Telfair Academy

For art fans visiting Savannah, the Telfair Academy should probably be one of the top stops on your trip.  For a $15 admission, you'll get access to this museum, plus the Jepson Center and the Owens-Thomas House.  The museum itself is inside of an old mansion that as a building stands on its own as an impressive piece of architecture.

There are various types of art inside, with the most prominent being American Impressionist paintings.  However, the real highlight is the original "Bird Girl" statue, from the cover of the book "Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil".  Due to the popularity of people visiting this statue when it was in it's original location at Bonaventure Cemetery, it has been moved here for visitors to enjoy without disturbing the burial grounds.

"The Book" Gift Shop

The most famous book pertaining to Savannah is by far "Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil".  This book revitalized tourism in the city and even spawned a store dedicated to it simply titled "The Book" Gift Shop. They stock every item pertaining to the book (and movie) from various Bird Girl statues to autographed books.  If you're a fan of this book, this shop is a must-stop location while you're in Savannah.  If you've never read the book though, you probably won't "get it" while walking through the store.

Bonaventure Cemetery

The Bonaventure Cemetery was made famous in the 1994 book "Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil" by John Berendt (a great book I'd highly recommend to everyone out there!).  The cover of the book featured a statue from the cemetery nicknamed the "Bird Girl".  Today, the statue has been moved to the Telfair Museum of Art due to the amount of tourists the cemetery started receiving.  As this is still an actively used cemetery, the tourists began interfering with mourners and thus the statue was moved.

The cemetery is open to visitors every day from 8 AM to 5 PM and there is no admission charge.  You can see graves dating from back in the mid-1800's all the way through to today.  When visiting, it's interesting to see graves of yesteryear as many of them also commemorate people who died in the various wars of America.  Be sure though to be respectful of the graves you visit while you there and anyone else who is visiting.