Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Art museum in Historic Downtown Savannah, United States.

The Telfair Academy is a two-story brick mansion finished in stucco at 121 Barnard Street, on the west side of Telfair Square in Savannah. William Jay designed it in 1818 with a projecting four-column composite portico reached by side-facing stairs. Inside, rooms are asymmetrical, including an octagonal drawing room and a round-ended dining room; the west wing is the former carriage house.

William Jay designed the house and it was built in 1818 for Alexander Telfair, son of Edward Telfair, an early post-independence governor of Georgia. The site had earlier held the official residence of Georgia's colonial royal governors. In 1875 Alexander's sister Mary bequeathed the house, its furnishings and family collections to the Georgia Historical Society, which opened a free art museum here in 1886 after architect Detlef Lienau remodeled and expanded the building.

The building carries the Telfair name and reflects how one family's wealth and vision shaped art appreciation in the South. Walking through its galleries, you experience the result of a legacy that opened doors for public art access in this region.

The building occupies a full block on the west side of Telfair Square, bounded by Barnard, West President, North Jefferson and West State Streets. The entrance portico is reached by side-facing stairs, and the former carriage house in the west wing holds Adam style woodwork. The house has two floors, with period rooms and galleries on both.

The site beneath the mansion once held the official residence of Georgia's colonial royal governors. Five statues stand in front of the building, depicting Rembrandt, Rubens, Phidias, Raphael and Michelangelo. The west wing is the former carriage house, refitted in the 1880s with Adam style woodwork.