Experts' Choice Award Pin Point Heritage Museum
What the experts agree on
This former oyster cannery museum preserves Gullah-Geechee culture and their deep ties to fishing and seafood industries along the Moon River marshes, offering insight into a historically isolated coastal community.
“The culturally rich community surrounding this museum has lived in relative isolation for nearly 100 years.”
– Fodor's
Atlas Obscura "A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery. " Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "What’s this place all about? Pin Point Heritage Museum tells the remarkable story of its community: a small African American fishing village called Pin Point, established in the 1890s by..." Full review
Frommer's "About 12 miles south of downtown Savannah, overlooking the marshes along the Moon River, this fascinating museum commemorates the history of the local Gullah/Geechee community." Full review
New York Times "The Pin Point Heritage Museum explores the history of the Gullah Geechee people from a refurbished oyster and crab factory on the city’s outskirts. Away from the Historic District, an old..."
Lonely Planet "A good follow-up is a stop by the Pin Point Heritage Museum, which tells the history of the local Gullah-Geechee community in a former oyster processing plant. Many of the formerly..."
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