Jepson Center & Telfair Children's Art Museum, Contemporary art museum in Historic District, Savannah, United States.
The Jepson Center & Telfair Children's Art Museum is the contemporary wing of Telfair Museums in Savannah's historic district, designed by Moshe Safdie and completed in 2006. Its light stone facade has tall square columns framing large glass openings, with a wide staircase visible through the left window bay. Inside are galleries for Southern and African American art, photography, works on paper, two large traveling-exhibition galleries, a community gallery and a children's gallery, plus two outdoor sculpture terraces.
The Jepson Center for the Arts was designed by architect Moshe Safdie and completed in 2006, giving Telfair Museums a third building alongside the 1818 Telfair Academy and the 1816 Owens-Thomas House. It houses the museum's contemporary galleries, including two spaces for large traveling exhibitions, a community gallery and a children's gallery.
The Jepson Center is one of the few venues in the American South where contemporary art and a dedicated children's museum share the same building. The children's section is designed around doing and making, not just looking, which gives it a different feel from a standard gallery visit.
The building has elevators and clear signs, making it easy to move between floors even on a first visit. It is part of the Telfair Museums group, so a combined ticket gives access to other sites in the city as well.
The Jepson Center is one of three Telfair Museums buildings, alongside the 1818 Telfair Academy and the 1816 Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, both National Historic Landmarks by British architect William Jay. The contemporary building by Moshe Safdie, completed in 2006, holds two outdoor sculpture terraces and two galleries for large traveling exhibitions.
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