Tybee Island Museum

Tybee Island Museum is part of the Tybee Island Lighthouse Museum. Guests who wish to visit Tybee Island, Georgia can enjoy seeing the old fashioned light house, which has withstood years of use, as well as learn the history about the area from the Tybee Island Museum.

The museum is set in an 1898 coastal artillery battery building at Fort Screven. It is on the site of the Tybee Island Station. The museum was completed in 1961 with a variety of collections having to do with Tybee Island. The collections include historical artifacts, pictures, relics, and other items that date from 400 years to the present based on the island history.

Tybee Island Museum is open every day, except Tuesday's. The hours of operation are 9am to 5:30. Ticket sales end at 4:30 to leave an hour of time for guests to visit the museum. Cost to enter the museum is $6 for adults. Children and seniors can enter for $5. Groups are also able to enter for $5.

Among the other sites near the museum include Fort Pulasko, Cockspur Lighthouse, Marine Science Center, Tybee Pier and Pavilion, Little Tybee Island, and the Tybee Sea Turtle Project.