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Road To Tara Museum


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 10 attractions in Jonesboro
Traveller Description: Located inside the Jonesboro Depot Welcome Center, this is the largest permanent Gone With The Wind exhibit.
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Attraction type: Speciality museum
Address: 104 North Main Street Jonesboro, GA 30236
Tel: 770 478 4800

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1 of 5 stars
Orlando, FL
26 Feb 2009

This was a huge disappointment. We pulled up to the Clayton County Welcome Center hoping we'd purchase our tickets and be directed across the street to the museum. Not so. The museum is EXTREMELY small. About the size of a large hotel room I'd say. Admission is $7, which to me was very overpriced. The collection includes only REPLICAS of... more

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5 of 5 stars
Minnesota
20 Jan 2009
2
people found this review helpful

I thoroughly enjoyed my recent visit to the Road to Tara museum in Jonesboro. It was my last, and favorite of Atlanta's Gone with the Wind attractions, including Maietta's museum and the Margaret Mitchell House. The Road to Tara is located in an old train depot in cute little Jonesboro, south of Atlanta. The depot is also the county visitor's... more

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4 of 5 stars
Adrian, Michigan
17 Nov 2008
2
people found this review helpful

What a delightful stop if you love GWTW. This is the personal movie collection of Herb Bridges, who wrote the definitive collectors book on Gone with the Wind. Located in the old town train depot; this charming building also houses the Clayton County chamber and is the starting point for a GWTW bus tour. The tour is self guided, but... more

14 Nov 2008
2
people found this review helpful

I really enjoyed the Road to Tara Museum. I had always enjoyed the movie, but I didn't know what to expect when my girlfriend dragged me there. It was great seeing the replica costumes (she loved learning about what it took to create them) information on how Margaret Mitchell got the title to the book and information about the local... more

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1 of 5 stars
Lexington, Kentucky
8 Sep 2008
1
person found this review helpful

I was so excited about spending the day in Clayton County Georgia, the legendary home of Gone With the Wind. I knew that there wasn't a real Tara home, but thought the museum would have old movie props etc. I was so excited when I saw many of the costumes from the movie until I read the plaques beside them... more

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Road To Tara Museum Address

104 North Main Street, Jonesboro, GA 30236
Tel: 770 478 4800