Super Museum Sunday caps Georgia History Festival weekend. What museums, parks will be free?

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Stephen Nottingham, co-founder Frendesign, shows a pair of young visitors the interactive pond in the Landscape Gallery at the Telfair Children's Art Museum. The interactive gallery is designed to immerse you into the world of an Impressionist painter.
Stephen Nottingham, co-founder Frendesign, shows a pair of young visitors the interactive pond in the Landscape Gallery at the Telfair Children's Art Museum. The interactive gallery is designed to immerse you into the world of an Impressionist painter.

The weekend of Feb. 9 through 11 celebrates all things Georgia history as part of the Georgia Historical Society's Georgia History Festival.

On Friday, the state's school children will examine "Governing Georgia Across Three Centuries," beginning from Feb. 12, 1733, when British Gen. James Oglethorpe and 114 colonists sailed up the Savannah River on the frigate Anne to claim Georgia as the 13th colony for the British crown. Their motto: Non Sibi Sed Aliis—not for self but for others.

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On Saturday and Sunday, the annual Colonial Faire & Muster provides living history from cook and dancing to colonial-era military demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Wormsloe State Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Road.

And on Sunday is the ever-popular Super Museum Sunday, in which Georgia State Parks and participating museums open their doors to their trails, programs and exhibitions for FREE.

Volunteers walk along the oak lined avenue at Wormsloe State Historic Site during a community tree planting on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
Volunteers walk along the oak lined avenue at Wormsloe State Historic Site during a community tree planting on Saturday, January 27, 2024.

The full list and location of Georgia State Parks is available at gastateparks.org/SuperMuseumSunday. In our area, that list includes

The Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home on Charlton Street in Savannah, GA.
The Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home on Charlton Street in Savannah, GA.

A county-by-county list of all the museums participating in Super Museum Sunday is available at georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2024-super-museum-sunday. Of note are the many house museums, including the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home on Lafayette Square in downtown Savannah, and the The King-Tisdell Cottage, 502 E. Harris St., Savannah. And in Liberty County, the Historic Dorchester Academy, 8787 E. Oglethorpe Hwy., Midway, opens the doors to the historic 1871 school established for formerly enslaved people by the American Missionary Association, which is now the United Church of Christ.

Use this weekend to engage, entertain and educate the whole family.

This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Celebrate Georgia History Festival with Super Museum Sunday