Jepson CenterThe Jepson Center links the history preserved by the Owens-Thomas House and Telfair Academy to the future of art and architecture. The strikingly modern building, opened in 2006, is filled with art, activities and educational opportunities that will encourage learning for generations to come. Enjoy independently browsing the permanent collection and special exhibitions at your own pace.Kids will love to explore the ArtZeum and TechSpace an interactive children’s museum space. TechSpace is a hands-on , technology-based gallery for visitors of all ages. ArtZeum, designed with young people in mind, but challenging young and old alike to rethink their ideas about art.The ArtZeum features 14 activities exploring some big ideas about art: What is it? Why do we make it? How do we look at art? How do we value it?Must See! Monet to Matisse – French Impressionism September 28th, 2018 – February 10th, 2019Telfair Academy The Telfair Academy is just short walk away from the Jepson Center, but that short distance covers nearly 200 years of history. The stately two-story mansion, designed by William Jay in the neoclassical Regency style and built in 1819, is just three historic squares away from Jay’s other masterpiece, the Owens-Thomas House. The Telfair Academy contains two nineteenth-century period rooms and houses nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European art from the museum’s permanent collection including paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and decorative arts.Owens-Thomas House Slave Quarters Built as a beautiful Regency style mansion in 1819, the Owens-Thomas House, along with its adjacent gardens, carriage house, and slave quarters, allows visitors to explore the complicated relationships between the most and least powerful people in the city of Savannah in the early 19th century. Only a seven-minute walk from Telfair Museums’ other two sites, this historic home offers a completely different experience. Visitors on our guided tours explore period rooms full of exquisite decorative arts,
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