Telfair Museums' Telfair Academy

The Telfair Academy contains two nineteenth-century period rooms and houses nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European art from the museum’s permanent collection including paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and decorative arts.

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121 Barnard St Savannah , GA 31401 United States

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Katie Majewski Feeley

Worth the trip just to see the beautiful building and the kitchen downstairs. Buy the 3-site pass for the Telfair Museums and put the Academy on your list.

Dianna Burley

Beautiful museum with a wonderful art collection . A definite must see for a well rounded trip to Savannah.

Jonathan Stalcup

Designed by William Jay as a mansion for Alexander Telfair, attic and rotunda designed by Detlef Lienau when Mary Telfair left the property as a museum in the 1880s.www.architecturalsavannah.com

Lazar Stojković

Network: Academy Guest, password: Telfair121

Ares, Jr.

Art , building layout, games, the customer service was phenomenal.

Bob D

A must stop!

Laiken Love

Awesome museum ! Their collection of art is incredible!

Telfair Museums

Stop in to see the permanent collection and the "Bird Girl " statue - in addition to our great exhibits !

Theresa Errante-Parrino

Go on Saturdays- it's free then- otherwise $12.50!

John Culpepper

It's amazing how massive this place is on the inside.

Zachary Colescott

Stopped in to see the famous "Bird Girl " statue from the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". Bad news, no photos whatsoever!

Trina Searcy

This is where the bird girl is ~ midnight in the garden ....

Mary!

Bird Girl Statue from the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is here.

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