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Calendar of Events

Upcoming Events

 

Santa Exhibit

November 24–December 30

Hundreds of versions of Jolly Old St. Nick document Santa’s appearance through the years and around the world.

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Homeschool Day in the Museum

Friday, December 8, from 10 am–1 pm

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Selfies with Santa

Saturday, December 9 | 12:30–2 pm

Visit the annual Santa Claus exhibit as you wait to snap a selfie with St. Nick!

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Santa Exhibit

November 23–December 30

Light up the cold dark season with a warm and bright holiday show! Season of Light explores the reasons humans are so fascinated with lighting up our lives during the December holiday season.

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    Homeschool Day in the Museum

    Friday, December 8, from 10 am–1 pm

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      Homeschool Day in the Museum Friday, December 8, from 10 am–1 pm See More
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Our Mission

The mission of Thronateeska is to provide an environment where human, natural and physical sciences can be explored to gain a better understanding of our changing world.

NEW on Exhibit

Magnificent
Me

Magnificent Me is on display through December 30th be sure to visit before its gone!

Make a heart pump, stretch your intestines, fool your sense, make your skeleton dance and more. This exhibit takes guests on an interactive journey through the human body.  Tinker with a variety of medical technologies and have the chance for hands-on exploration of different human systems.

Mystery of the Mayan
Medallion

Mystery of the Mayan Medallion is on display now!

Guests are transported to Palenque Mexico where an archaeological team has mysteriously disappeared from a dig site while investigating a priceless jade medallion buried in the ruins.  Bring your thinking caps use the mystery of the Mayan empire to explore math, science, history and Mayan culture to discover the location of the precious medallion.

  • Zygorhiza

    Zygorhiza

    The whale species, Zygorhiza, is a 36-million-year-old ancestor of modern-toothed whales and porpoises. This 20-foot long creature had both pointed teeth for grabbing prey and saw-edged teeth for slicing and chewing. This is the cast of a skeleton found in Twiggs County, Georgia, with a shark in its belly!

  • History of Flight

    History of Flight

    On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in a powered airplane. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903, near Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This ½ scale model hangs in the Science Museum. The original Wright Flyer hangs in the Smithsonian.

  • Train Exhibit

    Train Exhibit

    Southwest Georgia has a rich railroad history. Albany’s Union Depot, built in 1913, was used by five different railroads that served the city. Seven rail lines radiating out of Albany converged at Union Depot.

  • Georgia Museum of Surveying and Mapping

    Georgia Museum of Surveying and Mapping

    Located in the History Museum, this exhibit demonstrates how surveying and mapping has shaped, and is shaping, the world in which we live. The collection consists of more than 100 surveying and mapping instruments and tools dating back to the eighteenth century, along with a growing collection of surveys and maps from around Georgia.

  • Original Brick Streets

    Original Brick Streets

    Thronateeska is located at Heritage Plaza on the only remaining brick street in the city. Laid in 1913 as part of a larger downtown street improvement project, the street’s brick paving materials are characteristic of early twentieth-century street and highway construction.

  • Bobs Candy Company

    Bobs Candy Company

    Bobs Candy Company was started by Bob McCormack in Albany in 1919. The company produced a variety of candies but is perhaps best known for their peppermint. Bobs invented the Keller Machine to automate the process of twisting the signature hook in the candy cane, making mass production possible.

  • Artesian City

    Artesian City

    Georgia’s first free-flowing artesian well was dug in western Dougherty County in 1881 and produced pure water for many years. The City of Albany continued to drill many artesian wells and even adopted the free-flowing water as its symbol and nickname, The Artesian City, on the official Seal of the City.

  • South Georgia Archives

    South Georgia Archives

    The archives houses nearly 10,000 books, boxes, and miscellaneous items for clients at 5,441 cubic feet. These items would fill 5 ½ U-Haul trucks. Placed end-to-end the boxes would stretch more than a mile!

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Hours of Operation

Thursday – Saturday
10:00 am –  4:00 pm

(229) 432.6955