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Westville will close for the Winter Season from January 1-March 4, 2009. Westville will re-open to the public on March 5, 2009. See Westville hours below: Historic Westville Offers Guided Tours Starting in March 5, 2009, visitors will be treated to a new approach to telling the Westville story. Live costumed guides will begin taking visitors through the village to tell the story of Westville’s founding, life in the 1850s, its historic houses, and the people and families connected with the village. For 39 years, Westville has offered a myriad of activities to educate and entertain visitors to the historic village. Leo Goodsell, executive director said, “our guests have asked for guided tours and we have listened. We have responded by offering guided tours on a regular daily schedule beginning in March 2009. The guided tours will offer that special personal touch for our visitors.” “We are excited about the new approach to visiting Westville. We think that the guided tours will allow us to share more with the visitor than ever before. The guided tours combined with the recent interpretive panels we have installed will provide a fuller and more rewarding experience for our visitors,” said Goodsell. Westville will continue providing live demonstrations during its many special events and programs. Schools and home schools still will be able to schedule hands-on activities during one of Westville’s high quality educational programs. Westville will close during January and February to perform some infrastructure maintenance and to prepare for the new tour program. When Westville re-opens for the season, the hours will be Thursday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Westville is an outdoor history museum which depicts an 1850 west Georgia village. You may have seen pictures of little towns like Westville. They dotted the 1850s countryside in the southern United States. We have created Westville so that you can experience a community in the twenty-first century similar to the ones in which our ancestors lived in the middle of the nineteenth century. See where the antebellum townspeople worshipped, voted, and went to school. Westville has over thirty authentically restored and furnished pre-Civil War buildings: houses, stores, workshops, churches, school, and courthouse. In fact, it has all the ingredients of a functioning town. Our guides and interpreters and guides are in 1850s dress and will take you through the town and share with you the history of Westville, the people, and their times. Stop by and take a tour back through time. What's New! * New expanded inventory for your shopping pleasure.
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