By Elena Burnett and Kylie Ruffino.
February 11, this coming Sunday, is Super Museum Sunday, a state-wide event curated by the Georgia Historical Society, when nearly every museum in Georgia offers free admission. In the Savannah area, 37 museums will be participating.
Elyse Butler, the Outreach Coordinator at the Georgia Historical Society, says the event began as an effort of the Coastal Museum Association “to make people more aware of the surrounding museums. Georgia Historical Society made it more of a statewide thing.”
“Often times people feel excluded or are not able to access these institutions,” said president of SCAD’s Art History Society Paige Ganzel, “so an event like Super Museum Sunday makes art accessible to all.”
SCAD’s Art History Society will be putting together a walking tour open to students of all majors to explore many of the museums in the city. “Not all works of art featured on Super Museum Sunday are by local artists,” Ganzel said, “but by immersing ourselves into a walking tour of Savannah, the works are recontextualized within our own environment. This is great because it can provide new perspectives and opportunities for inspiration.” The tour will begin at the Sentient Bean at noon.
For those who would like to participate on their own, Butler recommends checking out this Google map to plot your course, or starting at the Georgia Historical Society Research Center on the corner of Forsyth at Whitaker and Gaston Streets, and picking up a physical copy of the guide. “I always find it helpful to have something in front of you,” Butler said. The staff at the Research Center can also help students choose among the 37 museums to visit based upon their individual interests.
Here is a full list of all the Savannah Museums participating in Super Museum Sunday:
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329 Abercorn St.
Beach Institute African American Cultural Center
502 East Harris St.
Bonaventure Historical Society
330 Bonaventure Rd.
Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens
2 Canebrake Rd.
20 E Gordon St.
324 East State St.
23 Montgomery St.
575 W. Bryan St. Savannah
Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation, Inc.
201 East Charlton St.
Fort Pulaski National Monument
US Highway 80 E
Girl Scout First Headquarters Museum and Program Center
330 Drayton St.
501 Whitaker St.
Georgia’s State Raiload Museum
655 Louisville Rd.
14 W. Macon St.
230 Barnard St.
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, National Historic Landmark
10 E. Oglethorpe Ave.
514 E. Hutchingdon St.
207 E. Gordon St.[/column]
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Oatland Island Wildlife Center
711 Sandtown Rd.
1 Fort Jackson Rd.
9924 Pin Point Ave.
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Revolutionary Battlefield Memorial Park
303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Savannah Area Council of Garden Clubs Botanical Gardens
1388 Eisenhower Dr.
655 Louisville Rd.
303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center
681 Fort Argyle Rd.
601 Turner Blvd.
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
41 Martin Luther King. Jr. Blvd
1 West Macon St.
Telfair Museums’ Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences
121 Barnard St.
Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center for the Arts
207 W. York St.
Telfair Museums’ Owens-Thomas House
124 Abercorn St.
32 Abercorn St.
UGA Marine Education Center & Aquarium
30 Ocean Science Circle
411 E. York St.
7601 Skidaway Rd.[/column]
