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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 ...
Sidney Lanier Cottage was purchased by the Middle Georgia Historical Society in 1973, [2] and opened to the public in 1975. [3] Until 2021, the Sidney Lanier Cottage served as a museum, event space, and home of the Lanier Center for Literary Arts. The Historic Macon Foundation sold the cottage and it has since been restored as a single family ...
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] Nash Farm Battlefield Museum, closed June 1, 2017 [7] National Museum of Patriotism, Atlanta, closed in 2010
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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.
The amphitheater is located at 3657 Eisenhower Parkway in Macon and the phone number is 478-803-1593. Do you have more questions about the amphitheater? Let me know at cmadden@mcclatchy.com
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.
Founded in 1981, this 8,500-square-foot (790 m 2) museum is dedicated to preserving and displaying African American art, history, and culture. The museum was located at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive and Walnut Street from its founding until 2015.