Tybee Island Museum

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Located in Battery Garland at Fort Screven, the museum showcases the island's history from Native American times to the present.

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1Tybee 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. …
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2Indigenous Roots and the First Inhabitants

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…
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3Pirates, Shipwrecks, and the Wild Maritime Frontier

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…
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4The Evolution of Island Tourism and Swimwear

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…
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5The Movie Room and Community Memory

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…
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6The Architecture of Battery Garland

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…
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7Closing

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…
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