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Historic Sites in Georgia: Hours, Admission and What to See

By Hank Whitlock·Updated October 20, 2026·18 min read

We list 82 historic sites you can visit in Georgia: 9 National Park Service units, state historic sites, museums, battlefields and house museums. 12 are free. Hours and admission were read from each operator’s own page.

Header photo: Andersonville Prison (Camp Sumter) on August 17, 1864, today Andersonville National Historic Site. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-53819.

82historic sites
12free to visit
9National Park Service units
9regions covered

North Georgia
Northwest Georgia
Atlanta Metro
West Georgia
East Georgia
Historic Heartland
Southwest Georgia
Southeast Georgia
Coastal Georgia
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Historic sites in Georgia by region

North Georgia (6)

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Site	Type	Where	Hours	Admission	What to see
Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site	State historic site	Dahlonega, Lumpkin	Mon-Sat 9-4:45; Sun 10-4:45; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$10 adults, $7.50 seniors, $7 youth 6-17, $3.50 children	Museum in the 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse: Dahlonega Mint coins, a five-ounce nugget, hydraulic mining cannon and 17-minute film. Official page
Fort Yargo State Park	Fort	Winder, Barrow	Park 7 am-10 pm; office 8-5	$10 parking per vehicle (ParkPass; $70 annual)	1792 log fort built by settlers for protection against Creek and Cherokee Indians. Official page
Foxfire Museum & Heritage Center	Historic village	Mountain City, Rabun	See official site	See official site	Foxfire Village Museum on land bought with royalties from the Foxfire books, which began in 1966 as a student magazine on Southern Appalachian life.
Hardman Farm State Historic Site	State historic site	Sautee Nacoochee, White	Mar-Dec daily 10-4, mansion tours Thu-Sat (last 3 pm); Jan-Feb Thu-Sat 10-4	$13 adults, $9.75 seniors, $8 youth 6-17, 5 and under free; grounds only $7; plus tax	1870 Italianate mansion, dairy barn and the gazebo-topped Sautee Nacoochee Indian Mound on the Unicoi Turnpike. Official page
Traveler’s Rest State Historic Site	State historic site	Toccoa, Stephens	Sat-Sun 9-5; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$5.50 adults, $4.25 seniors, $3.50 youth 6-17, $1.25 under 6, plus tax	Georgia’s last stagecoach inn, built around 1815 on the Unicoi Turnpike, with original furnishings; National Historic Landmark (1964). Official page
Watson Mill Bridge State Park	Other	Comer, Madison	Park 7 am-10 pm; office 8-5	$10 parking per vehicle (ParkPass; $70 annual)	Georgia’s longest covered bridge still in use (229 feet), built in 1885 by W.W. King, son of famed bridge builder Horace King. Official page

Northwest Georgia (9)

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Site	Type	Where	Hours	Admission	What to see
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park (Chickamauga Battlefield) Free	NPS unit	Fort Oglethorpe, Walker	Park units daylight hours; Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center daily 8:30-5 (closed Dec 25 and Jan 1)	Chickamauga Battlefield free; only Point Park on Lookout Mountain (Tennessee) charges $10 ages 16+	Chickamauga Battlefield (September 1863) with tour roads, monuments and the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center; the park also has units in Tennessee.
Allatoona Pass Battlefield Free	Battlefield	Cartersville, Bartow	Daylight hours	Free (no fees)	Earthworks and trenches of the October 5, 1864 battle (about 30 percent of 5,000 engaged became casualties) along the railroad cut the General passed in 1862. Official page
Chief Vann House State Historic Site	State historic site	Chatsworth, Murray	Thu-Sat 9-5; Sun 1-5 (closed Sundays Dec-Mar); tours on the hour, last 4 pm	$7 adults, $5.25 seniors 62+, $6 youth 6-17, plus tax	Brick home completed in 1804 by Cherokee leader James Vann, seen by guided tour only; 19th-century Cherokee farmstead and former Springplace Moravian mission site. Official page
Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge Home	House museum	Rome, Floyd	Wed-Sat 10-4; closed for some events and most major holidays	$5 adults, $3 seniors/college/military, $2 K-12	Home of Cherokee leader Major Ridge, telling the Ridge family story and the Trail of Tears; National Historic Landmark; Trail of Tears NHT site.
Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site	State historic site	Cartersville, Bartow	Daily 9-5 (mounds area closes 4:30); closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$6 adults, $4.50 seniors, $4 youth 6-17, $2 under 6, plus tax	Six earthen mounds (tallest 63 feet), plaza, village site and a stone fish trap on the Etowah River; occupied about 1000-1550 A.D. Official page
Fort Mountain State Park	Archaeological site	Chatsworth, Murray	Park 7 am-10 pm; office 8-5	$10 parking per vehicle (ParkPass; $70 annual)	Mysterious 855-foot-long ancient rock wall on the summit and a CCC-built stone fire tower. Official page
New Echota State Historic Site	State historic site	Calhoun, Gordon	Tue-Sat 9-5; Sun 1-5 (closed Sundays Dec-Mar); buildings close 4:45; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$8 adults, $6 seniors, $6 youth 6-17, plus tax	Capital of the Cherokee Nation from 1825: 12 original and reconstructed buildings including the Council House, Supreme Court, Cherokee Phoenix print shop and the Worcester house; 17-minute film. Official page
Pickett’s Mill Battlefield State Historic Site	Battlefield	Dallas, Paulding	Site daily 9-5; museum Fri-Sun 9-5; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$6 adults, $4.50 seniors, $3.50 youth 6-17, plus tax	One of the best-preserved Civil War battlefields: original earthworks, the ravine of the May 27, 1864 assault, trails and museum. Official page
Resaca Battlefield Historic Site	Battlefield	Resaca, Gordon	Daily dawn to dusk (hours subject to change)	See official site	Battlefield park of the first major battle of the 1864 Atlanta Campaign with marked trails, signage, historical points of interest and original cannons. Official page

Atlanta Metro (11)

Atlanta Metro events →

Site	Type	Where	Hours	Admission	What to see
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	NPS unit	Kennesaw, Cobb	Visitor center daily 9-5 (closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1); grounds 6:30-6:30 Standard Time, 6:30-8:30 Daylight Time	$5 per vehicle per day or $5 per person on foot ages 16+; $40 annual; card only	2,965-acre battlefield of the June-July 1864 Atlanta Campaign with earthworks, Cheatham Hill and Pigeon Hill.
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Free	NPS unit	Atlanta, Fulton	Daily 9-5; closed Jan 1, Thanksgiving, Dec 25	Free	Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Fire Station No. 6 (temporary visitor center), Freedom Hall and the Auburn Avenue neighborhood where Dr. King was born; ranger Birth Home presentations next door to the house.
Atlanta History Center	Museum	Atlanta, Fulton	Tue-Sun 9-4 (Buckhead and Margaret Mitchell House)	See official site	Buckhead campus with exhibitions, historic homes and farms, a rare 19th-century cyclorama and 33 acres of gardens and trails; also runs the Margaret Mitchell House in Midtown.
Georgia State Capitol (Georgia Capitol Museum)	Museum	Atlanta, Fulton	Mon-Fri 8-5	See official site	Working state capitol and National Historic Landmark with the Georgia Capitol Museum; Explore Georgia lists a GA250 “Faces of the Revolution Tour” here through Dec 17, 2026.
Historic Oakland Cemetery	Other	Atlanta, Fulton	Visitor Center daily 10-5	Grounds free; guided tours see official site	Outdoor museum of Atlanta history with over 70,000 stories; 90-minute guided overview tours and 20+ special-topic tours on most weekends.
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum	Museum	Atlanta, Fulton	Museum Mon-Sat 9:30-4:30; research library Mon-Fri 9:30-3:30 by appointment	$12 adults, $10 seniors 62+/military/college students, 16 and under free	Presidential museum of the Carter administration.
National Center for Civil and Human Rights	Museum	Atlanta, Fulton	Tue-Sat 10-5; Sun 12-5; last entry 4; closed Thanksgiving and Dec 25	Dated tickets $26 adults, $21 seniors 65+, $20 youth 7-12, plus tax (anytime tickets $28/$23/$22)	Galleries on the American civil rights movement and global human rights, including the lunch-counter simulation.
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History	Museum	Kennesaw, Cobb	Tue-Sat 9:30-5; closed Thanksgiving and late-December holidays	$10 adults, $8 seniors 65+, $5 military, students and children 3-17	Civil War and railroad history museum in Kennesaw.
Sweet Auburn Historic District Free	Historic district	Atlanta, Fulton	Public streets, always open	Free	Auburn Avenue, center of Black commercial and religious life in Atlanta; National Historic Landmark (1976).
Sweetwater Creek State Park (New Manchester Mill ruins)	Other	Lithia Springs, Douglas	Park 7 am-dark; office 9-5	$10 parking per vehicle (ParkPass; $70 annual)	Ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company textile mill burned during the Civil War, reached by creekside trail; interior only on guided hikes. Official page
The Wren’s Nest (Joel Chandler Harris House)	House museum	Atlanta, Fulton	Sat 11-3; Sun-Fri by appointment	See official site	Home of writer Joel Chandler Harris; National Historic Landmark.

West Georgia (7)

West Georgia events →

Site	Type	Where	Hours	Admission	What to see
Andersonville National Historic Site Free	NPS unit	Andersonville, Sumter	Grounds and cemetery daily 8-5; National Prisoner of War Museum daily 9:30-4:30; park closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25 and Jan 1 (cemetery gate still open)	Free (no entrance fee; museum and programs free)	Site of Camp Sumter military prison, Andersonville National Cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum; one-hour audio driving tour loaned at the museum desk.
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Free	NPS unit	Plains, Sumter	Visitor information desk daily 9:30-4:30 (closed Jan 1, Thanksgiving, Dec 25)	Free	Plains High School visitor center and museum, Carter boyhood farm, Plains depot campaign headquarters; Carter residence closed to the public; President Carter is buried at the family plot at the Carter home.
F.D. Roosevelt State Park	Other	Pine Mountain, Harris	Park 7 am-10 pm; office Apr-Sep 8-8, Oct-Mar 8-5	$10 parking per vehicle (ParkPass; $70 annual)	Georgia’s largest state park at 10,874 acres, with the 23-mile Pine Mountain Trail; listed by NPS as the Pine Mountain State Park National Historic Landmark (1997). Official page
Historic Westville	Historic village	Columbus, Muscogee	Village Fri-Sat 10-4 (homepage banner)	See official site	Historic village museum at 3557 South Lumpkin Road, Columbus.
National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus	Museum	Columbus, Muscogee	Mon-Sat 10-4:30; Sun 12:30-4:30; closed Jan 1, Easter, Thanksgiving, Dec 25	$12 adults, $10 seniors and military, $8 students	Museum of the navies of the Civil War on the Chattahoochee.
Roosevelt’s Little White House State Historic Site	State historic site	Warm Springs, Meriwether	Daily 9-4:45 (last ticket 4:30); closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$13 adults, $9.75 seniors, $7.50 youth 6-17, under 6 free, plus tax; ranger tours Sat-Sun 10 am $20	FDR’s 1932 cottage where he died April 12, 1945, the Unfinished Portrait, museum, pools museum and Walk of Flags and Stones. Official page
Springer Opera House	Other	Columbus, Muscogee	Box office Tue-Fri 10-5:30; building tours by arrangement	Building tours $10 per person (5-person minimum); ghost tours $25	Working theater in its 154th season and a National Historic Landmark; building tours and ghost tours.

East Georgia (7)

East Georgia events →

Site	Type	Where	Hours	Admission	What to see
A.H. Stephens State Park (Liberty Hall)	House museum	Crawfordville, Taliaferro	Historic site Fri-Sun 9-5 (last tour 3:30); park 7 am-10 pm	Historic site $8 adults, $6 seniors, $5 youth 6-17, $2 under 6; parking fee also required	Liberty Hall, home of Alexander H. Stephens restored to its 1875 style, and a Civil War museum; National Historic Landmark (Liberty Hall). Official page
Augusta Canal Discovery Center	Museum	Augusta, Richmond	See official site	See official site	Interpretive center of the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area and departure point for Petersburg boat tours (Historic Augusta Canal and Industrial District NHL).
Augusta Museum of History	Museum	Augusta, Richmond	Thu-Sat 10-5; Sun 1-5; Mon-Wed closed	$7 adults, $6 seniors, $5 children 6-18, under 6 free	Regional history museum of Augusta.
Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson	House museum	Augusta, Richmond	Tours Wed-Sat at 10, 11, 1, 2, 3 and 4	$10 adults, $8 seniors and military, $5 students K-12	Home where Woodrow Wilson lived as a boy; National Historic Landmark (2008).
Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History	Museum	Augusta, Richmond	See official site	See official site	Museum of Black history in Augusta named for educator Lucy Craft Laney.
Meadow Garden (George Walton House)	House museum	Augusta, Richmond	Mon-Fri 10-4; Sat by appointment (24 hours’ notice)	$10 general, $8 military/teachers/seniors, $5 youth 6-18	Home of George Walton, one of Georgia’s three signers of the Declaration of Independence; National Historic Landmark. Explore Georgia lists GA250 tours here through Dec 30, 2026.
Robert Toombs House State Historic Site	House museum	Washington, Wilkes	Thu-Sat 10-4; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$8 self-guided or $10 guided (13 and up), $6 ages 5-12, free 4 and under; cash or check only	Home of U.S. Senator and Confederate general Robert Toombs, who later helped write the Georgia Constitution of 1877. Official page

Historic Heartland (13)

Historic Heartland events →

Site	Type	Where	Hours	Admission	What to see
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Free	NPS unit	Macon, Bibb	Grounds and trails daily 8-5; visitor center and Earth Lodge daily 9-5; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	Free (no entrance pass required)	Mississippian-period earthen mounds, the reconstructed Earth Lodge and a visitor center museum; Ice Age hunters were here before 9000 BC.
Andalusia Farm	House museum	Milledgeville, Baldwin	10-4 and Sun 2-4 (days other than Sunday not legible on page read); last tour 4	$7 adults, $6 seniors 60+, $2 students, under 6 free	Home of author Flannery O’Connor, run by Georgia College; National Historic Landmark (2022).
Cannonball House	House museum	Macon, Bibb	Fri-Sat only through January 2027 (homepage notice); visit page says Tue-Sat 10-3:30	$12 adults, $10 seniors and military, $5 students, under 4 free	1853 townhouse struck by a Union artillery shell that did not explode during the Civil War; museum of antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction artifacts.
Church-Waddel-Brumby House (Historic Athens Welcome Center)	House museum	Athens, Clarke	See official site	Free self-guided house tour; guided house tour $5	Circa 1820 house museum, believed to be Athens’s oldest residence, and start point for guided city tours.
Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion	House museum	Milledgeville, Baldwin	Tue-Sat 10-4; Sun 2-4; last tour 4; closed Mondays, holidays, Thanksgiving week and week after Christmas	$10 adults, $7 seniors 60+, $2 students, under 6 free	Greek Revival home of Georgia’s governors when Milledgeville was capital, restored to its c1851 appearance; National Historic Landmark.
Griswoldville Battlefield Free	Battlefield	Griswoldville, Jones	Daylight hours	Free (no fees)	Seventeen-acre portion of the November 22, 1864 battlefield where Georgia militia charged Union lines; monument and panels. Official page
Hay House	House museum	Macon, Bibb	Wed-Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5; last tour 4	See official site	Johnston-Felton-Hay House, completed in 1859 in the Italian Renaissance Revival style; hour-long guided tours of the first three levels and Behind-the-Scenes tours of all seven levels.
Indian Springs State Park	Other	Flovilla, Butts	Park 7 am-10 pm; Spring House closes at sunset	$10 parking per vehicle (ParkPass; $70 annual)	One of the oldest state parks in the nation: CCC-built stone Spring House and a seasonal museum on Creek history, the resort era and the CCC. Official page
Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site	Historic village	Juliette, Jones	Thu-Sun 9-5; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$7 adults, $5.25 seniors, $4.50 youth 6-17, $1.50 under 6, plus tax	Cotton plantation owned by one family for 140+ years (house built 1847), with steam sawmill, gin and gristmill; 42 enslaved people farmed it by 1863. Official page
Madison Historic District Free	Historic district	Madison, Morgan	Public streets, always open	Free (self-guided walking tour)	Antebellum town on Georgia’s Antebellum Trail with a free self-guided walking tour from the Madison Welcome Center.
T.R.R. Cobb House Free	House museum	Athens, Clarke	Tue-Fri 10-4; closed Sat-Mon and holidays	Suggested donation $2 adults; free to children and students	Museum about Thomas R.R. Cobb, his family and the people he enslaved; the house returned to Athens from Stone Mountain in 2004.
Taylor-Grady House	House museum	Athens, Clarke	See official site	See official site	House museum listed by NPS as the Henry W. Grady House National Historic Landmark.
Tubman Museum	Museum	Macon, Bibb	Tue-Sat 9-5; closed Sun-Mon and listed holidays (e.g. Nov 26-27, Dec 24-25, 2026, Jan 1, 2027)	$10 adults, $6 ages 3-17; $9 seniors 55+, college students, educators, military, AAA/AARP	Museum of African American art, history and culture.

Southwest Georgia (3)

Southwest Georgia events →

Site	Type	Where	Hours	Admission	What to see
Kolomoki Mounds State Park	Archaeological site	Blakely, Early	Park 7 am-10 pm; office 8-5	Museum admission listed ($5.50 adults) but no museum experience during NAGPRA changes; $10 parking per vehicle (ParkPass; $70 annual)	Oldest and largest Woodland Indian site in the Southeast (350-900 C.E.); Mound A is 57 feet high; ranger-led tours. Official page
Lapham-Patterson House State Historic Site	House museum	Thomasville, Thomas	Guided tours Fri 1, 2, 3 pm; Sat 10, 11, 1, 2, 3 pm	$15 adults 18+, $10 children 17 and under	1884-85 Victorian winter cottage with fishscale shingles, double-flue chimney with walk-through stair and cantilevered balcony; National Historic Landmark. Official page
Pebble Hill Plantation	House museum	Thomasville, Thomas	Tue-Sat 10-5; Sun 12-5 grounds only; closed all of August	See official site	Main house and grounds; owned and operated by the Pebble Hill Foundation.

Southeast Georgia (1)

Southeast Georgia events →

Site	Type	Where	Hours	Admission	What to see
Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site	State historic site	Fitzgerald, Irwin	Wed-Sun 9-5	$6 adult, $5.50 senior, $4.75 child	Monument, museum and trail where Union cavalry surrounded and captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis at dawn after his party camped here on May 9, 1865. Official page

Coastal Georgia (25)

Coastal Georgia events →

Site	Type	Where	Hours	Admission	What to see
Cumberland Island National Seashore	NPS unit	St. Marys, Camden	Mainland Visitor Center daily 8-4; Mainland Museum daily 1-4; ferry 7 days Mar 1-Nov 30, no ferry Tue-Wed Dec 1-Feb 28	$15 per person entrance (ages 16+, 7 days); ferry $44 adults, $42 seniors, $34 youth 6-15 plus tax	Dungeness mansion ruins (Carnegie estate, burned 1959), guided tours of Plum Orchard Mansion, and First African Baptist Church and The Settlement on the north end; reached by 45-minute ferry.
Fort Frederica National Monument Free	NPS unit	St. Simons Island, Glynn	Grounds daily 9-5; visitor center Wed-Sun 9-5; Bloody Marsh Unit daily 8:30-4; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	Free (no entrance pass required)	Archaeological remains of the town and fort Oglethorpe founded in 1736, plus the separate Bloody Marsh Unit (1742 battle site).
Fort Pulaski National Monument	NPS unit	Savannah, Chatham	See official site	$10 per person ages 16+ (valid 7 days); 15 and under free; $35 annual pass	Masonry fort breached by Union rifled cannon in April 1862, with the visible breach, casemates and moat.
Andrew Low House Museum	House museum	Savannah, Chatham	Mon-Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4 (last tour 4); closed some holidays	$15 adults, $14 seniors 60+, $13 students 6-21, under 6 and active military free	1840s home of Scottish-born merchant Andrew Low II, where his daughter-in-law Juliette Gordon Low lived in the early Girl Scout years; guided tours on the hour and half hour.
Davenport House Museum	House museum	Savannah, Chatham	Tours Mon-Fri 11-3:30, Sat 10-4, Sun closed	$15 adults, $12 students 18-21, $10 children 6-17, under 6 free; $36 three-site pass with Andrew Low House and Ships of the Sea	House of c. 1820 whose rescue from demolition in 1955 led seven women to found Historic Savannah Foundation; tours tell the stories of enslaved and free residents.
Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home	House museum	Savannah, Chatham	Thu-Sun 10-5; guided tours 11, 1, 3; self-guided first floor between tours by donation	See official site	Childhood home of author Flannery O’Connor on Lafayette Square.
Fort King George State Historic Site	State historic site	Darien, McIntosh	Tue-Sun 9-5; closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$8.25 adults, $6.25 seniors, $4.75 youth 6-17, $2.75 under 6, plus tax	Reconstructed 1721 British fort (blockhouse, barracks, officers’ quarters, moat), museum and film, sawmill and tabby ruins. Official page
Fort McAllister State Park	Fort	Richmond Hill, Bryan	Historic site 8-5; park 7 am-10 pm	Historic site $9.75 adults, $7.50 seniors, $5.50 youth 6-17; parking fee also required	Best-preserved earthwork fortification of the Confederacy; fell in December 1864, ending Sherman’s March to the Sea; museum, bombproof, hot shot furnace. Official page
Fort Morris State Historic Site	State historic site	Midway, Liberty	Site daily 9-5; museum Fri-Sun 9-5 (Mon-Thu self-guided, $5 per vehicle at collection box)	$5 adults, $3.75 seniors, $3.50 youth, $1.50 under 6, plus tax	Original earthworks of the Revolutionary fort above the Medway River (“Come and take it!”), museum and film on colonial Sunbury. Official page
Georgia State Railroad Museum	Museum	Savannah, Chatham	Daily 9-4; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$20 adults, $14 children 3-12 (includes STEAM Center)	Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal, a National Historic Landmark, with roundhouse and working shops.
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site	State historic site	Brunswick, Glynn	Tue-Sun 9-5; hourly tours, last 4 pm; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$8.75 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 youth 6-17, $2.25 under 6, plus tax	Altamaha River rice plantation worked by enslaved Africans from the early 1800s, family home, dairy and rice-levee remnants. Official page
Jekyll Island Historic District and Mosaic, Jekyll Island Museum	Historic district	Jekyll Island, Glynn	See official site	See official site	240-acre historic district of the Jekyll Island Club; guided 60-minute Landmark Trolley Tour from Mosaic includes entry to a historic cottage and museum admission; National Historic Landmark district.
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace	House museum	Savannah, Chatham	See official site	See official site	Birthplace and childhood home of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low; centerpiece of the Juliette Gordon Low Historic District NHL.
Mercer Williams House Museum	House museum	Savannah, Chatham	Mon-Sat 10-5 (tours 10:30-4:10); Sun 11:30-5 (tours 12-4)	See official site	Historic house museum on guided tour.
Old Fort Jackson	Fort	Savannah, Chatham	Daily 9-4; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$15 adults, $10 children 3-12	Brick fort on the Savannah River (Fort James Jackson National Historic Landmark) with cannon firings.
Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters	House museum	Savannah, Chatham	Tue-Sun 10-5, Mon closed; guided tours 10-3:30, audio tours 3:30-4, last tour 4	$30 adults, $27 seniors 65+ and military, $20 students 13-25, $10 children 6-12, 5 and under free (7-day ticket to all three Telfair sites)	Regency-style mansion built in 1819 with its slave quarters, interpreting the relationships between the most and least powerful people in early-1800s Savannah; guided tours every 15 minutes.
Pin Point Heritage Museum	Museum	Savannah, Chatham	Thu-Sat 9-4; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$15 adults, $7 children 3-12	Coastal Heritage Society museum telling the story of the Gullah Geechee community of Pin Point.
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum	Museum	Savannah, Chatham	10-5 (last tour 3:30); days not stated on page read	$15 adults, $8 seniors, $7 students	Museum of Savannah’s civil rights movement.
Reynolds Mansion and Sapelo Island	State historic site	Sapelo Island, McIntosh	Mainland Visitor Center Tue-Fri 7:30-5:30, Sat 8-5:30; public island tours by schedule (call 912-437-3224)	See official site	Ferry-access barrier island: guided tours of the Gullah Geechee community of Hog Hammock, the Reynolds Mansion, Nanny Goat Beach and a restored 1820 lighthouse. Official page
Savannah Historic District Free	Historic district	Savannah, Chatham	Public streets, always open	Free	Oglethorpe’s 1733 plan of wards and public squares; National Historic Landmark district (designated 11/13/66).
Savannah History Museum	Museum	Savannah, Chatham	Daily 9-4; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1	$12 adults, $8 children 3-12	Coastal Heritage Society museum of Savannah history; Explore Georgia lists the GA250 exhibit “Loyalists & Liberty: Savannah in the American Revolution” here.
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum (William Scarbrough House)	Museum	Savannah, Chatham	Mon-Sun 10-5	See official site (part of $36 three-site pass with Davenport and Andrew Low houses)	Maritime collection in the William Scarbrough House and gardens, home of a principal owner of the Steamship Savannah; National Historic Landmark.
St. Simons Lighthouse Museum	Museum	St. Simons Island, Glynn	Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 12-5; tickets until 4:30; closed Thanksgiving, Dec 24-25, Jan 1, Easter	$12 adults, $6 ages 6-12, $2 military discount	Lighthouse and keeper’s dwelling museum; the Society also runs the World War II Home Front Museum.
Telfair Academy	Museum	Savannah, Chatham	Tue-Sun 10-5, Mon closed	Same Telfair ticket: $30 adults, $27 seniors/military, $20 students, $10 ages 6-12	Telfair Museums’ historic art museum building; listed by NPS as the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences National Historic Landmark.
Wormsloe State Historic Site	State historic site	Savannah, Chatham	Daily 9-4:45; closed Thanksgiving and Dec 25	$12 adults, $9 seniors, $5.75 youth 6-17, $3.25 under 6, plus tax	Oak-lined avenue to the tabby ruins of Noble Jones’s colonial estate (one of Savannah’s oldest standing structures), museum and colonial life area. Official page

Free historic sites in Georgia

These list no admission charge on their own pages (parking, tours or special programs may still cost money):

Allatoona Pass Battlefield, Cartersville
Andersonville National Historic Site, Andersonville
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park (Chickamauga Battlefield), Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island
Griswoldville Battlefield, Griswoldville
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Plains
Madison Historic District, Madison
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, Atlanta
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Macon
Savannah Historic District, Savannah
Sweet Auburn Historic District, Atlanta
T.R.R. Cobb House, Athens

Types of sites on this list

Type	Sites
House museum	21
Museum	17
State historic site	13
NPS unit	9
Other	6
Battlefield	4
Historic district	4
Historic village	3
Fort	3
Archaeological site	2

What we could not verify

Fort Pulaski’s hours did not show on the National Park Service hours page when we checked. Call the park at (912) 219-4233 before you go.
Two dates for National Historic Landmark status: NPS lists Lapham-Patterson House and Hay House as 1973, while the state park page says 1975 and Hay House’s own site says 1974.
Cannonball House in Macon posts two different schedules on its own website (Fridays and Saturdays only through January 2027, and Tuesday to Saturday). Check before visiting.
Dr. King’s Birth Home in Atlanta and the Little White House cottage in Warm Springs are closed for renovation. Neither official page gives a reopening date.

We re-check these when the source pages change. Spot something we missed? Use the corrections page.

Frequently asked questions

Which historic sites in Georgia are free?

12 of the 82 places on our list charge no admission. They include Andersonville, Ocmulgee Mounds, Fort Frederica, Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King, Jr. national park sites, the Chickamauga Battlefield, Allatoona Pass and Griswoldville battlefields, and the Savannah and Sweet Auburn historic districts (source: Fees & Passes – Andersonville National Historic Site (NPS)).

Which Civil War battlefields can you visit in Georgia?

Chickamauga (free) and Kennesaw Mountain ($5 per vehicle) are run by the National Park Service. The state runs Pickett’s Mill ($6 adults), Allatoona Pass and Griswoldville (both free), and Gordon County runs Resaca. Fort Pulaski and Fort McAllister are Civil War forts you can tour (source: Pickett’s Mill Battlefield State Historic Site – Georgia State Parks).

What happened at Andersonville?

Camp Sumter, the Confederate prison at Andersonville, received its first prisoners in late February 1864. About 45,000 Union soldiers were held there and nearly 13,000 died before it closed in May 1865. The site, national cemetery and National Prisoner of War Museum are free (source: History of the Andersonville Prison – National Park Service).

Is Roosevelt’s Little White House open?

Partly. The museum, grounds, Unfinished Portrait and Flags and Stones of America Walk are open daily 9-4:45. The Little White House itself, the servant quarters and the guest house are temporarily closed for renovation until further notice (source: Roosevelt’s Little White House State Historic Site – Georgia State Parks).

Last checked October 20, 2026 by the It’s Georgia editors against each operator’s, agency’s or organizer’s own page.

How we checked this guide: Dates, hours, admission and parking prices, and access details were verified against the official sources listed below on October 20, 2026. Operators change schedules and raise prices without notice, so confirm anything time-sensitive before you drive. The figures in this guide also feed our Georgia Attraction Transparency Index and Family Day-Out Cost Index.

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About Hank Whitlock

Hank Whitlock is the pen name of the It's Georgia editor. Every guide is built around the questions a busy family actually asks before a trip: how long is the drive, what does parking cost, can the stroller make it, are dogs allowed. Details are checked against official park, city, and venue sources, and each guide shows the date it was last updated.

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