Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion

Official Twitter account of Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion at Georgia College. A National Historic Landmark, AAM accredited museum, & Smithsonian Affiliate.

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Find all the information you need about our tours on the tour page of our website! You can download our visitor's guide, read about specialty tours, find admission prices, and even book your group tour!
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Just posted a photo @ Old Governor's Mansion https://t.co/KrjIX8EQiQ

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The Georgia College community gathered today to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Integrated Science Center while looking ahead to a new and innovative Interpretive Center at Andalusia. The Andalusia Interpretive Center is scheduled to open next summer.

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We will be reopening for public tours on August 4, 2020!

What to expect when visiting the Mansion:
- Masks are required
- Cashless transactions only
- Tour sizes are 7 person maximum per docent

We look forward to seeing you soon!

[Today In GA History @2DayInGAHistory]

#ThisDayInGAHistory in 1804 the state legislature voted to designate Milledgeville as the fourth capital of Georgia.

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#OTD in 1865, Governor Brown was arrested at the Governor’s Mansion in Milledgeville, Georgia. Brown was given thirty minutes to prepare to leave the Mansion before his trip to DC. After arriving in Washington, Brown was held at Carroll Prison.

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#OTD 1801, Governor George Washington Towns is born in Wilkes County, GA. He was born George Washington Bonaparte Towns but dropped the “Bonaparte” from his name in the early 1830s

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Happy #MayDay! Georgia's April showers sure brought some beautiful May flowers to us here at the Mansion. We hope you're able to get out and enjoy our grounds soon! #exploregeorgia #milledgeville

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#OTD in 1785, Naturalist John Audubon is born. We have 5 #Audubon prints on display in the Mansion: 4 in the parlor and 1 in the master bedroom.

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Happy #WorldBookDay! We have lots of books all over the Mansion. Some of our books even belonged to a Governor or someone in their family. Come and see them on tour sometime. We are open Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday 2 to 4 pm.

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#OTD 1821, Governor Joseph Emerson Brown is born in Pickens District, SC. Brown served as governor of Georgia for eight years from 1857-1865. He was governor of Georgia during the US Civil War.

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The Civil War began #OTD at Fort Sumter, South Carolina in 1861. Roughly 179,000 black men served as soldiers.

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For #NationalSiblingsDay, we thought we'd share a photo of some of the Brown siblings. Governor Brown and Mrs. Brown had 9 children together.

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#OTD in 2005, The Old Governor's Mansion held its Grand Re-Opening Celebration. This was the culmination of five years of restoration work to restore the Mansion to its 1851 appearance. Here is a copy of the day's program.

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#OTD 1833, Governor Thomas Howard Ruger is born in Lima, New York. He was appointed the provisional governor of Georgia in January 1868 by Major General George Meade after Governor Jenkins was removed from office. He served as provisional governor until June of 1868.

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Happy #NationalDoctorsDay to #Milledgeville's own Tomlinson Fort! Dr. Fort took care of many members of the Brown household during their time in #Milledgeville at the Executive Mansion. He is also buried in Memory Hill Cemetery down the road from us.

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Happy #OpeningDay of the 2019 #baseball season! We've got a home run piece in our collection to share. This wooden wash tub in the Work Room, according to family lore, was the tub in which Ty Cobb was bathed in a as a baby. #exploregeorgia

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March is #WomensHistoryMonth and to celebrate we are highlighting entries from Mrs. Elizabeth Grisham Brown's dairy. Elizabeth served as first lady of Georgia from 1857-1865 and was married to Governor Joseph E. Brown.

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March is #WomensHistoryMonth and to celebrate we are highlighting entries from Mrs. Elizabeth Grisham Brown's dairy. Elizabeth served as first lady of Georgia from 1857-1865 and was married to Governor Joseph E. Brown.

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Happy #StPatricksDay from Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion! Did you know that that the architect who designed the Mansion was Irish? Charles B. Cluskey was of Irish birth and won a design contest for the Mansion in the early 1830s.

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Happy Pi Day! We're wishing these pies in the warming kitchen were real so we could celebrate #PiDay. #museumlife