What you get
About World War II Home Front Museum
The World War II Home Front Museum, housed in the Historic St. Simons Coast Guard Station built in 1936, highlights Coastal Georgia’s contributions to the war. Visitors can explore immersive galleries and interactives, testing plane spotting skills, training as fighter pilot directors, and building a Liberty ship. The museum also recounts the 1942 rescue of torpedoed ship survivors by the station's crew and shares inspiring oral histories of ordinary Americans.
On the coast
Serving St. Simons, GA
The World War II Home Front Museum, housed in the Historic St. Simons Coast Guard Station built in 1936, highlights Coastal Georgia’s contributions to the war. Visitors can explore immersive galleries and interactives, testing plane spotting skills, training as fighter pilot directors, and building a Liberty ship. The museum also recounts the 1942 rescue of torpedoed ship survivors by the station's crew and shares inspiring oral histories of ordinary Americans.