GeorgiaThe William P. Wall Museum of Natural History at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville holds more than 40,000 biological and paleontological specimens assembled over roughly 130 years. Unusually, up to ninety percent of its displayed bones and fossils are genuine rather than casts, with material ranging from the early Paleozoic some 550 million years ago to the present. Its research holdings include one of the Southeast's larger vertebrate paleontology collections, with over 20,000 specimens from the Triassic through the Pleistocene, alongside collections of mollusk shells, Cambrian trilobites, and comparative mammal skeletons. The museum serves the university's teaching and research missions; it closed in 2025 for a two-year renovation with a planned reopening in 2027.
Natural History Museum
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Natural History Museum is a museum in Milledgeville, Baldwin County. It is one of 5 museums documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.0810, -83.2289 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Blackbridge Gallery (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Georgia College & State University Planetarium, Museum of Fine Arts, and The Great Seal of Georgia.
This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The William P. Wall Museum of Natural History at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville holds more than 40,000 biological and paleontological specimens assembled over roughly 130 years. Unusually, up to ninety percent of its displayed bones and fossils are genuine rather than casts, with material ranging from the early Paleozoic some 550 million years ago to the present. Its research holdings include one of the Southeast's larger vertebrate paleontology collections, with over 20,000 specimens from the Triassic through the Pleistocene, alongside collections of mollusk shells, Cambrian trilobites, and comparative mammal skeletons. The museum serves the university's teaching and research missions; it closed in 2025 for a two-year renovation with a planned reopening in 2027.
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