The National Park Service employs a full-time wildlife manager and scientists, and hosts researchers periodically.

From December 1 to February 28 the boat runs twice a day only on Mondays - Thursdays to Cumberland Island from the mainland (St. Marys, Georgia).

The main exhibit focuses on the island's history, including displays on the Timucua Indians, antebellum plantations, and the estates of the Carnegie family.

It includes information about the lives of American Revolutionary hero General Nathanael Greene and cotton-gin inventor Eli Whitney, the history of the ruined mansion Dungeness and the Plum Orchard estate.

The ice was cut in large blocks from frozen lakes and ponds, then wrapped tightly in burlap sacks stuffed with straw and sawdust for shipping southward.

The ice house was constructed as a large cooler, its walls packed with a thick layer of straw and saw dust insulation.

A gabled cupola extends for the length of the roof, providing an outlet for warm air that rises to the top of the building.

[7] The building has been restored by the National Park Service and converted into a small museum with exhibits that showcase original artifacts and replicas from the island's prehistoric, colonial, early American and Gilded Era periods.