furniture, porcelain, silver, crystal, and glassware, sporting art and 33 Audubon lithographs, extensive grounds and gardens
| [[Pebble Hill Plantation]] || [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]] || Southwest || Historic house || [http://www.pebblehill.com/ website], 20th century estate featuring 19th century furniture, porcelain, silver, crystal, and glassware, sporting art and 33 Audubon lithographs, extensive grounds and gardens
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| [[Pemberton House]] || [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]] || Magnolia Midlands || Historic house || [http://historiccolumbus.com/ website], operated by Historic Columbus, Victorian cottage with a late 19th century [[apothecary]] shop
| [[Pemberton House]] || [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]] || Magnolia Midlands || Historic house || [http://historiccolumbus.com/ website], operated by Historic Columbus, Victorian cottage with a late 19th century [[apothecary]] shop
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| [[Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site]] || [[Dallas, Georgia|Dallas]] || || Military || [http://gastateparks.org/net/go/parks.aspx?LocationID=36&s=0.0.0.5 website], Civil War battlefield and museum
| [[Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site]] || [[Dallas, Georgia|Dallas]] || Northwest || Military || [http://gastateparks.org/net/go/parks.aspx?LocationID=36&s=0.0.0.5 website], Civil War battlefield and museum
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| [[Pine Mountain Gold Museum]] || [[Villa Rica, Georgia|Villa Rica]] || || Historic house ||
| [[Pine Mountain Gold Museum]] || [[Villa Rica, Georgia|Villa Rica]] || || Historic house ||
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| [[Pine Mountain Gold Museum]] || [[Villa Rica, Georgia|Villa Rica]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Mining || [http://www.pinemountaingoldmuseum.com website], former gold mine, artifacts and equipment
| [[Pine Mountain Gold Museum]] || [[Villa Rica, Georgia|Villa Rica]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Mining || [http://www.pinemountaingoldmuseum.com website], former gold mine, artifacts and equipment
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| [[Polk County Historical Society Museum]] || [[Cedartown, Georgia|Cedartown]] || || Local history || [http://polkhist.home.mindspring.com/ website]
| [[Polk County Historical Society Museum]] || [[Cedartown, Georgia|Cedartown]] || Northwest || Local history || [http://polkhist.home.mindspring.com/ website]
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| [[Power of the Past Museum]] || [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]] || Southwest || Aviation || [http://www.powerofthepast.org/ website], antique airplanes, motors and memorabilia
| [[Power of the Past Museum]] || [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]] || Southwest || Aviation || [http://www.powerofthepast.org/ website], antique airplanes, motors and memorabilia
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| [[Robert Toombs House Historic Site]] || [[Washington, Georgia|Washington]] || Classic South || Historic house || 19th century period home of politician [[Robert Toombs]]
| [[Robert Toombs House Historic Site]] || [[Washington, Georgia|Washington]] || Classic South || Historic house || 19th century period home of politician [[Robert Toombs]]
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| [[Rome Area History Museum]] || [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]] || 1 - Northwest || Local history ||
| [[Roland Hayes Museum]] || [[Calhoun, Georgia|Calhoun]] || Northwest || Biographical || [http://daltoncvb.com/africanamericans.html information], life of African American concert tenor [[Roland Hayes]]
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| [[Rome Area History Museum]] || [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]] || Northwest || Local history ||
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| [[Root House Museum]] || [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Historic house || [http://www.cobblandmarks.com/root-house.html website], operated by Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society, 1850s period house
| [[Root House Museum]] || [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Historic house || [http://www.cobblandmarks.com/root-house.html website], operated by Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society, 1850s period house
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| [[Rose Lawn Museum]] || [[Cartersville, Georgia|Cartersville]] || Magnolia Midlands || Historic house|| [http://www.roselawnmuseum.com/ website], Victorian period mansion
| [[Rose Lawn Museum]] || [[Cartersville, Georgia|Cartersville]] || Northwest || Historic house|| [http://www.roselawnmuseum.com/ website], Victorian period mansion
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| [[Roswell Fire & Rescue Museum]] || [[Roswell, Georgia|Roswell]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Firefighting || [http://www.roswellgov.com/index.php/p/80/t/Fire%20and%20Rescue%20Museum website]
| [[Roswell Fire & Rescue Museum]] || [[Roswell, Georgia|Roswell]] || [[Metro Atlanta]] || Firefighting || [http://www.roswellgov.com/index.php/p/80/t/Fire%20and%20Rescue%20Museum website]
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| [[Vogel State Park]] || [[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]] || Northeast || History || Includes Vogel Museum about the [[CCC]]]
| [[Vogel State Park]] || [[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]] || Northeast || History || Includes Vogel Museum about the [[CCC]]]
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| [[Walker County Regional Heritage and Model Train Museum]] || [[Chickamauga, Georgia|Chickamauga]] || || Multiple
| [[Walker County Regional Heritage and Model Train Museum]] || [[Chickamauga, Georgia|Chickamauga]] || Northwest || Multiple
|| [http://www.cityofchickamaugageorgia.org/train.htm information], local history, railroad history and model trains
|| [http://www.cityofchickamaugageorgia.org/train.htm information], local history, railroad history and model trains
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Revision as of 12:23, 4 June 2009

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
6th Cavalry Museum Fort Oglethorpe Northwest Military website
A. H. Stephens State Historic Park Confederate Museum Crawfordville 7 - East Multiple Includes the Victorian period Liberty Hall, and an American Civil War museum
Adairsville Rail Depot Age of Steam Museum Adairsville Magnolia Midlands Railroad website
Agrirama Tifton Southwest Agriculture website, five areas: a traditional farm community of the 1870s, an 1890s progressive farmstead, an industrial sites complex, rural town, national peanut complex, and the Museum of Agriculture Center
Albany Civil Rights Institute Albany Southwest History / African American website, history of the Albany Movement
Albany Museum of Art Albany Southwest Art Includes African, European, and American art
Altama Museum of Art and History Vidalia Art information, collection includes Staffordshire porcelain, quadruped prints by John James Audubon, Southern art, bird prints, botanical art, wooden sculptures and a Girl Scout room
Andalusia Milledgeville Historic Heartland Historic house 19th house of author Flannery O'Connor
Andersonville National Historic Site Andersonville Magnolia Midlands Military Site of largest Confederate military prison during the American Civil War and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andrew Low House Savannah Colonial Coast Historic house website, 19th century period home of Girl Scouts of the USA founder Juliette Gordon Low, operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia
APEX Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta African American website, also known as African American Panoramic Experience, contributions of African Americans to America and the world
Archibald Smith Plantation Home Roswell Metro Atlanta Historic house 19th century plantation with two-story farm house, slave quarters, cook house, corn crib, barn, carriage house, well, and spring house
Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum St. Simons Island Colonial Coast Local history information, St. Simons Island plantation history and Methodist history
Ashley Slater House Douglas Historic house information, information, tourist information center and museum
Athens Institute for Contemporary Art Athens Historic Heartland Art
Atlanta Cyclorama Atlanta Metro Atlanta Civil War Cylindrical panoramic painting of the American Civil War Battle of Atlanta
Atlanta History Center Atlanta Metro Atlanta Local history Museum of Atlanta's history and culture, and the historic house museums Tullie Smith House and Swan House
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area Interpretive Center Augusta Classic South Multiple History of the canal, textile mills along the canal, mill workers, hydroelectricity, canal boat toursa
Augusta Museum of History Augusta Classic South Local history website
Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center Atlanta Metro Atlanta Natural history Website
Averitt Center for the Arts Statesboro Colonial Coast Art website, include exhibit galleries
Barrington Hall Roswell Metro Atlanta Historic house website, 19th century period home
Bartow History Center Cartersville Northwest Local history Website
Beach Institute of African American Culture Savannah Colonial Coast Art website, African-American art, folk art and culture
Bedingfield Inn Lumpkin Magnolia Midlands Historic site website, mid 19th century period inn
Bellevue LaGrange Magnolia Midlands Historic house 1850s Greek Revival mansion
Beulah Rucker Museum and Education Center Gainesville Northeast African American website
Blackbridge Gallery Milledgeville Historic Heartland Art website, part of Georgia College & State University
Blue and Gray Museum Fitzgerald Southwest Local history website
Booth Western Art Museum Cartersville Northwest Art website, contemporary American Western art, Civil War art, Presidential letters and portraits
Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson Augusta Classic South Historic house website, 1860s period boyhood home President Woodrow Wilson
Breman Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta Jewish website, Jewish values, culture and history, also known as the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Brenau Galleries Gainesville Northeast Art website, part of Brenau University
Brown House Museum Sandersville Northeast Local history information
Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum Madison Historic Heartland Automobile Collection of microcars with most from the late 1940s to pre-1964
Bulloch Hall Roswell Metro Atlanta Historic house 19th century period home
Burke County Museum Waynesboro Classic South Local history website
Cairo Antique Auto Museum Cairo Southwest Automotive information
Callaway Plantation Washington Classic South Open air Features several historic houses and structures
Cannonball House Macon Historic Heartland Historic house website, 1853 Greek Revival house with Civil War museum, furnishings and decorative piece of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, a recreation of the Philomathean Society room at Wesleyan College
Carnegie Center (Fitzgerald, Georgia) Fitzgerald Southwest Art website, changing exhibits
Carter-Coile Doctors Museum Winterville Historic Heartland Medical website, country doctor's house and office
C. E. Blevins Avian Learning Center Cohutta Northwest Art website, also natural history, features handmade bird egg replicas of over 1200 birds
Center for Puppetry Arts Atlanta Metro Atlanta Puppetry Puppets from around the world and famous American puppets
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum La Grange 4 - Southwest of Atlanta Art
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Chickamauga Northwest Military Museum and site of the Battle of Chickamauga during the American Civil War
Chief Vann House Historic Site Chatsworth Northwest Historic house Early 1800s Cherokee Indian plantation home
Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge Home Rome Northwest Historic house 19th century home of Cherokee chief Major Ridge
Church-Waddel-Brumby House Athens Historic Heartland Historic house website, serves as the Athens Welcome Center and 1820s house museum
Coca-Cola Space Science Center Columbus Magnolia Midlands Aerospace website
Colquitt County Arts Center Moultrie Southwest Art website
Columbus Black History Museum Columbus Magnolia Midlands African American website
Columbus Museum Columbus Magnolia Midlands Multiple website, American art and regional culture and history
Congregation Mickve Israel Savannah Colonial Coast Jewish 1733 synagogue and historic artifacts
Crawford W. Long Museum Jefferson Northeast Medical website, life and career of Dr. Crawford Long, and his use of sulfuric ether to provide “painless surgery”
Crescent House Valdosta Southwest Historic house website
Crime & Punishment Museum Ashburn Southwest Prison website
Currahee Military Museum Toccoa Military website
Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum St. Marys Local history Natural and cultural history of the island
Dahlonega Gold Museum Dahlonega 2 - Northeast Historic site Includes artifacts and equipment from the 1836 gold rush
Davenport House Museum Savannah Colonial Coast Historic house website, 1820s period Isaiah Davenport House, operated by the Historic Savannah Foundation
Decatur County Museum Bainbridge Southwest Local history website
Delta Heritage Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta Aviation Aircraft and history of Delta Air Lines
Dorchester Academy Midway Colonial Coast African American
Douglas County Museum of History and Art Jonesboro Metro Atlanta Multiple website, local history, art and antiques
Dublin Laurens County Museum Dublin 9 - South Central History
Eagle Tavern Welcome Center & Museum Watkinsville Historic Heartland Historic house website, information
Effingham Museum Springfield Colonial Coast Local history website
Elachee Nature Science Center Gainesville Northeast Multiple website, nature center with natural history and science exhibits
Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit Elberton Historic Heartland Industry Website, granite quarrying and carving
Elliott Museum and Souvenir Center Dawsonville 2 - Northeast Biography
Emery Center Dalton Northwest African American information
Erskine Caldwell Birthplace and Museum Moreland Metro Atlanta Biographical website, 1903 period home of author Erskine Caldwell
Etowah Indian Mounds Cartersville Archeological Preserves three Mississippian culture mounds and museum with artifacts found at the site
Ezekiel Harris House Augusta Classic South Historic house website, operated by the Augusta Museum of History, 18th century period house
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Visitors Center and Monetary Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta Numismatic website, story of money, history of banking in America, role of the Federal Reserve
Fernbank Museum of Natural History Atlanta Metro Atlanta Natural history
Fernbank Science Center Atlanta Metro Atlanta Science
Ferst Center for the Arts Atlanta Metro Atlanta Art Part of Georgia Tech, includes exhibit gallery
Firehouse Center and Gallery Bainbridge Southwest Art website, gallery of the Bainbridge-Decatur County Arts Council
Fitzgerald Fire Engine Museum Fitzgerald Southwest Firefighting website
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home Savannah Colonial Coast Historic house website, 1920s-1930s period home of author Flannery O'Connor
Flowery Branch Historic Caboose Flowery Northeast Railroad website
Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia Sautee Nacoochee 2 - Northeast Art website
Fort Discovery Augusta Classic South Science Operated by the National Science Center
Fort Frederica National Monument St. Simons Island Colonial Coast Military Visitor center with archaeological artifacts and exhibits about the 18th century fort and town
Fort Gaines Frontier Village Fort Gaines Southwest Open air website
Fort Hollingsworth-White House Alto Historic house Frontier fort house and outbuildings
Fort King George Historical Site Darien Military Reconstructed 1736 fort and museum
Fort McAllister Historic Park Keller Military Civil War earthwork fortification and museum
Fort Morris Historic Site Midway Colonial Coast Military website, American Revolutionary fort site and museum
Fort Pulaski National Monument Tybee Island Colonial Coast Military Civil War fort and museum with weekend living history demonstrations
Fort Stewart Museum Fort Stewart Colonial Coast Military website, history of the Fort Stewart Military Reservation
Foxfire Museum & Heritage Center Mountain City Northeast Open air website
Funk Heritage Center Waleska Northwest Multiple website, part of Reinhardt College, Native American art, artifacts and culture, and open air Appalachian Settlement
Gallery RFD Swainsboro Art website
Geechee Kunda Riceboro Colonial Coast African American website, culture of the Gullah, local and African art, textiles, tools, utensils, implements, crafts and essentials
Georgia Children's Museum Macon Historic Heartland Children's Website
Georgia College & State University Museum Milledgeville Historic Heartland Multiple website, changing exhibits of art and history, permanent exhibit on Flannery O'Connor
Georgia College & State University Natural History Museum Milledgeville Historic Heartland Natural history website, features dinosaurs, fossils, earth sciences and a planetarium
Georgia Cotton Museum Vienna Magnolia Midlands Industry - Cotton
Georgia Governor's Mansion Atlanta Metro Atlanta Historic house
Georgia Music Hall of Fame Macon Historic Heartland Music
Georgia Museum of Art Athens Historic Heartland Art website, part of the University of Georgia
Georgia Museum of Natural History Athens Historic Heartland Natural history Part of the University of Georgia
Georgia Rural Telephone Museum Leslie Magnolia Midlands Technology website, antique telephones and telephone memorabilia
Georgia Salzburger Society Museum Rincon Colonial Coast History website, history of the descendants of the Salzburg refugees who settled in Georgia after their expulsion in 1734
Georgia Southern Museum Statesboro Colonial Coast Multiple website, natural history and dinosaur exhibits, science, local history, part of Georgia Southern University
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Macon Historic Heartland Sports website
Georgia State Capitol Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta Historic site
Georgia's Old Capital Museum Milledgeville Historic Heartland Local history website, located in the building where Georgia’s legislators voted to secede from the Union
Georgia Veterans State Park Cordele Magnolia Midlands Military
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art Augusta Classic South Art
Girl Scout First Headquarters Savannah Colonial Coast Scouting website, located in former carriage house of Girl Scouts of the USA founder Juliette Gordon Low
Glennville-Tattnall Museum Glennville Local history Historic house information
Global Health Odyssey Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta Medical website, operated by the CDC, public health topics
Global Village & Discovery Center Americus Magnolia Midlands Open air website, Habitat for Humanity site with Habitat houses from countries around the world that show life in poverty
Griffin Museum Griffin Magnolia Midlands Local history information
Grovetown Museum Grovetown Classic South Local history information
Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center Lawrenceville Metro Atlanta Science website, focus on the environment
Gwinnett Historical Society Buford Metro Atlanta Local history website
Hamburg State Park Mitchell Classic South Mill Includes a working grist mill and a museum with agriculture equipment and tools
Hamilton House (Dalton, Georgia) Dalton Northwest Multiple information, exhibits include chenille bedspreads, items and tufting artifacts, Civil War artifacts, antiques, open by appointment
Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins St. Simons Island Colonial Coast Historic house website, two tabby slave cabins operated by the Cassina Garden Club, located at Gascoigne Bluff
Hapeville Depot Museum Hapeville Metro Atlanta Local history website, operated by the Hapeville Historical Society
Heard County Historical Center & Museum Franklin 8 - West Central Local history information
Heritage Hall (Madison, Georgia) Madison Historic Heartland Historic house website
Heritage Museum of Gilmer County Ellijay Northwest Local history website, located in the Gilmer Arts and Heritage Association building
Heritage Station Museum Douglas Local history information
Hickory Hill (Thomson, Georgia) Thomson Classic South Historic house website
High Museum of Art Atlanta Metro Atlanta Art Collections include 19th and 20th century American art, European art, decorative arts, African American art, modern and contemporary art, photography and African art
Hills & Dales Estate LaGrange Magnolia Midlands Historic house website, 1916 estate and gardens of Fuller Callaway, designed by Neel Reid
Historic Mansell House and Gardens Atlanta Metro Atlanta Historic site Website
Historic Seabrook Village Midway Colonial Coast Open air website, includes over a dozen buildings representing rural coastal African American life after the Civil War
Historic Railroad Shops Savannah Colonial Coast Railroad Railroad trains and street cars
History Museum of Sautee-Nacoochee Sautee-Nacoochee 2 - Northeast Local history website
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Historic Site Brunswick Colonial Coast Historic house website, 19th century rice plantation
Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum Fayetteville Metro Atlanta Local history website, includes Gone With the Wind and Civil War memorabilia
Howard Finster Vision House Summerville Northwest Art information, information, house and museum of visionary artist Howard Finster
Hudgens Center for the Arts Duluth 3 - Atlanta area Art website, officially the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts
Imagine It! Children's Museum of Atlanta Atlanta Metro Atlanta Children's website
Indian Springs State Park Flovilla Historic Heartland Local history Park features a seasonal museum with exhibits on the Creek Nation, the CCC and local history
Interactive Neighborhood for Kids Gainesville Northeast Children's website
Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame Atlanta Metro Atlanta Sports website, Atlanta Braves history and memorabilia
Jack Hadley Black History Museum Thomasville Southwest African American website, black history memorabilia
Janice Persons Biggers House Columbus Magnolia Midlands Historic house website, 19th century period home and offices of Historic Columbus, also known as 700 Broadway
Jarrell Plantation Historic Site Juliette Historic Heartland Historic house 19th century cotton plantation farm with outbuildings
Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site Irwinville Magnolia Midlands History Jefferson Davis Memorial Museum at site where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured in 1865
Jekyll Island Museum Jekyll Island Colonial Coast Local history
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta Biographical Presidential library with papers and exhibits about President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Plains Biographical Includes President Jimmy Carter's residence, boyhood farm, school, town railroad depot and a museum about his life
Johnston-Felton-Hay House Macon Historic Heartland Historic house Also known as the Hay House, 1850s Italian Renaissance Revival style mansion with furnishings from many periods
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Savannah Colonial Coast Historic house 1880s Victorian period home of Girl Scouts of the USA founder Juliette Gordon Low
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Kennesaw Metro Atlanta Military Includes Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign and a museum
King-Tisdell Cottage Savannah Colonial Coast African American website, African-American Savannah and the Sea Islands
Kingston Woman's History Museums Kingston Northwest Local history information
Kirby-Quinton Mountain Heritage Cabin Jasper Northwest Historic house website, operated by the Marble Valley Historical Society
Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park Blakely Archaeology Museum with early Native American artifacts excavated from the park's Woodland Period mounds
LaGrange Art Museum LaGrange Magnolia Midlands Art website, formerly the Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum
Lamar Dodd Art Center LaGrange 8 - West Central Art website, part of LaGrange College
Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries Athens Historic Heartland Art Contemporary art galleries
Lapham-Patterson House Thomasville Southwest Historic house 1880s Victorian house
Laurel & Hardy Museum Harlem Classic South Biographical website, early film comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
Lee and Gordon's Mill Chickamauga Northwest Mill website, historic mill with tractor museum
Legacy Museum on Main LaGrange 8 - West Central Local history website
Lewis Grizzard Museum Moreland Metro Atlanta Biographical website, Southern humorist Lewis Grizzard
Lincoln County Historical Park Lincolnton Classic South Open air information, information
Little White House Historic Site Warm Springs History President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's personal retreat
L.L. Wyatt Museum Greensboro Classic South Prison information, information
Log Cabin At Milton High School Alpharetta Historic house website, open by appointment with the Alpharetta Historical Society
Lowndes County Historical Museum Valdosta 11 - South History Website
Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Augusta Classic South African American [hhttp://www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com/ website]
Lunchbox Museum Columbus Magnolia Midlands Commodity website, located inside the International Marketplace, metal lunch boxes
Lyndon House Arts Center Athens Historic Heartland Multiple website, art exhibits and 19th century Ware-Lyndon House museum
Madison Museum of Fine Art Madison Historic Heartland Art American, European, Asian and African art and sculpture
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Madison Historic Heartland Multiple website, changing exhibits of art and culture, permanent exhibits of local history, decorative arts, antiques, school room
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Atlanta Metro Atlanta Multiple Includes the boyhood home of Martin Luther King, Jr., a visitor center museum about the Civil Rights Movement, and the King Center about his life and legacy
Massee Lane Gardens Fort Valley Historic Heartland Decorative arts Botanical gardens with Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Educational Museum featuring a Boehm porcelain collection
Massie Heritage Center Savannah Colonial Coast Local history website, a unit of the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, includes a model of old Savannah, Victorian building architecture and artifacts, the impact of Classical styles on Savannah buildings, a 19th century period classroom, and the founding of Savannah
Margaret Mitchell House & Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta Historic house Operated by the Atlanta History Center, home of Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell, also a building about the movie Gone with the Wind
Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Marietta Metro Atlanta Art website, American art
Marietta Fire Museum Marietta Metro Atlanta Firefighting website
Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum: Scarlett on the Square Marietta Metro Atlanta Media website, includes Gone With the Wind movie memorabilia
Marietta Museum of History Marietta Metro Atlanta Local history website
Maritime Center at Historic Coast Guard Station St. Simons Island Colonial Coast Maritime website, maritime and natural history
Marsh House (Lafayette, Georgia) LaFayette Northwest Historic house website
Meadow Garden Augusta Classic South Historic house 18th century period home of George Walton, one of the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia
Mercer-Williams House Museum Savannah Colonial Coast Historic house Includes 18th and 19th century furnishings and decorative arts
Michael C. Carlos Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta Art Part of Emory University, collections include art from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and the ancient Americas, nineteenth- and twentieth-century sub-Saharan African art, and European and American works on paper from the Renaissance to the present day
Midway Museum Midway Colonial Coast Local history website, Colonial era history
Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum Pooler Colonial Coast Aviation History of the Eighth Air Force and historic aircraft
Mildred Huie Museum St. Simons Island Colonial Coast Art website, art and history of St. Simons Island plantations and landmarks
Milton Log Cabin Atlanta Metro Atlanta Historic house Website
Mitchell Depot Museum Mitchell Classic South Railroad information
Montgomery County Historic Village Mount Vernon Historic houses website, part of Brewton-Parker College, two 19th century period log houses, open by appointment
Morgan County African-American Museum Madison Historic Heartland Ethnic - African American Website
Morris Museum of Art Augusta Classic South Art Art and artists of the American South
Museum of Arts and Sciences (Macon) Macon Historic Heartland Art and Natural history
Museum of Aviation Warner Robins Historic Heartland Aviation Located at Robins Air Force Base
Museum of Colquitt County History Moultrie Southwest Local history website
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Atlanta Metro Atlanta Art Website
Museum of Design Atlanta Metro Atlanta Design website, formerly known as the Atlanta International Museum of Art & Design, design in architecture, industrial and product design, interiors and furniture, graphics, fashion and more
Museum of Southeastern Indians Roberta Native American information
Museum of Southern Culture Colquitt Southwest Culture website
National Civil War Naval Museum Columbus Magnolia Midlands Military History of the Union and Confederate navies during the Civil War
National Infantry Museum Columbus Magnolia Midlands Military at Fort Benningwebsite, located at Fort Benning, story of infantrymen
National Museum of Patriotism Atlanta Metro Atlanta History Important events, symbols and people of America
Neel House Federated Garden Clubs of Macon Macon Historic Heartland Historic house website
New Echota Historic Site Calhoun Northwest Native American Replica 19th century Cherokee village
Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center Cassville Northwest African American information, information, historic black school
Northeast Georgia History Center Gainesville Northeast Local history website, part of Brenau University, regional history and culture
Oak Hill & Martha Berry Museum Rome Northwest Multiple Historic house and history museum about Berry College and founder Martha Berry
Obediah's Okefenok Waycross Open air website, park includes 1870s log cabin, many historic farm outbuildings, agriculture equipment, animals, print shop museum, antiques, Native American exhibit and more
Ocmulgee National Monument Macon Historic Heartland Native American Archaeology artifacts and Mississippian culture mound
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Atlanta Metro Atlanta Art Website
Okefenokee Heritage Center Waycross Multiple website, art and local history
Old Campbell County Historical Society Museum Fairburn Metro Atlanta Local history website
Old Fort Jackson Savannah Colonial Coast Military
Old Governor's Mansion Milledgeville Historic Heartland Historic house Operated by Georgia College & State University, antebellum mansion
Old Jail Museum Barnesville Historic Heartland Jail museum Website
Old Mill Motorcycle Museum Juliette Historic Heartland Transportation website
Old Pickens County Jail Jasper Northwest Prison website, operated by the Marble Valley Historical Society
Paradise Gardens Park & Museum Summerville Northwest Art website, [ information], sculpture park museum created by visionary artist Howard Finster
Paulding County History Museum Dallas Northwest Local history website
Pebble Hill Plantation Thomasville Southwest Historic house website, 20th century estate featuring 19th century furniture, porcelain, silver, crystal, and glassware, sporting art and 33 Audubon lithographs, extensive grounds and gardens
Pemberton House Columbus Magnolia Midlands Historic house website, operated by Historic Columbus, Victorian cottage with a late 19th century apothecary shop
Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site Dallas Northwest Military website, Civil War battlefield and museum
Pine Mountain Gold Museum Villa Rica Historic house
Pine Mountain Gold Museum Villa Rica Metro Atlanta Mining website, former gold mine, artifacts and equipment
Polk County Historical Society Museum Cedartown Northwest Local history website
Power of the Past Museum Thomasville Southwest Aviation website, antique airplanes, motors and memorabilia
Quinlan Visual Arts Center Gainesville Northeast Art website
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum Savannah Colonial Coast History website
Rankin House Columbus Magnolia Midlands Historic house website, operated by Historic Columbus, 1850-1870 house museum
Rhodes Hall Atlanta Metro Atlanta Historic house 1904 Victorian mansion, operated by Georgia Trust
Richmond Hill Museum Richmond Hill Colonial Coast Local history website
Road to Tara Museum Jonesboro Metro Atlanta Media website
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum Atlanta Metro Atlanta Art Changing paper art exhibits, and science and technology of papermaking; part of Georgia Tech
Robert Toombs House Historic Site Washington Classic South Historic house 19th century period home of politician Robert Toombs
Roland Hayes Museum Calhoun Northwest Biographical information, life of African American concert tenor Roland Hayes
Rome Area History Museum Rome Northwest Local history
Root House Museum Marietta Metro Atlanta Historic house website, operated by Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society, 1850s period house
Rose Lawn Museum Cartersville Northwest Historic house website, Victorian period mansion
Roswell Fire & Rescue Museum Roswell Metro Atlanta Firefighting website
Roundhouse Railroad Museum Savannah Colonial Coast Railroad
Sam Nunn Museum Perry Historic Heartland Biographical information, information, Senator Sam Nunn
Sandy Springs Historic Site Sandy Springs Metro Atlanta Historic house website, includes 19th century Williams-Payne House and outbuildings
Sapelo Island Visitors Center Darien Colonial Coast Multiple Island's cultural and natural history
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center Savannah Colonial Coast Multiple Canal history, area history and natural history
Savannah History Museum Savannah Colonial Coast Local history
SCAD Museum of Art Savannah Colonial Coast Art website, operated by the Savannah College of Art and Design, located in the Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities
Scull Shoals Greensboro Classic South Local history
Shelnutt House Museum Bowdon Historic house website, operated by the Bowdon Area Historical Society, open on special occasions
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum Savannah Colonial Coast Maritime website
Sidney Lanier Cottage House Museum Macon Historic Heartland Historic house website, mid 19th century period home, birthplace of poet Sidney Lanier
Smyrna Museum Smyrna Metro Atlanta Local history website
Sorrel Weed House Savannah Colonial Coast Historic house 1830s period house
Southeastern Railway Museum Duluth Metro Atlanta Railroad
Southern Forest World Waycross Industry website, forest industry in the South
Southern Historical Center Atlanta Metro Atlanta Religious website, part of The Salvation Army Evangeline Booth College, history of the Salvation Army in the South
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History Kennesaw 3 - Atlanta area Multiple Railroad and Civil War artifacts, formerly the Kennesaw Civil War Museum
St. Simons Island Light St. Simons Island Colonial Coast Maritime Lighthouse and museum
Stately Oaks Jonesboro Metro Atlanta Historic house 1839 antebellum mansion and outbuildings
Steffen Thomas Museum of Art Buckhead Historic Heartland Art website, artworks and life of German-American Expressionist Steffen Thomas
Stephens County History Museum Toccoa Local history website
Stone Mountain Stone Mountain Multiple Includes the Stone Mountain Museum about the mountain's carving and the Civil War, and the open air Antebellum Plantation and Farmyard
Suttons Corner Frontier Country Store Museum Fort Gaines Southwest History website, 1840s frontier general store complex
Swan House Atlanta Metro Atlanta Historic house Operated by the Atlanta History Center, 1920s-1930s period furnishings
Taylor-Grady House Athens Historic Heartland Historic house website, mid 19th century mansion open for tours and rental
Teaching Museum North Roswell Metro Atlanta Multiple Open for school groups only
Teaching Museum South Hapeville Multiple website, open for school groups only
Telfair Museum of Art Savannah Colonial Coast Art Includes fine art and decorative art collections in three facilities, including the historic Telfair Mansion and Owens-Thomas House, and the contemporary Jepson Center for the Arts
Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum Cartersville Northwest Natural history/Science Website, formerly Weinman Mineral Museum, exhibits include minerals, fossils, transportation technology, science playground and a planetarium
Thomas County Museum of History Thomasville Southwest Multiple website, includes main museum of local history, 1877 middle-class home, 1893 single-lane bowling alley, 1860s log house, 1890s courthouse
Thomasville Cultural Center Thomasville Southwest Art website
Thronateeska Heritage Center Albany Southwest Multiple website, science, local history and planetarium
Thunderbolt Museum Thunderbolt Colonial Coast Local history website
Tidelands Nature Center Jekyll Island Colonial Coast Natural history website
Tifton Museum of Arts & Heritage Tifton Southwest Art information
T.R.R. Cobb House Athens Historic Heartland Historic house website, mid 19th century home of Confederate General Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
Travelers Rest State Historic Site Toccoa Historic house Early 1800s tavern and inn
Tubman African American Museum Macon Historic Heartland African American website, art, history and culture of African Americans
Tullie Smith House Atlanta Metro Atlanta Historic house 1840 small plantation farm house, operated by the Atlanta History Center
Tunnel Hill Heritage Center Tunnel Hill Northwest Multiple website, local history museum, historic railroad tunnel and train viewing
Turner Center For The Arts Valdosta Southwest Art website
Ty Cobb Museum Royston 2 - Northeast Biographical Baseball player Ty Cobb
Uncle Remus Museum Eatonton Historic Heartland Media website, log cabin created from two slave cabins, dedicated to portraying Southern life as in the Uncle Remus stories
U.S. Army Signal Corps Museum Augusta Classic South Military Website at Fort Gordon
U.S. Navy Supply Corps Museum Athens Historic Heartland Military Website
Valdosta Museum Valdosta Southwest Local history website, also known as the Lowndes County Historical Museum
Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery Valdosta Southwest Art website
Vidalia Onion Museum Vidalia Food website
Virginia E. Evans History Museum Greensboro Classic South Local history information, photos, also known as the Greene County Historical Society Museum
Vogel State Park Blairsville Northeast History Includes Vogel Museum about the CCC]
Walker County Regional Heritage and Model Train Museum Chickamauga Northwest Multiple information, local history, railroad history and model trains
Walker-Peters-Langdon House Columbus Magnolia Midlands Historic house website, operated by Historic Columbus, early 19th century house
Washington Historical Museum Washington Classic South Local history website
West Georgia Museum Tallapoosa Northwest Multiple website, local and natural history, includes replicas of old stores, a barber shop and a bank, and dinosaur models
Westville Lumpkin Magnolia Midlands Living 1850 rural village
Woodruff Farm House Columbus Magnolia Midlands Historic house website, operated by Historic Columbus, 1840s farm house
World of Coca-Cola Atlanta Metro Atlanta Food Coca-Cola history and memorabilia
World War II Flight Training Museum Douglas Aviation website
Wormsloe Historic Site Savannah Colonial Coast Local history Former 18th century plantation site and museum
Wren's Nest Atlanta Metro Atlanta Historic house Late 19th century home of Joel Chandler Harris, editor of the Atlanta Constitution and author of the Tales of Uncle Remus

Defunct museums

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):[4]

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 — Central Georgia - Macon area
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 - Colonial Coast
Counties: Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh.

Northeast Georgia Mountains

17 Counties: Banks, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson , Lumpkin, Madison, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White.

Magnolia Midlands

Counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Bulloch, Candler, Coffee, Dodge, Evans, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Long, Montgomery, Pulaski, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne , Wheeler, and Wilcox.


High Museum of Art in Atlanta

See also

Lists of other institutions in Georgia similar to museums:


Notes

  1. ^ See "Region" section of this article for explanation of numbers and the extent of regions
  2. ^ http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/03/stone-mountain-museum-auction.html Stone Mountain Museum Auction
  3. ^ http://www.ajc.com/ajccars/content/ajccars/content/stories/2009/03/13/antique_car_auction_protsman.html Antique car auction ends an era for Stone Mountain museum owner, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 13, 2009
  4. ^ Web page titled "Regions, Cities & Counties", Georgia state government Web site. Retrieved February 12, 2007

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