Telfair Academy
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The Telfair Academy is the oldest public art museum in the South and the first art museum in America founded by a woman. Formerly the Telfair family mansion, the museum opened its doors to the public in 1886. The Telfair Academy presents a celebrated collection of fine art, decorative art, and period rooms, displayed within the stunning architectural setting designed by European architects William Jay and Detlef Lienau. It is also home to the Bird Girl statue made famous by the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Nice but a bit underwhelming.
The art was interesting and varied, but not a whole lot to see for the price of admission. The adjacent children's museum is a large building with very little to actually see, some of which is not ...
Art Museum Housed in the Former Telfair Home
At the lovely Telfair Academy on Barnard Street across from Telfair Square one will see examples of fine art, statues, and decorated rooms in the home. The Telfair which opened to the public in 1886 ...
Beautiful, building and interesting history
The Telfair Academy is a beautiful building with several floors (the pamphlet says 5 floors-but there is very little art work on some of those floors). There was a docent that filled us in on the ...