This list of museums in Georgia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private

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es) 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.

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. The numbers in the "Regions" column refers to the state government's list of regions, described in a separate section below.

Defunct museums

* Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum, Madison, closed in 2012 * C. E. Blevins Avian Learning Center, Cohutta, collections moved to Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center * Coweta County Heritage Museum and Research Center, Newnan, closed in 2012 *

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, Augusta, closed in 2010 * Georgia Children's Museum, Macon, closed in 2014 * Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, closed in 2011 * Lewis Grizzard Museum,

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, closed in 2011, collections now at the Moreland Hometown Heritage Museum * Nash Farm Battlefield Museum, closed June 1, 2017 * National Museum of Patriotism, Atlanta, closed in 2010 * Old Mill Motorcycle Museum, Juliette
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* SciTrek, a science museum in Atlanta * Stone Mountain Antique Car and Treasure Museum, Stone Mountain, closed in 2008, featured vintage cars and antique items * U.S. Navy Supply Corps Museum, Athens, closed in 2010

Tourism regions

The Georgia Department of Economic Development 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

Georgia Coast

Also known as the

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, includes the city of

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Historic Heartland

Central part of the state, includes the cities of Macon and Athens

Northwest Georgia

Northwest region, includes Chickamauga

Magnolia Midlands

Southeast section, includes

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, Counties: Appling, Atkinson,

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, Bleckley,

Bulloch Bulloch is a surname, and may refer to * Angela Bulloch (born 1966), British artist * Archibald Bulloch (–1777), American lawyer and politician * Gordon Bulloch (born 1975), Scottish rugby player * Irvine Bulloch (1842–1898), American Confedera ...

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, Coffee,

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, Evans, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Long, Montgomery,

Pulaski Pulaski may refer to: Places * Pulaski Heights, a section of the city of Little Rock, Arkansas * Pulaski Shoal, an underwater landform west of the Florida Keys * Pulaski, Georgia, a town * Pulaski Square, one of the "Squares of Savannah" in t ...

, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne,

Wheeler Wheeler may refer to: Places United States * Wheeler, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, California, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Illinois, a village * Wheeler, Indiana, a ...

, and Wilcox.

Metro Atlanta

Northeast Georgia Mountains

Northeast region, counties: Banks, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham,

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, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Rabun,

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, Towns, Union, and White

Plantation Trace

Rural southwestern section, includes Fitzgerald

Presidential Pathways

West central section, includes

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and Plains

References

External links

Georgia Department of Economic Development web page on Georgia museums

Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries

Explore Georgia

Atlanta Metro Travel Association
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