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Telfair Museum of Art

Address: 121 Barnard St., Historic District, Savannah, GA, 31401 | Map It
Phone: 912/232-1177
www.telfair.org

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: The Historic District

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 2.2/5

Fodor's Review:

The oldest public art museum in the Southeast was designed by William Jay in 1819 for Alexander Telfair and sits across the street from Telfair Square. Within its marble rooms are American, French, and Dutch impressionist paintings; German tonalist paintings; a large collection of works by Kahlil Gibran; plaster casts of the Elgin Marbles, the Venus de Milo, and the Laocoön, among other classical sculptures; and some of the Telfair family furnishings, including a Duncan Phyfe sideboard and Savannah-made silver. During the Savannah Music Festival there are intimate, classical music performances here that are memorable.

Cost: $10
Open: Mon., Wed., Fri., and Sat. 10-5; Thurs. 10-8; Sun. 12-5

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Reviewed by bachslunch from US on 4/1/09
A small and pretty much forgettable museum located in a renovated old house. Has a couple of restored rooms that are not bad, a modest collection of pretty much second-rate paintings (most by minor American Impressionists), copies of famous Roman copies of Greek statues (Dying Gaul, Laocoon, etc.), plus temporary exhibits. Give this a miss unless you have a good couple days to explore Savannah's attractions.