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Coweta County Heritage Museum and Research Center, Newnan, closed in 2012 [3] Fort Discovery, Augusta, closed in 2010; Georgia Children's Museum, Macon, closed in 2014 [4] Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, closed in 2011; Lewis Grizzard Museum, Moreland, closed in 2011, collections now at the Moreland Hometown Heritage Museum [5] [6]
The old building closed on April 10, 2015, with the museum holding a farewell party on April 16. [4] The new facility opened on May 16, 2015, during the Pan-African Festival in Downtown Macon. [5] The ceremony included a march from the old Tubman Museum to the new building where the ribbon cutting took place.
The Allman Brothers Band Museum, also known as The Big House, is a museum in Macon, Georgia, United States. It was the home to The Allman Brothers Band's original members, their families, and various friends from 1970 to 1973. The Big House was renovated by The Big House Foundation and opened in November 2009 as an interactive museum dedicated ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Under government pressure in 1805, the Lower Creek ceded their lands east of the Ocmulgee River to the state of Georgia, but they refused to surrender the sacred mounds. They retained a 3-by-5-mile (4.8 km × 8.0 km) area on the east bank called the Ocmulgee Old Fields Reserve. It included both the mounds on the Macon Plateau and the Lamar mounds.
The new amphitheater will have its very first concert Sunday with Lynyrd Skynyrd & ZZ Top taking the stage. Check out the venue’s policies, where to park and what happens if it rains at the event.
We’ve got good news: the Georgia National Fair in Perry returns in October.. This year, the event will span 11 days, from Oct. 3 through Oct. 13, and will be celebrating its 35th year. Of course ...
The museum first opened in 1956 [2] [3] and started as a room in the Wesleyan Conservatory with a few activities for children. In 1964, the museum moved locations with the construction of a gallery and workshop. A year later, a planetarium would be added as a new wing of the museum. A 1980 addition included most of the museum's infrastructure.