Every year, Jekyll Island commissions a group of highly skilled artisans from across the U.S. to create exquisite, handworked glass floats for Jekyll’s annual Island Treasures event.
(Jekyll Island is an easy, roughly 90-minute drive down I-95 from Savannah. See our list of things to do with kids on on Jekyll Island here. )
The glass floats are part of a hide-and-seek style game played on Jekyll Island throughout January and February. Each day, volunteers called Beach Buddies hide clear globes around the island for lucky guests to find and redeem for a real glass float. Gather your friends and family to search for globes that can be exchanged for dazzling handcrafted glass floats.
Explore history, arts, and culture in communities throughout Georgia as over 100 museums and historic sites across the state open their doors free of charge for this popular annual event, organized as part of the Georgia History Festival. Attendees can experience our state’s rich history and cultural life as historic sites, house museums, art museums, and other points of interest welcome the public, providing an exceptional opportunity to discover the stories and heritage in our own backyard.