Troup County Archives & Legacy Museum on Main — Attraction in LaGrange

The Legacy Museum right at the heart of downtown LaGrange is a museum space based around the archives of Troup County.

Its rotating gallery of temporary exhibitions includes displays from its own extensive collection of paperwork as well as visiting exhibitions from national museums.

These exhibitions span the full spectrum of LaGrange’s past, beginning with the settlement of the area by European-Americans after the removal of the Creek Indians, and extending as far as the modern developments of the streets that lie around it.

The museum also contains a bale of Troup County cotton from the 1870s, recognized as the oldest anywhere in the...

We’re excited to visit this museum site says open until 7 PM but the recording says they were already closed before 5 PM. Very disappointed.

UPDATE: The museum contacted me and apologized that they had to close early that day. A staff member was ill and I’m sure it’s not easy to update hours on google when it is short notice and temporary. I’d love to try again someday but unsure when we will be back in the area. If we are ever close by we will definitely stop by. Thank you to the museum for...

The organization I work for took a large group of people with mental illness to visit this establishment today. The clients, as well as myself, truly enjoyed the exhibits. The museum was well kept, organized, and offered an overall great experience. Further, the staff were helpful. In particular, the director was very knowledgeable, gave intriguing insights into the exhibits, and even offered clients a scavenger hunt to keep them engaged. Would...