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Director. Rob Dennis. The National Science Center's Fort Discovery, generally known as Fort Discovery, was a 128,000-square-foot (11,900 m 2), children's science exhibition center and museum located in downtown Augusta, Georgia, at Riverwalk Augusta. The museum was located in the former Shoppes at Port Royal, which operated from 1991 to 1994.
Coweta County Heritage Museum and Research Center, Newnan, closed in 2012 [3] Fort Discovery, Augusta, closed in 2010; Georgia Children's Museum, Macon, closed in 2014 [4] Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, closed in 2011; Lewis Grizzard Museum, Moreland, closed in 2011, collections now at the Moreland Hometown Heritage Museum [5] [6]
Only children's museum in U.S. that focuses on fine art; founded in 1980 Bay Area Discovery Museum: Sausalito: California: Located on National Park land; founded in 1987 Beaumont Children's Museum: Beaumont: Texas: Founded in 2008. Temporarily located at Beaumont Civic Center: Betty Brinn Children's Museum: Milwaukee: Wisconsin
The Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home is a historic house museum at 419 7th Street in Augusta, Georgia. Built in 1859, it was a childhood home of Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), the 28th president of the United States and proponent of the League of Nations. The house is owned and operated by Historic Augusta, Inc., and was designated a National ...
Augusta's Story – This exhibit explores the region's history. It is composed of artifacts from the prehistoric times to James Brown, the Godfather of Soul.Artifacts include a diorama of Stallings Island culture, slave-made pottery from the antebellum era, 12-pounder bronze Napoleon Cannon tube, and an 1869 steam fire engine that shows the destruction of the 1916 fire.
This left Augusta as the new state capital and a new prime target of the British. By January 31, 1779, Augusta was captured by Lt. Col. Archibald Campbell. But Campbell soon withdrew, as American troops were gathering on the opposite shore of the Savannah River. Augusta again became the state capital, but not for long.
Morris Museum of Art. The Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia was established in 1985 as a non-profit foundation by William S. Morris III, publisher of The Augusta Chronicle, in memory of his parents, as the first museum dedicated to the collection and exhibition of art and artists of the American South. In 1989, Morris bought 230 pictures ...
Augusta Canal; Augusta Museum of History; F. Fort Discovery; M. Meadow Garden (Augusta, Georgia) Morris Museum of Art; P. Pexcho's American Dime Museum; W. Woodrow ...