The 1819 Regency mansion that became the South's first public art museum, and home of the Bird Girl.Telfair AcademyHistoric Sites · SavannahPaid 4.6The Academy occupies the Telfair family's 1819 mansion on Telfair Square and opened as a museum in 1886, the first public art museum in the South. Its period rooms sit alongside nineteenth-century American and European painting. The Bird Girl statue from the cover of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is here, moved in from Bonaventure. Dining nearbyB&D Burgers – West Congress St.Burgers · $$WalkableGoose Feathers Cafe & BakerySandwiches · $$WalkableSunday SundayAmericanWalkableLittle Duck DinerBreakfast · $$WalkableToast! All DayAmerican · $$WalkableThe Collins QuarterBrunch · $$WalkableThings to do nearbyJepson CenterMuseums & Culture · PaidWalkableSavannah Taste Experience Food ToursTours & Charters · PaidWalkableTipsy Turtle Tiki ToursTours & Charters · PaidWalkableCarriage Tours of SavannahCarriage Tours · PaidWalkableWhile you're hereSouth Carolina Ballet – The NutcrackerSat, Nov 28 · Arts & TheaterWalkableLakeviewTue, Nov 10 · Live MusicWalkableSCAD Savannah Film FestivalFri, Oct 23 · FestivalsWalkable← Back to Explore