Chieftains Museum, Native American heritage museum in Rome, United States.
The Chieftains Museum occupies a two-story white frame house constructed around an 1819 log structure along the Oostanaula River in Georgia.
Major Ridge, the Cherokee leader who signed the 1835 Treaty of New Echota, lived in this house before the forced relocation of Cherokee people.
The museum exhibits present artifacts and narratives about nineteenth-century Cherokee life through the experiences of the Ridge family in the Southeast.
The museum opens Wednesday through Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM, with adult admission at $10 and student tickets at $5.
The property features a Major Ridge Demonstration Garden and a Three Sisters Garden that display traditional Cherokee agricultural practices.
Location: Rome
Inception: 1971
Address: 501 Riverside Parkway NE, Rome, GA 30162 30162 30162
Phone: +17062919494
Email: chmuseum@bellsouth.net
Website: https://chieftainsmuseum.org
GPS coordinates: 34.27713,-85.17020
Latest update: March 10, 2025 11:29
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