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The King-Tisdell Cottage is an African-American heritage museum named for its African-American owners, Eugene and Sarah King, and Sarah King and Robert Tisdell. This museum of African-American Savannah and the Sea Islands is owned and operated by the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, which also owns and operates the Negro Heritage Trail Tours and the Beach Institute on the corner of Price and Harris Streets. The Negro Heritage Trail Tour is a tour of Savannah from an African-American historical perspective. Passengers take the tour on the Foundation's 15 passenger van, or a tour guide boards their transportation for a tour which includes: the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, the First African Baptist Church, the King-Tisdell Cottage, and the Beach Institute.

Location: 502 East Harris St., Savannah Georgia 31401 Telephone 912-234-8000

Other History nearby:
(Beaufort) Beaufort Museum
(Savannah) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
(Savannah) City Hall
(Savannah) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ascension
(Savannah) Factor's Walk
(Savannah) First African Baptist Church

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