Skip to content
Tubman African American Museum, Macon, GA

Photo: Light-jet pilot, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Museums

Tubman African American Museum

A Macon museum devoted to the art, history, and culture of African Americans, with rotating exhibits and public events.

310 Cherry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 · Macon, GA

About Tubman African American Museum

The Tubman African American Museum sits in Macon, Georgia, and focuses on teaching visitors about African American art, history, and culture. The museum says it has been doing this work for more than four decades and describes itself as the largest institution of its kind in the Southeast. Its exhibit lineup has included community-focused displays, a traveling-style pop-up exhibit, and a showcase tied to a well-known entertainer. The venue also hosts an annual calendar of events such as galas, concerts, festivals, and community fairs, and it offers field trips, school outreach, workshops, lectures, and a summer camp. Public hours run Tuesday through Saturday, and the museum closes on Sundays and Mondays as well as on several holidays and special event dates.

  • #African American history
  • #art
  • #culture
  • #museum district
  • #Macon

What's around here?

The closest stops to Tubman African American Museum, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums

    Cannonball House

    Under $25

    Antebellum townhouse in Macon, named for a Union shell that crashed through its front without exploding.

    0.6 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing

    Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

    No admission fee

    A National Park Service site near Macon preserving earthen mounds and evidence of thousands of years of Indigenous life in the Southeast.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Museums

    Museum of Aviation

    No admission fee

    A free-admission museum near Robins Air Force Base in Georgia that restores and preserves historic aircraft and related artifacts.

    17 mi awayMore like this

  • Museums

    Georgia's Old Capital Heritage Center at The Depot

    Under $25

    A regional history museum and heritage center in Milledgeville, run by a nonprofit that interprets Baldwin County and Oconee River basin history.

    28 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing

    Old Governor's Mansion

    Check prices

    An 1839 Greek Revival residence that housed Georgia's governors, now a historic house museum on the Georgia College campus.

    28 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sightseeing

    Andalusia

    Under $25

    The rural Georgia home of writer Flannery O'Connor, now open for guided house tours and grounds visits.

    29 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

Near Tubman African American Museum

More of the same kind

Keep exploring