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Albany James H. Gray Sr. Civic Center
Albany James H. Gray Sr. Civic Center is the largest indoor municipal facility south of Atlanta. The center is named for the late former Albany, Georgia mayor, James H. Gray Sr. The 10,240 seat arena has seven seating
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styles: basketball, end stage, half house, ice show, rodeo, Sesame Street Live and wrestling. The municipal center also features 46,000 square feet of exhibit space, 6,000 square feet of meeting space, and 2,100 parking spaces. Albany James H. Gray Sr. Civic Center is the home of the South Georgia Wildcats. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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Albany Municipal Auditorium
Built in 1916, Albany Municipal Auditorium is the cultural and physical successor of Georgia's largest Chautauqua auditorium. Albany Georgia's 965 seat classic style auditorium, listed on the National Register of
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Historic Places, has one of the few Steinway grand pianos bearing the Steinway signature. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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Carnegie Library
Carnegie Library, named for its benefactor Andrew Carnegie and built in 1906, served as the main library until 1966. In 1992, Carnegie Library became the administrative offices of the Albany Area Arts Council and serves as an
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arts welcome center, a meeting facility for arts & entertainment organizations, and an excellent site for receptions and meetings. The building can be rented for private functions. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 1993 Carnegie Library was presented the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding Adaptive-Use Rehabilitation. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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Charles M. Sherrod Civil Rights Park
Charles M. Sherrod Civil Rights Park, named for one of the three Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee members who organized the 1961 Albany Civil Rights sit-in protest at the Albany Trailways Bus Station,
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contains four monuments: A Chronological Account of the National Civil Rights Movement events, two chronological accounts of Albany Civil Rights Movement events and a quotation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s remarks referencing the Albany Movement. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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