Social Circle’s ‘Gallery of Creation’ is closing

Thanks to expensive research and many nights digging through your trash, we know that a small percentage of CL’s readers have $500,000 they’d like to spend on a museum filled with more than 300 robotic, talking animals that glorify God. Hence this blog post.

The Gallery of Creation in Social Circle is shutting its doors — and looking for a buyer.

Joseph Hurt, who’s operated the museum with his wife since 1978, tells CL that a lack of visitors and the lure of retirement have prompted him to close the attraction. The 11,000-square-foot repository of artifacts and exhibits aimed to “present examples of God’s creations in such a beautiful manner that one is inspired to have a greater appreciation for God’s handiwork and a greater love for our Creator.”

“Most natural history museums are just focused on ‘natural’ history,” Hurt, a former curator of the Fernbank Science Center, says. “But this was a museum of natural wonder, as if God created everything.”

Hurt says it’d “tickle me to death for someone to come in and buy the entire museum” for $500,000. He’s also willing to strike a deal on some of the exhibits, most of which he created in his adjacent design studio. If you ever wanted a talking lion, this is your chance.