Housed in a restored 19th century train shed at the visitor center on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., occupies the site of a Revolutionary War battle, the 1779 Siege of Savannah. A multimedia exposition chronicles the city's history through a grand museum hall and a videotape presentation. Exhibits in the museum hall include a model of the SS `Savannah` an 1890 Baldwin locomotive, a cotton gin, one of the Oscars awarded to Savannah native and composer Johny Mercer, military uniforms and natural history and transportation displays.
Location:
303 MLK Blvd., Savannah Georgia 31401
Telephone
912-238-1779
Other History nearby:
(Beaufort) Beaufort Museum
(Savannah) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
(Savannah) City Hall
(Hilton Head Island) Coastal Discovery, the Museum on HHI
(Savannah) Confederate House
(Edisto Island) Edisto Island Museum
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02/21 Coming to The Savannah area
Vidalia Onion Festival Vidalia GA April18-21 Cooking School, Miss and Little Miss Vidalia Onion Pageants, Onion Maze, Onion Cook-off, Tasting Competition, The Onion Run, parades, carnival, rodeo, street dance, onion shootgun shoot, as well as a Dutch oven cooking demonstration.
Woodbine Crawfish Festival Woodbine GA April26-27 The annual Crawfish Festival is a family oriented event and offers something for all ages from children's amusements to arts & crafts, to cloggers, square dancers and live bands.
Colleton County Rice Festival Walterboro SC April26-28 Rice Run-Walk, Dog Show, Open Car Show. Performance by Common Ground.
Sacred Heart Garden Festival Augusta GA April26-28 Historic Sacred Heart Cultural Center in downtown Augusta, GA will be the focus for classic southern gardening during its annual garden festival. Join us as we celebrate the advent of spring and raise funds to support the magnificent sacred heart cultural center.
Hazlehurst BBQ Fest Hazlehurst GA May3-4 The competition is sanctioned by the Georgia Barbecue Association.
Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival Fernandina Beach FL May3-5 The town of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida is the birthplace of the modern, motorized shrimping industry. The origin of our Shrimp Festival was an annual spring shrimp boat race, during which the shrimpers' wives served shrimp dishes.
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