Lowndes County Historical Society Museum, Carnegie library and history museum in Valdosta, Georgia, US

The Lowndes County Historical Society Museum is a Carnegie library building turned history museum in Valdosta, Georgia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The brick building has a traditional design with a small set of stairs at the entrance and large windows, and inside it holds photographs, documents, artifacts, and displays covering the story of the region.

The Carnegie Library of Valdosta was built in 1913 for $40,000, using a $15,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. It was the first building designed by local architect Lloyd V. Greer and opened in 1914. It later became a branch library, then the base of the Lowndes County Historical Society, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984.

The building opened in 1914 as Valdosta's Carnegie library, part of the South Georgia Regional Library, and later served as a branch library before the Lowndes County Historical Society moved in. The society now runs a museum there with artifacts, photographs and documents on the region's history. The name on the building recalls Andrew Carnegie, whose $15,000 grant helped pay for construction.

The museum is open only on certain days of the week, so it is worth checking the current hours before you go. Admission is free, and the surrounding neighborhood in Valdosta is easy to walk around after your visit.

The building was the first designed by local architect Lloyd V. Greer, who went on to a long Valdosta practice. It opened in 1914 as a library built with a $15,000 Carnegie grant toward a $40,000 construction cost, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984.