ABAC's Georgia Museum of Agriculture — Attraction in Tifton

I had been wanting to bring my kids here for sometime. They're homeschooling so today I decided to take them. We arrived and the lady at the Country Store was very nice and provided us a map and directions to the museum and village. Upon arriving to the museum, there was literally no one around. It is now summer and you would think that even on Tuesday there would be other people there. We toured the museum and then went outside to explore the village. The first house we arrived at the older lady was kind and informative about the houses past owners. The man working at the metal working shed was nice as well. The third house we toured the lady actually acted like we were interrupting her reading time (see was reading when we got there). Now mind you this is a MUSEUM and the people who work here are hired and trained to tell the history of the houses on the property. At this time the lady was telling us about the house and my 10 year old daughter was recording the tour on her phone. The lady proceeded to scold my daughter for recording her, "It's common politeness to tell someone when you're recording them." She said. You WORK there and should expectation to be recorded and have pictures taken of you. There is a reason they all had costumes on. This lady was extremely rude and made my daughter upset when she did nothing wrong. Also, not once did I see any signs saying not to record or take pictures. They did however, have signs saying not to touch the displays. The entire tour went downhill from there. There bathrooms were disgusting and unstocked with toiletries. I will say, the one at the museum was very clean. We then stopped to get ice cream and once again the lady working there acted like we were bothering her. She actually applied lipstick before scooping my kids ice-cream and NEVER washed her hands or put on gloves! We threw the ice-cream in the trash, disgusting! Not to mention it was almost $10 for three single scooped ice-cream cones. After leaving the ice-cream shop we toured the rest of the village and had to watch every step we took on the path due to dog poop being everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE on every path. We paid almost $40 to be disrespected and rude too and that did not include the ice-cream. This place is nasty, the employees are rude, and it was a total waste of money. I will NEVER go there again and I wouldn't recommend this place to my worst enemy. If you're traveling or looking for a place to take the kids SKIP THIS DUMP and go somewhere...

I enjoyed my stop at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture off of I-75. Buy entrance paper braclet for $7.50 admission. You get in your car and take a right, drive half a mile. (Need more signs) You'll pass 3 driveways till you get to the end of the road. I got there at 1:30 and it all closes at 3:00 p.m. Felt I needed more time. I went into the Agriculture center first. Went through the exhibits telling about eggs, tabacco farming, cotton exhibit, pecans, quilting and tractors. Large tractors on display. Pottery and wood working. Some recorded programs to watch. Photographs show interesting information. I took my time and read everything. Then saw a Photgraphy exhibit from Ireland next door. I drove closer to the outdoor buildings on the left. The buildings include a doctor's office,newspaper, blacksmith, hardware and saw mill. A school group was going through. They had volunteers dressed up in old fashion clothes to tell you about their section.That was interesting. A home by a man that expanded the timber industry in Tifton. Living history volunteers would tell you about what times were like in Georgia during the 1865 to 1910. It's worth to look on their website. Go on a weekend that they have a special...

As a child I had the opportunity to enjoy field trips here , Halloween events with costume contest , Christmas events with polar express and many other events that took place On the field trip I recall The dress and apron I wore while working in the clinic house that used natural herbs that grew in garden to heal the body . Truly took me back to a time beyond my age giving me a real life experience to the old days. Saddens me to see change in operation and scenery now that I'm adult taking my kids on their field trips the flow is way different before the change in operation kids would actually dress up in old timey clothes ,have a roles each would play as a part of the old ways of operation the class would sit at a big old table eat real home made food ,The food was cooked in kettles made from fresh produce . These days they've done away with all of the old true traditions adding in place a play ground , silly games with unnecessary fun facts and replacing a homemade scrumptious meal with a poor school sack lunch with main ingredients we can barely pronounce . new ways of operation takes away from the everything it's trying to represent. Stop with the upgrades and change...