Pierce County Heritage Museum & Depot

The Heritage Museum documents the rich history of Pierce County. Inside the museum one will find exhibits of the manufacturing process of tobacco, farm tools, the most informative display about the Civil War prison camp on the outskirts of Blackshear (along with Civil War artifacts), a fully furnished storefront counter from the early 1900s, courthouse furnishings, land deeds, letters, and hundreds of photographs of the buildings, homes, and people of Pierce County.

The Genealogical Library contains more than 200 books pertaining to Georgia genealogy, local family histories, Colonial Georgia, Native Americans in Georgia, county histories, church histories, Georgia in the Civil War, well-known Georgians, and how-to books on historic preservation. Our library continues to grow.

The Heritage Museum & Genealogical Library are located in the historic Blackshear Railroad Depot in downtown Blackshear.