Museum + Old Town Trolley Tour

The American Prohibition Museum:
Guests of all ages are allowed in the museum during all operating hours, but photo ID is required at the door to receive a wristband for admittance to the Speakeasy. Guests under the age of 21 are not permitted in the Speakeasy. (Closed on St Patrick’s Day).

Old Town Trolley Tours:
Tours depart from boarding locations approx. every 20 minutes.
15 Stops: 1) Savannah Visitor Center 2) Welcome Center 3) Ellis Square 4) Madison Square 5) Forsyth Park 6) Calhoun Square 7) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist 8) Trolley Barn 9) City Market 10) Lucas Theater 11) River Street 12) The Waving Girl 13) Columbia Square 14) Colonial Park Cemetery 15) Bull Street Corridor

Tour length: 90 minutes.

Reservation Notes:
Only a reservation date is required for the Trolley. Times are not listed or needed. The Prohibition Museum can be used any day of operation.

Trolley Booth Locations:

Stop 1 – Visitors Center
301 MLK Blvd.
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Stop 2 – Savannah Welcome Center
214 West Boundary
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Stop 9 – City Market
217 West Julian Street
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Stop 11 – River Street
400 West River Street
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Nearest Intersection:
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Turner Blvd.

Parking:
Free parking (Limited Space Available) at the OTT Ticket Booth – 234 Martin Luther King Blvd. or at The Welcome Center (Stop #15) – 214 W. Boundary Street. Metered parking is available on the street.

Age Requirements:
Child Ticket: 4-12 yrs of age. Children 3 yrs of age and younger are free.

The American Prohibition Museum located in Savannah’s City Market, is the first and only one of it’s kind in the United States. (Stop #7 on the Trolley)

The Museum offers state-of-the-art exhibits, immersive dioramas, rare historic memorabilia and artifacts, and even a ‘Speakeasy’. It will cover the time period from when Georgia went dry in 1907 until Prohibition’s national repeal in 1933. While here, guests will have the opportunity to experience life in America from the earliest rumblings of Temperance through the unintended consequences that the 13 years of Prohibition caused.

Through immersive displays and state-of-the-art dioramas, Museum goers will learn how Prohibition and Temperance shaped thinking and culture for more than two hundred years of American history.

Savannah Museum Exhibits displaying multiple dioramas that allow guests to journey through time and walk into historical scenes such as:

Tour at your own pace! Old Town Trolley Tour allows you to get off at any of the 15 convenient stops situated close to all popular attractions, shops and restaurants. When you’re ready, just re-board and it’s on with the tour. Trolleys depart from all stops at least every 20-minutes.

Stops include:

…Hear how British General James Edward Oglethorpe established this Georgia City atop a natural bluff on the Savannah River.

…Experience the magic and mystery of the city that was the inspiration for John Berendts novel, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”.

…Learn the history, legend and lore which has shaped Savannah into a unique place that is known both as one of the most romantic and most haunted cities in America.