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Section title: Heritage, Arts and Culture
Past, present, and future meet with flair in Tifton. Admire refined historic homes and buildings nestled on wide avenues. Lazily stroll through museums and art galleries searching for that perfect piece to grace your home. Dance at an international festival or sit back and be entertained by a live cultural performance. From craft fairs to European ballets, fans flock to Tifton for enrichment and enlightenment.

Museums & Galleries | Arts & Entertainment Series | Public Art
Historic Buildings | Performance Halls

 

Museums & Galleries
 
Georgia Agrirama
8th Street and Interstate 75 at Exit 63B

When you visit the historic Agrirama, you journey back to another time, and for a little while, enjoy exploring a different and more peaceful world. Discover the 19th century living history museum with its two working farmsteads, cotton gin, sawmill, grist mill, print shop, drug store Masonic lodge, Victorian home, steam train, and country store. Costumed interpreters share Georgia's rural heritage with visitors.

Open year-round from Tuesday through Saturday – closed Sunday, Monday, New Year's Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and December 22-25 of each year. Attraction parking is free. Call for information on full-service overnight recreational vehicle parking. Group rates are available for parties of 20 or more.
Contact the Agrirama for more information about tickets prices, field trips and teacher resources, the special events calendar, and the soon-to-open Education & Conference Center and Peanut Museum.

For more information, visit the website or call (229) 386-3344 or toll-free at (800) 767-1875.

 
Tifton Museum of Arts & Heritage
285 Love Avenue, Downtown Tifton

1900 Romanesque brick church featuring exquisite stained glass windows, heart of pine floors, vaulted ceilings and buttresses, a bell tower, fanlight doorways, and other architectural splendors. Professional exhibitions of painting, wood, porcelain, and other art are displayed throughout the year.

The museum is open based on the exhibit schedule. Donations requested in lieu of an admission fee. Call for the events calendar and to reserve the museum for special events.

For more information, call (229) 382-8576.

 
Atlantic Coastline Artists Station
119 Love Avenue, Downtown Tifton

A gallery of fine arts and crafts in the heart of Downtown Tifton. Invite yourself to the restored railroad freight depot — a historic spot itself — to see the permanent collection and changing exhibitions of work by talented multi-national artists. Take a look at the Folk Art Wall in the gardens before you enter the gallery. Hundreds of area residents built mini sculptures under the tutelage of San Francisco sculptor Ruth Asawa to create this folk wall of the community.

Open every Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., or by special appointment. Arrange your own private tour!

For more information, call (229) 382-5589.

 
Citizen's Art Collection
Tifton City Hall/Myon Hotel Complex, 130 East 1st Street, Downtown Tifton

These several dozen works of art were purchased at Tifton's Love Affair by the City of Tifton to adorn the walls of the historic Myon complex. The Myon — formerly Tifton's premiere hotel — now acts as Tifton's City Hall. View visions of Tifton and South Georgia as seen through the eyes of local and regional artists.

Open during City business hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 
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Arts & Entertainment Series / First Tuesday Series
 

In collaboration with various arts groups, the Tifton-Tift County Arts Council presents an annual series of exciting, international live performances. From dance to music to stage plays, artists from around the globe bring their gifts to Tifton.
Tickets may be purchased individually or as a package. Season ticket holders also receive admission to the First Tuesday Performance Series.

For extensive information about the series and upcoming show schedules, visit the website.

 
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Public Art
 

Many and varied works of art dot the landscape of Downtown Tifton. Take an afternoon stroll to see them all!

For information on the backgrounds of the pieces, call Wayne Jones of the Tifton-Tift County Arts Council at (229) 386-3558.

Our Town Tifton: Folk art wall – bas relief of sculpted images of the community. Located in Tifton Gardens just outside the Atlantic Coastline Artists Station at 119 Love Avenue, Downtown Tifton.

Joy: Bronze sculpture of a ballet dancer stands outside the Tifton-Tift County Public Library on Love Avenue in Downtown Tifton.

Landscape Murals: Two outdoor, downtown murals of regional lakes, flowers and scenes. One is painted on the west-facing wall of the office building located on the corner of Main Street and 2nd Street; the other on the west-facing wall of the building on the corner of Commerce Way and 3rd Street.

The Firefighter: Life-size, bronze sculpture of a uniformed firefighter commissioned to commemorate the heroism of 9-11. Stands outside the City of Tifton main firestation at 403 Forrest Avenue.

 
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Historic Buildings
 

Renovated and intact historic buildings can be found throughout the city and Tifton's Historic District. Perfect for a driving tour!

Myon Hotel/City Hall: 130 East 1st Street, Downtown

Tift County Courthouse: Corner of Tift Avenue and 2nd Street, Downtown

Lankford Manor: Corner of Love Avenue and 4th Street

Tift Theatre for Performing Arts: Main Street, Downtown

Chapel of All Faiths: Campus of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton-Tift County Public Library: Love Avenue, Downtown

Tifton Museum of Arts & Heritage: Corner of Love Avenue and 4th Street

Atlantic Coastline Artists Station/Train Depot: 119 Love Avenue, Downtown

 
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Performance Halls
 
Tift Theatre for Performing Arts
Main Street, Downtown Tifton

Opened in 1937, this art deco style renovated theatre features a carrara glass façade embellished with neon lights. Seats 650. Listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. Home to stage performances, concerts, pageants, and big screen movies.

For show schedules, call (229) 386-5150.

 
Tift County High School Performing Arts Center
One Blue Devil Way, Tifton

New auditorium seats 800. Previously hosted the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra informance and concert event.

For events schedule, call (229) 387-9700.

 
Chapel of All Faiths
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Renovated chapel hosts the Tifton-Tift County Arts Council's First Tuesday Series concerts.

For events schedule, call (229) 386-3558.

 
UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center
Interstate 75 at Exit 64

Huge auditorium will seat 3,000 for major stage performance events, concerts, and business expositions.

For events schedule, call (229) 386-3813.

 
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