Special exhibit of Georgia made guns

[WElliott]

“Artful Instruments: Georgia Gunsmiths and their Craft”.

The Georgia Museum of Art, located in Athens, is hosting an exhibit of early firearms made in Georgia.  The exhibit opened this past weekend and will continue until February 25, 2018.  Featured are the best known extant examples of the gunsmith's art produced in Georgia in the 19th century, including the earliest known Georgia rifle, made by Richard Allen in Jones County, and nine examples of the work of Georgia’s great gunsmith-artisan, Wiley G. Higgins (1799-1859).  This is the largest assembly ever of firearms made by Wiley Higgins. In addition to Higgins’ “Gamecock” rifle, Higgins’ amazing silver-mounted rifle, formerly in the Kindig collection and now in the Frazier Arms Museum, is on special loan for this exhibit.  For more information, go to georgiamuseum.org. 

[Cades Cove Fiddler]

  .... Thanx, Wayne ..... Yessir, .... might have to make that trip ... !!!
 

[oldtravler61]

  You guy's have all the good shows...

[flint45]

That's only 45 minutes or so from the house. Thanks for the info, looks like I'm heading to Athens.

[brokenflint]

Wayne  do you know if we can take photos?

[David G]

I spoke with a young man by phone that worked at the museum and he said it was permissible.

[WElliott]

The Museum will also be printing a catalog of the exhibit with photos and descriptions of the exhibited guns as well as articles I wrote on Wiley Higgins and Richard Allen, Georgia’s premier gunsmiths.