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Monday: ClosedTuesday: 10AM - 4PM
Wednesday: 10AM - 4PM
Thursday: 10AM - 4PM
Friday: 10AM - 4PM
Saturday: 10AM - 4PM
Sunday: Closed
The Midway Museum offers an exceptional historical tour of a beautifully preserved home, led by passionate and knowledgeable guides. The museum’s collection of artifacts is displayed throughout each room, providing an immersive look into colonial life in Georgia. Visitors can learn about the founding of Georgia’s cities, the Civil War, and the yellow fever epidemic while enjoying an engaging and enjoyable tour experience. The museum is a non-profit organization that depends on donations to support its mission. Recent visitors describe it as one of Georgia’s jewels, a place that sparks the imagination and brings history to life through vivid storytelling. Guides like Midge are praised for their skill in weaving together historical stories and making the experience memorable. The tour often includes a walk to the nearby cemetery, where visitors can see graves of people connected to the area's history and understand the role of the local church in settling the region. Overall, the museum provides a friendly, thorough, and enlightening visit that many hope to experience again.
We visited the museum, yesterday, August 27, 2025. It is one of the jewels of Georgia. A place to let your historical imagination run wild. Our guide could not have been better versed. Her enthusiasm for the history brought certain objects to life. I am glad we stopped!
Driving to Savannah via the scenic route, we cruised past the museum and turned right around. I'm so glad we did. Docent Midge is a marvelous guide and storyteller. She does an outstanding job weaving together a multitude of seemingly unrelated historical threads to create a vivid picture of place, time, and colorful characters. When we took the tour on a weekday afternoon, we were joined by a group of four who walked in shortly after we had started. Midge seamlessly landed us all on the same page without losing a beat. I highly recommend this enjoyable, enlightening tour. There's nothing like seeing up close how the people who came before us worked and lived. When our...read full review
Our tour guide was an amazing lady who was very knowledgeable and kind. She was very thorough, patient and answered all of my children's questions. I was expecting an 'in and out' tour, but this went way over and beyond! I hope to be back again!