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Dahlonega Gold Museum

The Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site is a Georgia state historic site located in Dahlonega. The museum is housed in the historic 1836 Lumpkin County courthouse, located in the center of the town square. The museum houses many artifacts from the gold rush of 1836, including gold nuggets, gold coins, and gold panning equipment, as well as an educational film and gift shop. Dahlonega is a town located in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA, and is its county seatGR6. ... October 2, Charles Darwin returns from his voyage around the world. ... Lumpkin County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... In most counties in the United States the local trial courts conduct their business in a centrally located courthouse which may also house the offices of the county treasurer, clerk and recorder and assessor. ... A California Gold Rush handbill A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ... Gold coins are one of the oldest forms of coinage. ... A sluice box used in placer mining Placer mining (pronounced plass-er) is a open-pit or open-cast form of mining by which certain valuable minerals are extracted from the earth without tunneling. ...


Annual Events

  • Gold Rush Days (October)
  • Dahlonega's Old Fashion Christmas Celebration (December)
  • Dahlonega Gold Museum Open House (December)

External links

  • Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site


 
 

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