Albany Must Sees

Don’t miss these must see attractions in Albany! Plan the perfect family vacation today!

Chehaw Wild Animal Park
229-430-5275
www.chehaw.org
Monday – Sunday 9am – 5pm
Allow 1 – 2 hours

• Nearly 800 acres, laid out by Albany native Jim Fowler of TV’s “Wild Kingdom”
• One of the State’s largest play parks; ride the miniature train; and an 18-hole disc golf course
• See the 100-acre AZA-accredited zoo, Chehaw Wild Animal Park
• Natural habitat exhibits with native and exotic animals and a petting zoo         

Flint RiverQuarium and Imagination Theater
229-639-2650
www.flintriverquarium.com
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm, and Sunday 1pm – 5pm
Allow 1 – 3 hours

• 175,000 gallon Blue Hole is one of only a few open-air aquariums in the world
• Unique look at more than 100 kinds of fish, turtles, alligators and other Flint River creatures in their natural habitat
• New Cypress Pond Aviary with hundreds of birds in an open air atmosphere
• Imagination Theater brings nature to life on a large format screen that is 3 stories high and 4 stories wide

Ray Charles Plaza and Riverfront Park
www.visitalbanyga.com
Allow 30 minutes

• Perfect spot for a little exercise; a walk along the greenway trail (3 miles); relax by the river; visit the Water Play Fountain
• View a life-size sculpture of Ray Charles seated at a baby grand piano which rests on a rotating pedestal
• Visit the Albany Welcome Center located in the newly renovated Historic Bridge House and watch a 12 minute movie “From the Heart of Southwest Georgia.”
• Horace King overlook, a replica of the bridge designed by freed slave Horace King

Thronateeska Heritage Center & Wetherbee Planetarium
229-432-6955
www.heritagecenter.org
Thursday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
Allow 1 – 2 hours

• Museum of History, housed in a historic 1912 railroad station, with original brick road leading to it
• A model train exhibit & Hands on Science Discovery Center
• New Wetherbee Planetarium, 44 foot dome featuring digital production

Albany Civil Rights Institute
229-432-1698
 www.albanycivilrightsinstitute.org
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
Allow 1 – 2 hours

• Mount Zion Church, built in 1906, where crowds once gathered to hear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Hear the story of ordinary people and their leaders in the Albany and Southwest Georgia movements who bore witness to equal rights and helped spark the national Civil Rights Movement

Albany Museum of Art
229-439-8400
www.albanymuseum.com
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm
Allow 1 hour

• The Museum began in the early 1960’s as the Southwest Georgia Art Association
• Impressive and growing permanent collection comprised of African, American and European art
• Free admission to all 6 galleries

Radium Springs Gardens
229-317-4760
www.visitalbanyga.com
Tuesday – Saturday 9am – 5pm and Sunday 1pm – 5pm
Allow 1 hour

• The park features a restored terrace, new sidewalks, a casino garden, gazebos and more
• View a blue hole; One of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia – Pumps 70,000 gallons of clear 68 degree water per minute from an ancient cave system beneath the surface
• Visitors can walk through a courtyard in the footprint of the old Radium Springs Casino
• Free admission

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