List_of_museums_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)

List of museums in Georgia (U.S. state)

List of museums in Georgia (U.S. state)

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This list of museums in Georgia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Museums

See List of museums in Atlanta for museums within the city limits of Atlanta and the immediately adjacent communities of Druid Hills and Hapeville, which are located in Fulton County.

To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. The numbers in the "Regions" column refers to the state government's list of regions, described in a separate section below.

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Defunct museums

Tourism regions

The Georgia Department of Economic Development[13] has defined nine tourism regions as listed below with their associated travel associations as footnotes.

Classic South

East central part of the state, includes the city of Augusta[14]

Georgia Coast

Also known as the Colonial Coast, includes the city of Savannah[15]

Historic Heartland

Central part of the state, includes the cities of Macon and Athens[16]

Northwest Georgia

Northwest region, includes Chickamauga[17]

Magnolia Midlands

Southeast section, includes Statesboro,[18] Counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Bulloch, Candler, Coffee, Dodge, Evans, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Long, Montgomery, Pulaski, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, and Wilcox.

Metro Atlanta

Northeast Georgia Mountains

Northeast region,[19] counties: Banks, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White

Plantation Trace

Rural southwestern section, includes Fitzgerald[20]

Presidential Pathways

West central section,[21] includes Columbus and Plains

See also

Lists of other institutions in Georgia similar to museums:

References

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