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Location
Visitor tip
Call ahead at 912-638-4050 to schedule a guided tour for the best experience. Guides can share the interesting backstories behind exhibits like Kenneth Wyatt's apostle paintings, which reviewers specifically praised. Group tours are $50 per group, making it affordable for families or organized visits.
Visitor tip
Don't miss the scavenger hunt hidden within the nativity scene—it's a fun, interactive way to engage with the O Holy Night exhibit. Look for whimsical items like an Apple Watch and three French hens mixed into the life-size papier-mâché nativity.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Methodist Museum
- Main Attraction
- Largest nativity collection in the Southeast, including 40-piece life-size O Holy Night display
- Admission
- Free (donations appreciated)
- Hours
- Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm, closed Sundays and major holidays
What visitors say
The Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum is a neat little place that is free and open to the public and tells about the history of the Methodist church. I am not a Methodist but it was great to find out more about a great songwriter Charles…
I walked in, gave a donation and a few minutes later someone came from the back area and greeted me. I told her I had been many times before. Nothing much changes but it is a very nice, relaxed place to visit. The church bell of the old…
OMGosh, I'll try not to gush but I have stayed at Epworth by the Sea and visited the Aurther J Moore museum several times. The oil paintings of the apostles are beautiful and have an interesting story behind their creation. If you are…
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Did You Know?
- Features a life-size papier-mâché nativity scene by artist Susan Duke Waters with an embedded hidden item scavenger hunt containing unexpected modern items (Apple Watch, bar of soap) alongside traditional Christian symbols
- Houses an international nativity collection sourced from Bolivia, Kenya, China, and Peru, showcasing how different cultures interpret the nativity story
- Displays Kenneth Wyatt paintings of Jesus and the Apostles with an interesting creation story, plus a Christ After Chaos painting by renowned illustrator Howard Chandler Christy
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