Celebrating American patriotism - an exhibition comprised of 120 prints, posters, sheet music covers, postcards, magazine illustrations, and advertisements that depict vibrant images of women and the American Flag. The works date primarily from the Civil War era to World War II, with the greatest number created between about 1900 and 1920 – from America’s success in the Spanish-American War (1898) through the era of World War I.

The works relate to many historical events as well as to numerous social currents, among them the burgeoning of patriotic music (which required sheet music covers), the heyday of richly illustrated postcards, and the expansion of advertising. Connections to the history of costume abound. And, the theme reflects aspects of the emancipation of women in the early years of the twentieth century.

An exhibit dedicated to Augusta’s golf history. The exhibit was made possible through generous loans from private collections.

An exhibition in conjunction with the Tour de Georgia and dedicated to bicycling. The exhibit was made possible through generous loans from Andy Jordan and Anne Stalnaker.

Chronicling one-hundred years of quilt making, still the most popular and widely practiced of all traditional handicrafts.

In 1924, at the age of 13, Italian immigrant Vincent Casella won his first amateur state bicycling competition. He went on to win three more state titles before turning to the professional riding circuit. His training regimen included an incredible 100 mile daily ride between Augusta and Louisville and he once set a world record for the two-mile dirt track, where he logged an average speed of 59 mph.

At 19, Casella turned pro. He competed for one year in races at Madison Square Garden in New York City before retiring from the professional circuit and returning to Augusta as the operator of Snappy’s Hamburgers on Broad Street.

The exhibit includes a race program, Casella’s bicycle, shoes, and awards.

As any well-dressed lady knows, the shoes make the outfit, so does the handbag, the parasol, a smart pair of gloves, and the proper hair ornament.

The invention of the sewing machine (1850), the first synthetic dyes (1856), women’s suffrage (1920), and two World Wars dramatically influenced women's changing image from 1850 to 1950.

Peruse a century of elegant fashion accessories in this charming and delightful exhibition.

A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie is an intriguing look at the story of a 17th- century slave ship, the Henrietta Marie, that sank off the coast of Florida around 1700. The ship had unloaded her cargo of African slaves and ivory in Jamaica and was heading back to England when she sank in a storm on New Ground Reef near Key West.

An exhibition highlighting some of the most interesting and unusual artifacts in the museum’s collections. Included in the exhibition are re-creations of two rooms in a Victorian-era house and a dentist’s office, ca. 1925. The retrospective look at the collections highlights artifacts previously exhibited at the Telfair Street site.

The Life and Legend of Charles A. Lindbergh
Stories, photographs, objects and interactive experiences give visitors an opportunity to discover Charles A. Lindbergh’s effect on aviation and examine the unprecedented and passionate global response to his epic 1927 transatlantic flight that made him into a 20th –century icon.