Georgia Southern Museum closed Summer 2018 for renovations
This summer Georgia Southern University’s Museum will be temporarily closed to the public due to structural repairs that need to be made and essential exhibit maintenance. The administrative offices will remain open for business throughout the summer during the renovation process.
“The Museum’s historic home, the Rosenwald Building, built as the school’s first library in 1938, requires the replacement of the ceilings and other work to be completed in both major galleries,” said Georgia Southern Museum Director Brent Tharp. “Even the 78-million-year-old fossil the Mosasaur, who has greeted visitors since he was first installed in 1987, must move. The staff is very excited that this renovation will also provide the museum with the unprecedented opportunity to design and install all new permanent exhibits on the natural and cultural history of Georgia’s coastal plain and establish a new era for the Georgia Southern University Museum.”
In the meantime, the Museum has three off-site exhibits that are open to the public in Statesboro.
- Beyond Property: SLAVERY in Coastal Plain Georgia, 1650-1865 will be on display until mid-April 2019 in the “Museum on Main” exhibit hall, located at the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau at 222 South Main Street.
- Explore the rich 100+ historical and transformative years of Georgia Southern at The Presley Exhibition: An Inspiring Past, A Promising Future permanently displayed in the atrium of Nessmith-Lane Center at 847 Plant Drive.
- Bulloch County’s Military Heritage Exhibit at the Bulloch County Annex, located at 115 North Main Street.This exhibit provides insight into the roles Bulloch County residents played in the major U.S. military engagements.