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Let's celebrate Flannery O'Connor's 99th birthday at Andalusia and "A night about Louis" via Zoom

Announcement Wednesday, March 20, 2024

The great Southern author Mary “Flannery” O’Connor, ’45, would’ve turned 99 on Monday, March 25. Georgia College & State University celebrates her birthday Saturday, March 23. The university will hold free tours at Andalusia from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and a cake cutting at noon. A new exhibit at the Andalusia Interpretive Center will also debut that day. As part of the birthday festivities, the folk group Colin Cutler & Hot Pepper Jam will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in Andalusia’s...

Let's celebrate Flannery O'Connor's 99th birthday at Andalusia and "A night about Louis" via Zoom

Event Saturday, March 23, 2024

Photo backdrop of Flannery O'Connor at Andalusia's Interpretive Center

Let's celebrate Flannery O'Connor's 99th birthday at Andalusia

Event Saturday, March 23, 2024

Let's celebrate Flannery O'Connor's 99th birthday at Andalusia

Event Saturday, March 23, 2024

Andalusia wins 2024 Special Project Award for from the Georgia Association of Museums

Announcement Thursday, January 25, 2024

Georgia College & State University’s Department of Historic Museums earned a prestigious state-wide award Friday, Jan. 19, for Andalusia: The Home of Flannery O’Connor. The Georgia Association of Museums (GAM) presented its 2024 Special Project Award to Georgia College’s Andalusia Interpretive Center—a 5,300 square-foot, $3.5 million building completed in March 2023. The center competed against the largest and most well-funded museums in the state for GAM’s highest-tier Special Project...

Oral History Workshop

Announcement Monday, November 6, 2023

Are you interested in oral history? Are you interested in starting your own oral history project? Join Dr. Stephanie Opperman at Andalusia: The Home of Flannery O’Connor as she leads a workshop on oral history and how to get started on your own project. This one-hour workshop will take place Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. in Andalusia’s Interpretive Center. Please sign up for this workshop using the google link below if you are planning on coming. https://forms.gle/Ud2rngek4Xk5LjceA

Oral History Workshop

Event Thursday, November 9, 2023

GCSU remembers Miss Louise Florencourt

Announcement Thursday, August 3, 2023

Georgia College & State University mourns the loss of its campus neighbor and friend, Miss Louise Florencourt, who passed away this week. A cousin of Flannery O’Connor, Miss Florencourt, 97, also served for much of her life as the co-trustee of the Mary Flannery O’Connor Trust, and worked closely with Matt Davis, GCSU’s Director of Historic Museums, on the restoration and curation of Andalusia, and its designation as a National Historic Landmark. More information will be forthcoming,...

Andalusia Interpretive Center ribbon cutting kicks off O’Connor birthday celebration

News Story Thursday, March 23, 2023

Georgia College & State University opened a gift to fans of Flannery O’Connor on the eve of the renowned author’s 98th birthday. Georgia College, O’Connor’s alma mater, unveiled its new Andalusia Interpretive Center during a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, March 24. The opening kicked off two days of birthday celebrations, including author talks, book signings and free tours of Andalusia—O’Connor’s home from 1951 until her death in 1964. On Saturday, March 25, there will be a party...

Andalusia Farm is America's newest National Historic Landmark

News Story Thursday, February 24, 2022

Georgia College celebrates its second National Historic Landmark (NHL)—Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, Georgia—home of American famed Author Mary “Flannery” O’Connor, ’45, a designation just announced this week by the National Park Service. Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion was the campus’ first NHL, receiving this recognition in 1973. This designation has been awarded to a small number of campuses in the U.S., and is carried by less than three percent of America’s historic sites. “There...

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