Milledgeville, Georgia

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Natural History, Nature Centers

The 544-acre estate is composed of gently rolling hills divided into a farm complex, hayfields, pasture, man-made and natural ponds, and forests. Tobler Creek, a spring fed waterway, intersects the property entering near the west corner and meandering down to exit at the middle of the southeast boundary.

Roswell, Georgia

Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Children's, General, Natural History, Nature Centers, Park, Science, Specialized

Founded by local citizen activists in the mid-1970s, hundreds of people have worked to build a strong grassroots environmental learning center touching the lives of more than 100,000 children and adults each year.

Athens, Georgia

Natural History

The museum serves Georgia through teaching, research, and service based on 12 affiliated collections in archaeology and biological and earth sciences. Outreach programs include Science Boxes and web sites.

Buford, Georgia

Natural History

Gainesville, Georgia

Archaeology, Art, Culture, General, History, Natural History

Cartersville, Georgia

Archaeology, Children's, General, History, Library, Natural History, Planetarium, Science, Specialized

Tellus features four incredible galleries: the Weinman Mineral Gallery; Fossil Gallery; Science in Motion, a walk through the development of motorized transportation; and Collins Family My Big Backyard, a hands-on activity area for kids. Tellus also includes gem panning and fossil dig areas and a digital planetarium.

Atlanta, Georgia

Arboretum, Archaeology, Art, Botanical Garden, Children's, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Library

The Atlanta History Museum at the Atlanta History Center is one of the largest history museums in the nation, featuring award-winning signature exhibitions that tell the story of the region's people, from its earliest settlers to the international city of today. Be sure to check our calendar for listings of our current temporary exhibitions. The Atlanta History Museum also includes a unique Museum Shop and Chick-fil-A at the Coca Cola Café.

Atlanta, Georgia

Natural History

Fernbank Museum of Natural History is the largest facility of its kind in the Southeast, thrusting visitors into a world of dinosaurs, artifacts, science interactives, shells, wildlife, and IMAX films. Learn about the earth's history, physical universe.

Albany, Georgia

Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Children's, Culture, Library, Natural History, Science

L.A.B. Enterprise is a cultural, interactive museum for children and teens, with blends of both science and history. It is conveniently located in East Albany, Ga, and has interactive classrooms as well as a library!

Macon, Georgia

Art, Natural History, Science

The Museum is an art and science museum with changing exhibits, planetarium, observatory, live animals, 3 story interactive Discovery House and nature trails. Natural history programs presented on 200-acre preserve.

Waycross, Georgia

Children's, History, Natural History, Science

A self guided museum which is dedicated to educating the public about the importance of the Forest Industry in the South and offers both indoor and outdoor exhibits. Indoor exhibits include a "talking tree" and the locally famous "mummified dog", while outdoor exhibits include a fire tower, a giant Cypress tree, and a steam-operated engine.

Statesboro, Georgia

General, History, Natural History, Science, University

With over 125,000 accessioned lots, over one million specimens, their associated data, and an extensive library (reprints, monographs, and books), the U.S. National Tick collection is one of the largest curated tick collections in the World, if not the largest. It belongs to the U.S. National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution) and has been housed at Georgia Southern University since 1990. The collection contains specimens from all continents, most of the approximately 860 known species of ticks, and a quarter of the primary tick types.