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The Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village, formerly known as Agrirama, is a 19th-century
Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village
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The Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village, formerly known as Agrirama, is a 19th-century living museum
A living museum, also known as a living history museum, is a type of museum which recreates historical settings to simulate a past time period, providing visitors with an experiential interpretation of history. It is a type of museum that recr ...
located in Tifton, Georgia
Tifton is a city in Tift County, Georgia, United States. The population was 17,045 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Tift County.
The area's public schools are administered by the Tift County School District. Abraham Baldwin Ag ...
. It opened on July 4, 1976. The grounds consist of five areas: a traditional farm community of the 1870s, an 1890s progressive farmstead, an industrial sites complex, rural town, national peanut
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complex, and the Museum of Agriculture Center.
Over 35 structures have been relocated to the site and faithfully restored or preserved including the Vulcan Steam Train running on narrow gauge
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Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
track. Costumed interpreters explain and demonstrate the lifestyle and activities of this time in Georgia's history. It is located at 1392 Whiddon Mill Road off I-75
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at Exit 63B.
The museum is a facility of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) is a public college in Tifton, Georgia. It is part of the University System of Georgia and offers baccalaureate and associate degrees. The college is named after Abraham Baldwin, a signer of the Unite ...
.
Notable facilities
Like many living museums, this one includes residences, a grist mill, saw mill and stores. More notable demonstrations include a turpentine still and a cotton gin. The cotton gin is a reconstruction designed to demonstrate ginning technologies of the period 1890–1900. During this period, mid-nineteenth century gins were being replaced by the system gin invented by Robert S. Munger. This gin demonstrates all the system ginning technologies, but does not operate as efficiently as a system gin because it only contains one gin stand. Its equipment was made by Lummus of Columbus, Georgia. In 1999, Lummus moved to Savannah, Georgia, where it continues to make cotton gins. The museum operates the gin for the public annually.References
External links
Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village
- official site 1976 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Museums established in 1976 Museums in Tift County, Georgia Agriculture museums in the United States Living museums in Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-museum-stub