FUN AREA ATTRACTIONS Artists Row Artists Row offers everything from original works by internationally renowned artists, to local fine art, pottery, hand crafted glass work, sculpture, unique regional crafts, photography, jewelry, and specialty gifts. www.artistsrowaugusta.com
Augusta Canal Interpretive Center At the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area Interpretive Center at Enterprise Mill you’ll learn the stories of people, progress and promise of a unique piece of American history. The Canal Interpretive Center that tells the story of how a city used its waterways to reinvent itself and define its destiny. The Center has been developed by the Augusta Canal Authority in partnership with the National Park Service. www.augustacanal.com Petersburg Boat Tours: www.augustacanal.com Augusta Market at the River 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, Mar. 23 to Nov. 23 at the Eighth Street Plaza off Reynolds Street in downtown Augusta. www.theaugustamarket.com Augusta Museum of History The Augusta Museum of History is dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting history in relation to the past of Augusta and its environs for the education and enrichment of present and future generations. www.augustamuseum.org Augusta Riverwalk The Augusta Riverwalk is located directly on the beautiful Savannah River. Take a stroll down the shaded sidewalks of the riverwalk that line the Savannah River and enjoy what downtown
Augusta has to offer. The cool breeze from the Savannah River provides the perfect place for a picnic or go for a stroll under the shade trees. www.augustariverwalk.com
Boyhood home of President Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th President of the United States on March 4, 1913. His two-term administration was among the most notable in U.S. history. In 1917, during his second term, the United States entered the First World War and Wilson played an international role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles and the organization of the League of Nations. “Tommy” Wilson (1856-1924) spent the formative years of his childhood in Augusta, years that would affect him for the rest of his life. While living in Augusta Wilson experienced the hardships of the Civil War and Reconstruction. He also began his education, tasted leadership as president of the Lightfoot Baseball Club, and grounded his deep Presbyterian faith. www.wilsonboyhoodhome.org Brick Pond Park Brick Pond Park is a forty acre restored wetland, stormwater treatment system, and public nature park. Walking trails wind throughout the wetlands and below the canopy of the forested areas. The park walking trails allow visitors up close encounters with the wildlife that live there. This includes alligators, deer, river otters, over 111 species of birds (visit throughout the year),
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