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Thronateeska Heritage Center

About Thronateeska Heritage Center

Thronateeska Heritage Center is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization incorporated in 1974 for the purpose of historic preservation and science education in Southwest Georgia. Thronateeska is located at Heritage Plaza, the 100 block of West Roosevelt Avenue in Albany, Georgia, United States.

Thronateeska's campus includes a history museum, science museum, rail car display, and a 40' full dome HD planetarium system, the first in the world of its kind. The museum facilities are housed in historic structures and new construction designed to reflect and retain the railroad heritage of the area. Thronateeska has an archives and collections department, which catalogues, stores, and cares for all of the collections at Thronateeska, and is open to the public for research purposes.

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Heritage centre
Founded
1974

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Photos of Thronateeska Heritage Center

  1. Thronateeska Heritage Center, Albany01AlbanyMichael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Train Exhibit (SW corner), Union Station Depot, Albany02Train Exhibit (SW corner), Union Station Depot, AlbanyMichael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. Train Exhibit (SE corner), Union Train Depot, Albany03Train Exhibit (SE corner), Union Train Depot, AlbanyMichael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. Union Station Dept, Albany04Union Station Dept, AlbanyMichael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. Geodetic Marker, Union Station Dept, Albany05Geodetic Marker, Union Station Dept, AlbanyMichael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0

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