GeorgiaThe Midway Museum interprets the colonial and antebellum history of Midway and Liberty County on Georgia's coast, and is often described as the state's only colonial museum. Built in 1959 as a raised replica of an eighteenth-century coastal cottage, it displays documents, furnishings, and household objects used in coastal Georgia homes between the colonial era and the Civil War. The surrounding community was established in the 1750s by English Puritans who migrated from Dorchester, South Carolina, and the adjacent Midway Congregational Church congregation traces descendants that included two Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett. Located just off Interstate 95, the museum stands beside the historic 1792 meetinghouse and its old burial ground.
Midway Museum (Museum)
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Midway Museum is a museum in Midway, Liberty County. It is one of 2 museums documented in Liberty County, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.7982, -81.3992 near Midway. The nearest cataloged historic site is Road to Sunbury (historical marker), about 1.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Nathan Brownson, Button Gwinnett, and Dr. Lyman Hall.
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 Midway Museum interprets the colonial and antebellum history of Midway and Liberty County on Georgia's coast, and is often described as the state's only colonial museum. Built in 1959 as a raised replica of an eighteenth-century coastal cottage, it displays documents, furnishings, and household objects used in coastal Georgia homes between the colonial era and the Civil War. The surrounding community was established in the 1750s by English Puritans who migrated from Dorchester, South Carolina, and the adjacent Midway Congregational Church congregation traces descendants that included two Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett. Located just off Interstate 95, the museum stands beside the historic 1792 meetinghouse and its old burial ground.
“Midway Museum” names 2 distinct records in Liberty County. This page is the museum in Midway. The others:
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