Bo Bartlett Center

The Bo Bartlett Center houses and displays The Scarborough Collection: 14 monumental paintings by Bartlett. Additionally, the center houses more than 300 paintings and drawings as well as the complete archive of sketchbooks, correspondence, journals, recordings, photographs, artistic notes, memorabilia, objects, and objects d’art relevant to the production of Bartlett’s work.

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Columbus Ballet

The Columbus Ballet is a non-profit pre-professional youth ballet that provides performance and outreach opportunities for students at the Columbus State University Dance Conservatory which is the only school of classical ballet training in our region with over 200 students.

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Columbus Museum

As an American art and regional history museum, and the second largest art museum in Georgia, the Columbus Museum offers a diverse collection to the public.

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Columbus State University’s College of the Arts

Columbus State University's College of the Arts is comprised of three beautiful venues, all of which provide visitors with different and wonderful cultural experiences

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Columbus Symphony Orchestra

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1855, is the second orchestra founded in the nation. The CSO has long been considered one of the southeast's...

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CSU’s Corn Center for the Visual Arts

Attend one of the 6 to 8 annual exhibitions presented by the Norman Shannon and Emmy Lou P. Illges Gallery in the Corn Center for the Visual Arts. These exhibitions are both national and international in scope, often with accompanying lectures and gallery talks. The Illges Gallery is free and open to the public.

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CSU’s Riverside Theatre Complex

The Columbus State University Department of Theatre's Riverside Theatre Complex houses three state-of-the-art performance spaces for over 75 public theatre performances each year.

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CSU’s Schwob School of Music

Columbus State Univeristy's Schwob School of Music hosts many events throughout the year, with many of these performances held free of charge at RiverCenter for the Performing Arts.

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Illges Gallery at Columbus State University

The Norman Shannon and Emmy Lou P. Illges Gallery is located in the Corn Center for the Visual Arts at Columbus State University, a teaching facility with 3250 square feet and 20-foot ceilings. The gallery has been designed to accommodate professional art exhibitions as well as student exhibitions such as the annual Senior Thesis exhibit. The gallery program presents 6 – 8 exhibitions per year, both national and international in scope, often with accompanying lectures and gallery talks. The Illges Gallery is free and open to the public.

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Ma Rainey House & Blues Museum

Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett, better known as Ma Rainey, was born in Columbus, GA in 1886. Between 1923 and 1928, Ma recorded almost one hundred songs for Paramount and secured her legacy as "The Mother of the Blues." The Ma Rainey House & Blues Museum now stands as a historical Columbus landmark to honor this musical legend.

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National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus

Port Columbus is the only museum in the world dedicated to telling the complete Naval story of the American Civil War.

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National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center

The National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center, voted USA Today’s Best Free Museum and one of CNN Travel’s 12 best military museums...

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Pasaquan

An internationally recognized Visionary Art Environment, Pasaquan is truly a one-of-a-kind hidden gem that will offer an art experience like no other!

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RiverCenter for the Performing Arts

The centerpiece of the city’s new arts and entertainment district.

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Springer Opera House

The State Theatre of Georgia and a leading Southern cultural institution for 150 years.

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