- Email: info@gggmuseum.org
- Address: 5141 Highway 17, Brunswick, Georgia 31525
PRESERVING HERITAGE, CELEBRATING CULTURE
Nestled within the historic Needwood Baptist Church—a beacon of faith founded by newly emancipated African Americans in 1866—we established the Gullah Geechee Georgia Museum to safeguard the priceless legacy of the Gullah Geechee people in Coastal Georgia. What began as a grassroots effort to preserve the church and adjacent 1907 schoolhouse soon evolved into a cultural institution where community voices, heirlooms, and oral histories converge. Today, our museum stands proudly in the heart of Brunswick’s Golden Isles, bridging past and present through immersive exhibits and programs.
Hog Hammock is one of the last remaining intact Gullah Geechee communities on the barrier islands of Georgia. Residents still host the “Culture Day” festival celebrating Gullah language, food (like shrimp and grits, red rice, and mullet fish), and ring shout spirituals. Families here descend from enslaved Africans who worked the island’s sugar and cotton plantations.
Surprise fact: Residents still gather wild sea island herbs and oysters using traditional harvesting methods passed down orally.
We invite you to visit the Gullah Geechee Georgia Museum, support our work, and become part of our mission to keep this powerful cultural heritage alive. Together, we can honor the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future of Gullah Geechee culture in Georgia.
