Enjoy diesel train rides at Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah this MLK Jr. 2018 weekend.
Train rides will be at 11AM, 11:30AM, 1PM & 2PM Friday, Saturday & Monday. Sunday train rides will be at 1PM & 2PM.
Georgia State Railroad Museum
655 Louisville Road
Savannah, GA 31401
912.651.6823
www.chsgeorgia.org
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Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets will be shown this Sun. Jan. 14 & Wed. Jan 17 2018 @ GTC Pooler Cinemas as part of the theater’s FLASHBACK CINEMA, a classic film program featured at selected theatres.
Rated PG
Flashback features play at 2PM & 7PM on Sundays; 4PM & 7PM on Wednesdays. Learn more here.
Mark your calendar for these free admission dates in 2018 @ Fort Pulaski National Monument in Savannah.
April 21: First day of National Park Week
September 22: National Public Lands Day
November 11: Veterans Day
Fort Pulaski National Monument is on U.S. Hwy 80, 15 miles east of downtown Savannah. For more info, call 912) 786-5787 or visit nps.gov/fopu.
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Your kids can become a Junior Ranger
Take advantage of the fact that we live within a day’s drive of multiple national parks & monuments & have your kids become a junior ranger at one or many of these sites.
When you take kids to tour national parks, you never know how much they are getting out of the visit. Especially for those of us moms who aren’t exactly history experts.
Which is why you need to pick up the Junior Ranger booklets at the visitor centers of national parks you visit. The Junior Ranger program kids engage more during the visits.
Junior Ranger booklets have activities about the national parks for ages 5-12. Junior ranger books are free to any visitor and usually are available at the visitors’ centers. Often, similar programs with more advanced activities are also available for older kids. Just ask at the site’s visitor center.
While doing the activities, children enjoy earning a badge and a certificate.
Nearby national parks/monuments that have Junior Ranger programs include:
*Fort Pulaski National Monument, on U.S. 80 en route to Tybee Island. Info on the Fort Pulaski Junior Program here.
*Fort Sumter & Fort Moultrie national monuments, Charleston, S.C. Info on these forts Junior Ranger program here.
*Cumberland Island National Seashore, Ga. More info here.
*Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island. Info on the Fort Frederica National Monument Junior Ranger Program here.
*Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon. Info on Ocmulgee’s National Monument Junior Ranger Program here.
* Congaree National Park near Columbia. Info on Junior Ranger Program here.
FREE admission to museums, historic sites on Super Museum Sunday, Feb. 11
Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday 2018 is Sun. Feb. 11 when various museums and historical sites in the Savannah area are free and open to the public.
See the list of participating Super Museum Sunday Sites here.
Various sites will have free admission Feb. 11 2018 from noon – 4PM, unless alternate hours are listed.
Telfair Museums’ three sites – The Jepson Center, Telfair Academy & Owens-Thomas House, will be open & free noon-4PM. Explore the exciting work of Carrie Mae Weems’ Sea Islands Series, meet and discover local artists, and create artworks that blend fabric, photography, and text.
The Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Savannah 31401
Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St. Savannah, 31401
Owens-Thomas House, 124 Abercorn St. Savannah, 31401
All Coastal Heritage Society sites – Savannah Children’s Museum, Georgia State Railroad Museum, Fort Jackson, Savannah History Museum – will be open & free.
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Georgia History Festival’s Georgia Day Parade in Savannah
Fri. Feb. 9 2017 at 10:30AM
Students & teachers costumed as historical figures march through Savannah’s historic squares during this beloved annual event.
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FREE Colonial Faire and Muster 2018
Saturday & Sunday, 10AM- 4PM Feb 10 & 11 2017
Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd, Savannah 31406.
Experience life in Colonial Georgia during the 18th century with a military encampment, sutler’s row, craft demonstrations, military demonstrations, and period music and dance. Food concessions will be available. Free. 912-353-3023.
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Edward Scissorhands
Saturday Jan. 13 at 7 PM
Trustees Theater
216 E Broughton St, Savannah, Georgia 31401
Tickets Available: tickets.savannahboxoffice.com
Rated PG-13
Part of the SCAD Cinema Circle’s “Strange Love” quarter, director Tim Burton’ s 4th feature film stars Johnnie Depp and Winona Rider in this classic oddball love story.
Trustees Theater
216 E. Broughton St.
Savannah, GA 31401
This new year, make the resolution to lay a solid foundation for your child’s early musical development by immersing them in the joyful and magical Kindermusik Savannah experience. Kindermusik Savannah with 88 Keys invites all new families to a free introductory class with your 0-7 year old; text “MUSIC” to 912-432-5885 for more info, or visit kindermusikwith88keys.com.
New 2018 classes start Jan. 8!
January class theme is “How Do You Feel?”
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