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Albany Civil Rights Museum
Albany Civil Rights Museum is the site of information and memorabilia about the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in Albany, Georgia. The museum is located in Old Mt. Zion Church, the gathering place for mass meetings during the march for freedom and social change in Albany and Southwest, Georgia.
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Museum highlights are monthly performances by the Freedom Singers. Telephone: 229-432-1698 Fax: 229-432-2150 View Map Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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Albany Museum of Art
Albany Museum of Art is a Southwest Georgia cultural center with a 30-year history. It contains the Southeast’s largest collection of sub-Saharan African art as well as art collections by Potthast, Sharp, Rauschenberg, Warhol and Hoffman. In addition to exhibitions and art festivals, the museum offers art
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classes, lectures and workshops for persons of all ages. Concerts and films are also a part of the activities of this cultural bastion of Southwest Georgia. View map Nearest hotel: Comfort Suites Merry Acres
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Flint Riverquarium
Flint Riverquarium is an aquarium that tells the story of the Flint River and the mysterious blue hole springs that help create it. Built around a
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175,000 gallon blue hole spring, this one-of-a-kind building houses high tech, interactive exhibits similar to a science or a children's museum. The associated and nearby Adventure Center features Georgia's only IWERKS large format theater with 3D capability, a changing exhibit hall, classroom and wet lab for school children. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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Parks at Chehaw
The Parks at Chehaw are an 800 acre recreation playground featuring a Wild Animal Park, a Play Park – the largest in Southwest Georgia, a Bike Park, Creekside Park with six different ecosystems, an Education Center and an RV Park and Campground.
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Wild Animal Park, designed by naturalist and Albany native Jim Fowler, is accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. Convenient hotel: Wingate Inn
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