Our Legacy Museum is expected to open to the public in 2024.

Fairmont Vocational Heritage Park and Our Legacy Museum are separate Spalding County projects.

Fairmont Vocational Heritage Park is a Spalding County park located within the Fairmont community, and it is currently comprised of historic buildings and grounds that are under construction. When the park is completed, it is expected to house an event center, a cultural arts space, a greenspace, and Our Legacy Museum.

Our Legacy Museum will be located within the 1929 Rosenwald School building, one of the renovated historic buildings in the park. The museum will preserve and share Griffin-Spalding’s African-American narrative.

Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck & Co., established the Rosenwald Fund in 1917. This fund provided financial support for African American communities to create schools. Between 1917 and 1937, over 5,000 schools were constructed to provide educational opportunities to African American children in the Southern States. Today, these schools are collectively known as Rosenwald Schools.

Great! Our Legacy Museum is collecting oral histories from people who can share stories about the African-American community in Griffin-Spalding between 1925 – 1975. We are interested in narratives about Vocational High School, Fairmont High School, the local Civil Rights movement, desegregation, and everyday life during that time. We are also collecting clothing items, objects, photos, sports memorabilia, and more to become part of the permanent collection of Our Legacy Museum. These items would be gifted into the care of Spalding County and the Museum Curator to be preserved and displayed in the museum. We are specifically interested in the time period of 1925 – 1975, but we will protect and conserve an item from any era that helps to fulfill the museum’s mission to “present the inspiring historical and cultural experiences of Griffin-Spalding’s African-American community within a regional and national context.”

Please contact us at 770-467-4750 if you would like to know more!

Yes! We are collecting clothing items, objects, photos, sports memorabilia, and more to become part of the permanent collection of Our Legacy Museum. These items would be gifted into the care of Spalding County and the Museum Curator to be preserved and displayed in the museum. We are specifically interested in the time period of 1925 – 1975, but we will protect and conserve an item from any era that helps to fulfill the museum’s mission to “present the inspiring historical and cultural experiences of Griffin-Spalding’s African-American community within a regional and national context.”

Spalding County and the Museum Curator are taking every possible measure to ensure the long-term preservation and protection of each object donated to the museum. If you would like to know more about the Collection Management process, please feel free to contact us at 770-467-4750.

Our Legacy Museum also accepts support in the form of financial gifts. We are greatly appreciative of your continued support of this project, and no amount is too small. Please contact us at 770-228-4120 to know how to make your contribution today.