Coastal Heritage Society

Coastal Heritage Society and Lowcountry Turners invite the public to attend a live demonstration by renowned woodturner, Nick Agar. The event will be held in the Blacksmith Shop, Saturday, November 21st from 10:30am to 12:30pm at Georgia State Railroad Museum, 655 Louisville Rd. Savannah, GA 31401.

As Coastal Heritage Society navigates the unpredictable and unchartered waters we find ourselves in, we have never lost sight of you. Your dedication and partnership with our organization is key to our ability to provide educational assets and opportunities to our community. The Coastal Heritage Society team works every day to provide meaningful and memorable experiences for residents and visitors in the Lowcountry at our museums and historic sites. We are still offering imme...rsive cannon fire programs at Old Fort Jackson, intimate weddings in the garden of Harper Fowlkes House, and memorable birthday parties at Savannah Children's Museum. We are persistent in our endeavor to reach out to our community by sharing our educational programs virtually. Coastal Heritage Society remains dedicated to our mission. However, we need your support now more than ever. Coastal Heritage Society is an ambitious organization, always striving to further our reach and impact. While we have resumed operations at most of our sites, COVID-19 related closures and cancellations have been devastating. In addition to low admissions, the loss of special events and booked programs have significantly impacted our operations and outreach. With your support, we can look forward to a stronger 2021 when we can once again host fantastic public events at our museums and continue important initiatives designed to support families in need. There are many tough days ahead. Together, we look to a brighter 2021 and beyond. A donation in any amount of your choosing to Coastal Heritage Society's Annual Fund will provide necessary resources that will aid Coastal Heritage Society today for a better tomorrow. Your support makes a lasting impact

Join Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce at Harper Fowlkes House November 10th for Business on the Move - special networking opportunity offered several times a year to highlight local Chamber businesses!

Old Fort Jackson and Savannah History Museum will be temporarily closing to the public beginning Sunday, November 1st. Old Fort Jackson and Savannah History Museum will still be offered as a venue available for private events and booked group tours. Please note that Georgia State Railroad Museum and Savannah Children's Museum will remain open to the public ThursdaySaturday from 9:30am-2:30pm.

Our final 2020 Revolutionary Perspectives lecture on Oct. 27th will be presented by Dr. Julia Gaffield, Associate Professor of History at Georgia State University. Dr. Gaffield’s lecture, American Connections: The Chasseurs Volontaires and the Haitian Revolution, will discuss the Battle of Savannah and the Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue, a French regiment made up of men of color, who fought alongside Americans in an allied attack on the British defenses surrounding... Savannah. Although the allied French and Americans lost this battle, it is today memorialized on Battlefield Park and featured as part of Coastal Heritage Society's Loyalists & Liberty Battlefield Tours. In this talk, Dr. Julia Gaffield will discuss her extensive research and work on the nation of Haiti and its fascinating history. Dr. Gaffield will discuss the Chasseurs themselves and the impact of the American Revolution on the Haitian Revolution just a few decades later. This project is supported by Georgia Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, through funding from the Georgia General Assembly.

Great job to our Railroad Operations team members at Georgia State Railroad Museum who are working hard on some railcar restoration projects today!

Check out our own Director of Railroad Operations Terry Koller (bottom left) in this virtual panel session, part of The Railway Heritage Conservation and Restoration Colloquium, hosted by Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos!

Pin Point Heritage Museum will be closed to the public beginning Sunday, October 11th, due to decreased visitation and the upcoming slower tourism winter season. We look forward to reopening in the spring of 2021 and in the meantime will still offer Pin Point Heritage Museum as a venue for private events and booked tours. Please contact Julia Keating ([email protected]) for more information regarding weddings, events, and private tours.

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Tuesday, September 29th Small Things Forgotten: Stories from Coastal Heritage Society Historic Object Collections COVID-19 has greatly impacted all of us in 2020, and this impact has been particularly devastating for the museum world. Shut-downs, layoffs, and closings are now the reality for many museum nonprofits as well as for state-run historic sites and museums. In this talk, Coastal Heritage Society Director of Interpretation Emily Beck will use some of our smallest historic objects from our Historic Object Collections to tell much larger stories which populate the landscapes of our historic sites and museums - Georgia State Railroad Museum, Old Fort Jackson, Pin Point Heritage Museum, Harper-Fowlkes House, Savannah History Museum, Frogtown Tenements, and Savannah Children's Museum.

Join us this evening at 7pm for a Coastal Heritage Society Facebook Live eventthe second in our 2020 Revolutionary Perspectives Virtual Lecture Series! Coastal Heritage Society Director of Interpretation Emily Beck will be doing some Savannah storytelling with artifacts from Coastal Heritage Society Historic Object Collections.

We’re so excited to be back at Savannah Children's Museum! Thanks to everyone coming out to see us today! We’re now open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 9:30am-2:30pm, with crafts and guided activities. In this photo Coastal Heritage Society Education Specialist Elisabeth Chappell shows some young visitors how to paint with water.

Dr. Howard Keeley, Director of the Center for Irish Research and Teaching, Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University. His lecture titled, Neighborhood Histories: Becoming Irish in Savannah, will discuss 19th-century Irish immigration in Savannah and how the Irish became part of Savannah’s community fabric in multicultural neighborhoods like Frogtown, Yamacraw, and others. Dr. Keeley will also speak about new research by Georgia Southern’s Center for Irish Research and Teaching which connects Savannah’s Irish directly back to Ireland.