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Visitor Appreciation Free Day

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

Join the Southern Museum on April 12, fifty years to the day the museum opened to the public, and enjoy all the museum has to offer, from exhibits to interactives to movies, for FREE. Thank ... Read More

Big Shanty Festival

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

The Southern Museum is proud to be a gold-level sponsor of the Big Shanty Festival 2022 in downtown Kennesaw. In recognition of our fiftieth anniversary, the Museum is serving as the grand marshal of the ... Read More

Western & Atlantic Bus Tour

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

Learn about the history and significance of the railroad adjacent to the Museum, including its role in the Great Locomotive Chase, on an informative bus tour along part of the route. Led by author and ... Read More

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Sensory Friendly Afternoon

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

Join the Southern Museum for a Sensory Friendly Afternoon! From 2 PM to 5 PM, the museum is transformed into a sensory-friendly environment. We welcome visitors with Autism Spectrum Disorder, sensory processing issues or special ... Read More

Women’s History Month Celebration

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

Join the Southern Museum for our Women’s History Month Celebration on Saturday, March 19. A living history encampment discusses the role nurses played during the Civil War. A special display of medical artifacts from the ... Read More

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Sensory Friendly Afternoon

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

Join the Southern Museum for a Sensory Friendly Afternoon! From 2 PM to 5 PM, the museum is transformed into a sensory-friendly environment. We welcome visitors with Autism Spectrum Disorder, sensory processing issues or special ... Read More

African American History Month Celebration

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

Join the Southern Museum for our African American History Month Celebration on Saturday, February 19. A living history encampment, supplemented with tours and historic firing demonstrations, will discuss the impact and legacy of the United ... Read More

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Trains, Trains, Trains!

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History is excited to announce the return of its biggest, most popular event of the year—Trains, Trains, Trains!— on Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30, 2022. ... Read More

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Trains, Trains, Trains!

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History is excited to announce the return of its biggest, most popular event of the year—Trains, Trains, Trains!— on Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30, 2022. ... Read More

Southern Museum CLOSED

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

In preparation for Trains, Trains, Trains! the Southern Museum will be closed on Friday, January 28.

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Sensory Friendly Afternoon

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

Join the Southern Museum for a Sensory Friendly Afternoon! From 2 PM to 5 PM, the museum is transformed into a sensory-friendly environment. We welcome visitors with Autism Spectrum Disorder, sensory processing issues or special ... Read More

“All Aboard Georgia!” Reading & Book Signing

Southern Museum 2829 Cherokee Street NW, Kennesaw, GA, United States

Join the Southern Museum on Saturday, November 13, for a reading and book signing with Rosalind and Maggie Bunn, authors of the children’s book "All Aboard Georgia!" Readings will take place in the Jolley Education ... Read More

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