It is a trip well worth the drive. Free except for guided tours. Donations are welcome. From Macon, take Ga. 22 to Gray to 129 to Putnam County and U.S. 441 to Morgan County. Once you cross I-20 in Morgan County, take a right on the U.S. 441 bypass and another right on Bethany Road.
Museum is about five miles on the left.
Once known as Camp Sumter, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were held there during the Civil War and almost a third of them died. The center has exhibits on this era. In 1998, the National Prisoner of War Museum opened and includes exhibits from prisoners of war, all in one setting. Donations are welcome. Visitors traveling south on I-75 should exit at Byron, Highway 49 south and travel approximately 40 miles.