Michael C. Carlos Museum
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The building, designed by star-chitect Michael Graves, houses the Southeast's largest collection of ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Rome and Central America.
Carlos Museum Summer Exhibits (wednesdays)
Wednesday August 20, 2025 10:00 AM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free - $8 (see site)
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Continuum Johnnie Diacon and Hotvlkuce Harjo
August 21 - December 7, 2025
Curated by Miranda Kyle, curator of Indigenous arts of the Americas, this exhibition explores the concept of Indigenous futurisms through the lens of traditional lifeways as a continuous and evolving practice that inf... [click here for more]Carlos Museum Summer Exhibits (thursdays)
Thursday August 21, 2025 10:00 AM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free - $8 (see site)
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Continuum Johnnie Diacon and Hotvlkuce Harjo
August 21 - December 7, 2025
Curated by Miranda Kyle, curator of Indigenous arts of the Americas, this exhibition explores the concept of Indigenous futurisms through the lens of traditional lifeways as a continuous and evolving practice that inf... [click here for more]Carlos Museum Summer Exhibits (fridays)
Friday August 22, 2025 10:00 AM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free - $8 (see site)
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Continuum Johnnie Diacon and Hotvlkuce Harjo
August 21 - December 7, 2025
Curated by Miranda Kyle, curator of Indigenous arts of the Americas, this exhibition explores the concept of Indigenous futurisms through the lens of traditional lifeways as a continuous and evolving practice that inf... [click here for more]Carlos Museum Summer Exhibits (saturdays)
Saturday August 23, 2025 10:00 AM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free - $8 (see site)
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Continuum Johnnie Diacon and Hotvlkuce Harjo
August 21 - December 7, 2025
Curated by Miranda Kyle, curator of Indigenous arts of the Americas, this exhibition explores the concept of Indigenous futurisms through the lens of traditional lifeways as a continuous and evolving practice that inf... [click here for more]Carlos Museum Summer Exhibits (sundays)
Sunday August 24, 2025 12:00 PM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free - $8 (see site)
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Continuum Johnnie Diacon and Hotvlkuce Harjo
August 21 - December 7, 2025
Curated by Miranda Kyle, curator of Indigenous arts of the Americas, this exhibition explores the concept of Indigenous futurisms through the lens of traditional lifeways as a continuous and evolving practice that inf... [click here for more]Carlos Museum Summer Exhibits (tuesdays)
Tuesday August 26, 2025 10:00 AM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free - $8 (see site)
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Continuum Johnnie Diacon and Hotvlkuce Harjo
August 21 - December 7, 2025
Curated by Miranda Kyle, curator of Indigenous arts of the Americas, this exhibition explores the concept of Indigenous futurisms through the lens of traditional lifeways as a continuous and evolving practice that inf... [click here for more]Sunday Public Tours at the Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sunday September 21, 2025 02:00 PM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
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Explore the Carlos Museum with a drop-in docent-led tour! Sunday Public Tours are free with museum admission and no prior registration is required. Public Tours do have a limited capacity, and are first come, first served.
To join, simply meet your docent in the Rotunda on Level One at 2 p.m.
[click here for more]Sunday Public Tours at the Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sunday November 23, 2025 02:00 PM EST
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Explore the Carlos Museum with a drop-in docent-led tour! Sunday Public Tours are free with museum admission and no prior registration is required. Public Tours do have a limited capacity, and are first come, first served.
To join, simply meet your docent in the Rotunda on Level One at 2 p.m.
[click here for more]Sunday Public Tours at the Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sunday November 30, 2025 02:00 PM EST
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Explore the Carlos Museum with a drop-in docent-led tour! Sunday Public Tours are free with museum admission and no prior registration is required. Public Tours do have a limited capacity, and are first come, first served.
To join, simply meet your docent in the Rotunda on Level One at 2 p.m.
[click here for more]Sunday Public Tours at the Michael C. Carlos Museum
Sunday December 7, 2025 02:00 PM EST
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Explore the Carlos Museum with a drop-in docent-led tour! Sunday Public Tours are free with museum admission and no prior registration is required. Public Tours do have a limited capacity, and are first come, first served.
To join, simply meet your docent in the Rotunda on Level One at 2 p.m.
[click here for more]Laszlo-Excalibur Lecture: Epics on Earthenware
Sunday November 17, 2024 02:00 PM EST
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
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Long before movies were invented, pottery was a powerful narrative medium. In a lecture titled "Epics on Earthenware: How Small Pots Tell Big Stories - and Why," Dr. Nigel Spivey, senior lecturer in Classical Art & Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, will explore the ingenious ways in which ...
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Indigenous Food Sovereignty Panel Discussion
Sunday November 10, 2024 02:00 PM EST
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
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Join Chef Nephi Craig and Chef Rob Kinneen for a discussion centered on Indigenous food sovereignty moderated by Malinda Maynard Lowrey, Cahoon Family Professor of History.
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
This program is part of the Indigenous Food Sovere... [click here for more]
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Film Screening: Gather
Saturday November 9, 2024 07:00 PM EST
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
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Join the Carlos for a screening of Gather, followed by a Q&A with Nephi Craig as a part of our Indigenous Food Sovereignty Symposium.
Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food ...
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Indigenous Food Sovereignty Symposium: Cooking Demonstrations & Workshops
Saturday November 9, 2024 01:00 PM EST
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: $15-$20
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The Carlos Museum and the Native American Indigenous Studies Initiative invites food historians, chefs, and ethnobotanists to lead cooking demonstrations centered on Indigenous ingredients, foods, and contemporary reimagining of traditional dishes.
Space is limited, registration is required.
Parti... [click here for more]
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Art History Lecture: Antiquities Theft and Restitution
Wednesday October 30, 2024 06:30 PM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
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In a lecture titled "Antiquities Theft and Restitution: Legal Rules and One Lawyer’s Perspective" designed for non-lawyers, Kent Killela, JD, will explain the three U.S. legal regimes under which stolen antiquities have been repatriated and the important differences in their rules and use, now and...
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Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild Memorial Lecture
Tuesday October 29, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
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Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild Memorial Lecture: "Campus Speech About Jews After October 7"
Since October 7 the rhetoric about Israel, Jews, Zionism and antisemitism has escalated and intensified. This talk will consider the continuity of this rhetoric with past claims about Zionism and Judaism, and th...
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Atlanta Art Week: Michael C. Carlos Museum, La Vaughn Belle: Come Ruin or Rapture," Nicholas Galanin installation: "I Think It Goes Like This (Gold)
Friday October 4, 2024 06:30 PM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free - RSVP Required
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CRITIC’S PICK: Atlanta Art Week, multiple venues - Here is just a taste of what’s being crammed... [click here for more]
CL RECOMMENDS
Atlanta Art Week: Emory University Gallery Talk: La Vaughn Belle: Come Ruin or Rapture
Tuesday October 1, 2024 06:30 PM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free - RSVP Required
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CRITIC’S PICK: Atlanta Art Week, multiple venues - Here is just a taste of what’s being crammed... [click here for more]
CL RECOMMENDS
Decolonizing Knowledge: A Conversation with Felwine Sarr
Friday September 27, 2024 04:00 PM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
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One of the great intellectuals of our time, committed to the decolonization of knowledge from an African perspective, Senegalese thinker Felwine Sarr is invited for the first time in Atlanta to present his work and his intellectual journey. Felwine Sarr will be in conversation with Lauren Tate Baeza...
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Curatorial Conversation: Come Ruin or Rapture
Friday September 20, 2024 06:00 PM EDT
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: Free
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Join Clint Fluker, Senior Director of Culture, Community and Partner Engagement for the Carlos Museum and Emory Libraries, and curator of Come Ruin or Rapture, in conversation with artist La Vaughn Belle, whose work repurposes materials affected by Hurricane Maria to express the resilience of people...
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Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00 PM
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Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, 571 South Kilgo Circle N.E.