Telfair Museums: 200 Years of Art, History, & Architecture in Savannah, GA

Owens-Thomas House
& Slave Quarters

Open 10am–5pm today

Three museums bridging 200 years of art, history, & architecture in Savannah.

Happenings

We proudly present the first full-career survey and most comprehensive presentation to date for American artist Suzanne Jackson (American, b. 1944). Jackson's lyrical and playful dream landscapes and nonobjective paintings push against any definitions to categorize, and instead rightly define a unique perspective that evolves and sharpens over the course of one’s life pursuits.

Before Midnight: Bonaventure and the Bird Girl

April 12, 2019–ongoing Telfair Academy

Telfair Museums presents Sylvia Shaw Judson’s iconic sculpture Bird Girl within the context of the history and art of Bonaventure Cemetery.

Source to Sea: Ansley West Rivers

May 10November 3, 2019 Jepson Center

This #art912 exhibition focuses on Ansley West Rivers' Seven Rivers photographic series. Also on view will be large-scale and painterly maps of the seven rivers made using historic photographic processes such as cyanotype, palladium, and van dyke printing.

If These Walls Could Talk: 200 Years of William Jay Architecture

April 19, 2019–2020 Telfair Academy

In the three short years between his arrival from England in 1817 to his departure for Charleston in 1820, William Jay changed the face of Savannah.

Michael Kolster: Take Me to the River

July 12September 29, 2019 Jepson Center

Michael Kolster: Take Me to the River is a solo exhibition of contemporary wet-plate ambrotypes from the artist’s Rivers series (2011–2014).

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Events

Inside/Out: Telfair Academy

October 2 at 6pm–8pm Telfair Academy

In celebration of 200 years of architecture, join us for an examination of the interior and exterior of the original Telfair Mansion, highlighting the changes that made the home into a museum in the 1880s.