Tybee Island Museum

Welcome, curious explorer, to the Tybee Island Museum. As we approach the entrance, you will immediately notice that this is no ordinary repository of history. …

Our journey through Tybee's history begins with its earliest and most enduring inhabitants. Long before the arrival of European explorers, before the massive lighthouses were erected or the concrete batteries poured, this barrier…

Moving into the next chamber of the battery, the atmosphere shifts from ancient tranquility to the chaotic, dangerous world of the maritime frontier. The history of Tybee Island during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries…

Let us step away from the grim realities of war and maritime disaster, and enter a delightfully unexpected exhibit that chronicles the lighter, more joyful side of Tybee Island's history. In the late nineteenth and early…

As we delve deeper into the battery, we arrive at a unique communal space within the museum: the dedicated movie room. This small, intimate theater, nestled securely within the thick concrete walls of the former magazine, serves…

Before we conclude our tour of the museum, it is absolutely essential that we take a moment to analyze the very structure that surrounds us. We are standing inside Battery Garland, an extraordinary artifact of military…

As we emerge from the heavy iron doors of Battery Garland and step back into the brilliant, blinding sunshine of the Georgia coast, take a deep breath of the warm, salt laced air. The contrast between the dark, cool, echoing…