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Telfair AcademyvsJepson Center & Telfair Children's Art Museum
Both are rated highly by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Telfair Museums Telfair Academy scores significantly higher than Telfair Museums Jepson Center. Telfair Museums Telfair Academy comes in at #2 in Savannah with positive reviews from 5 reviewers like Lonely Planet, Michelin Guide and Fodor's.
Telfair Academy
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
Where Where Where
Michelin Guide
Fodor's
Frommer's
121 Barnard Street, Savannah, GA 31401
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Travel + Leisure "Don’t miss the Jepson Center for the Arts." Full review
Travel + Leisure "This handsome mansion was built by British architect William Jay, and is one of the finest works of the Regency Neoclassical style in the United States." Full review
Where "The Telfair is the oldest art museum in the South." Full review
Where "The Telfair Museum of Art is actually three separate and distinct facilities operated by the same organization." Full review
Where "The Telfair, however, is a true art museum... Housed in the Neoclassical Regency mansion designed by English architect William Jay for the prominent Telfair family." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Another creation of William Jay, the Regency-style mansion was initially built in 1818 as the home of Alexander Telfair." Full review
Fodor's "In its marble rooms are a variety of paintings from American and European masters, plaster casts of the Elgin Marbles and other classical sculptures." Full review
Frommer's "Owns the largest public collection of visual art by Lebanese writer Kahlil Gibran (best known as author of The Prophet)." Full review
Jepson Center & Telfair Children's Art Museum Fodor's
Lonely Planet Where
Condé Nast Traveler
207 W. York St., Savannah, GA 31401
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Fodor's "This contemporary building is one-of-a-kind among the characteristic 18th- and 19th-century architecture of historic Savannah." Full review
Lonely Planet "Designed by the great Moshe Safdie, and looking pretty darn space-age by Savannah's standards, the JCA – rather appropriately, given its architecture – focuses on 20th- and 21st-century art." Full review
Where "The Jepson Center for the Arts adds 64,000 square feet to the Telfair Museum’s assets." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Tell me: What’s this place all about? Telfair Museums is a collection of three unique sites in Savannah’s Historic District—all within walking distance of one another" Full review
