Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, also known as Telfair Academy and Telfair Mansion, is a historic mansion in Savannah, Georgia. Originally a family townhouse, it became a free art museum in 1886 known as the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. Its first director, elected in 1883, was artist Carl Ludwig Brandt, who spent winters in Savannah.[3]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[2][4] The mansion is now the main facility of the Telfair Museum of Art, and features furnished period rooms that highlight the museum's collection of decorative arts.

References

1.       ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.

2.       ^ a b "Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-05-01.

3.       ^  "Brandt, Carl Ludwig". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.

4.       ^ Carolyn Pitts (January 29, 1976), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences PDF (32 KB), National Park Service and Accompanying one photo, exterior, undated PDF (32 KB)