World War II Home Front Museum, Saint Simons Island

World War II Home Front Museum reviews

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4.8

• By patbelmont

  Great informative museum. Really brings home the eastern seaboard involvement and sacrifice in WWII. Highly recommend.  more »

• By Amy W

  The building itself is gorgeous. The bathrooms were super nice and clean. There is a short movie to watch that was interesting about the shipyards of Brunswick. The museum part is pretty...  more »

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• By Bryan Kruk

  A lot of great information on how this local area contributed to the war effort (as well as the east coast in general), but not a ton of actual things to see here. The museum was recently renovated, however, so it's nicely updated and clean.

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• By Stephen Story

  Great little museum! We spent almost 2 hours here on a hot summer day with kids ages 6-9. Informative and engaging. Docents were friendly and helpful as well.

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