Girl Scout Heritage Visit

	Junior Girl Scout takes part in a Girl Scouts' Own and Pinning Ceremony.

Girl Scout troops/groups can explore their Girl Scout heritage during a full-day, two-part visit. Included are a special-interest session, a slide orientation, and a guided tour of the Birthplace. The visit also allows time for shopping in the museum store and conducting a troop-planned Girl Scouts' Own and Pinning Ceremony in the garden. Heritage visits are scheduled daily (closed Wednesday from November-February). The Birthplace assigns a schedule to each Girl Scout troop when it makes a reservation. Senior Girl Scouts can extend their Girl Scout Heritage Visit into the evening with a Victorian supper in addition to the daytime sessions.

Orientation/House Tour

During this part of the Heritage Visit, participants learn about Juliette Gordon Low, her family, and early Girl Scouts. Groups see historic photographs of Daisy and her family during the slide presentation, which is followed by a tour of her childhood home and a trip into the past. After the tour, the schedule includes time for a Girl Scouts' Own and Pinning Ceremony in the garden and shopping in the museum store.

Special-Interest Session

These sessions introduce Girl Scout troops/groups to the activities and creative expressions of early Girl Scouts, Juliette "Daisy" Gordon and her family and friends. To complete their visit, troops choose one of the special-interest sessions described here.

Come Into My Parlor

Explore a Victorian girl's life through popular games, songs, and amusements. Re-enact skits Daisy Gordon and her friends wrote and produced.

Fashion, Fabrics, and Frills

Explore fashion history and 19th-century clothing. Corsets, bustles, and hoops were the keys to style and appearance. Investigate how clothing "made the woman" during Daisy's time. Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts only.

Forward March

Experience the early days of Girl Scouting. Try "setting up exercises" (calisthenics), marching, and Semaphore and Morse code signaling, and see the 1918 Girl Scout film The Golden Eaglet. Create and present costumed skits like the first Girl Scouts.

Pop Goes the Weasel: A Textile Adventure

Explore the world of textiles. Like Juliette Gordon Low's first Girl Guides in Scotland, learn about fibers, and try your hand at weaving. Begin a weaving take-home project.

Rainy Day in 1870

Dress up in costumes that are authentic reproductions of period clothing and try out activities from Daisy's childhood, like embroidering a bookmark, making paper dolls, and other crafts. Learn what 10-year-old Daisy Gordon did on a rainy day. Junior Girl Scouts only.

Sisters of the Palette

Daisy Gordon was an accomplished artist. Learn about Daisy and other women artists of her time, and try your hand at her favorite art forms, including sculpting.

Victorian Venture

In Daisy Gordon's time, many young girls went to finishing school to become accomplished ladies. Experience some of their lessons, such as penmanship, ladies handcrafts, and deportment. End the session with a Victorian tea party. Cadette Girl Scouts only.

Victorian Supper Savannah Style

Seniors may choose to extend the Girl Scout Heritage Visit into the evening with a Southern meal and a program on 19th-century dining customs. While in costume, girls set a formal table, serve the meal, and clean up afterwards. If time permits, participants play Victorian parlor games. "Victorian Supper" is scheduled for 4:30 p.m-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Senior Girl Scouts only.

Reservations

The Girl Scout Heritage Visit is offered for Girl Scout troops by reservation only. All fees are subject to change annually on October 1.

The Girl Scout Heritage Visit admission fee is $22 (non-refundable) per participant, and is due three months prior to the visit. "Victorian Supper Savannah Style" (for Senior Girl Scouts only) costs $22 per participant. The Birthplace accepts reservations for the program up to two years in advance. To make reservations, call (912) 233-4501. Read more about making reservations and general tours in Visit Us.