Atlanta History Center

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Call: (404) 814-4000 or visit www.atlantahistorycenter.com
Founded in 1926, the center includes the Atlanta History Museum featuring signature and traveling exhibitions, the Smith Family Farm, the 1928 Swan House mansion, research archives/special libraries, and 22 acres of gardens.
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Saturday January 11, 2025 11:00 AM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Get Your Tickets
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Already a member? Visit the Member’s only preview page for this event. [click here for more]
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Thursday January 16, 2025 07:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Not-yet-members. $12.
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From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, is often ranked among Am... [click here for more]
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Saturday January 18, 2025 10:00 AM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Free
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A detailed schedule of activities will be announced soon. [click here for more]
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Sunday January 19, 2025 02:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: $15
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Gary will discuss the process of starting with what you know and continuing through census and naturalization records, vital record documents, and tombstones. He will also describe tools to assist you in your research. The presentation will be followed with a workshop with members of the Jewish Gene... [click here for more]
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Tuesday January 21, 2025 07:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Not-yet-members. $12.
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A groundbreaking account of Sherman’s March to the Sea - the critical Civil War campaign that destroyed the Confederacy - told for the first time from the perspective of the tens of thousands of enslaved people who fled to the Union lines and transformed Sherman’s march into the biggest liberation e... [click here for more]
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Tuesday February 4, 2025 07:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Not-yet-members. $12.
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Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray [click here for more]
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Thursday February 20, 2025 07:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Not-yet-members. $12.
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The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story by David Levering Lewis [click here for more]
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Thursday February 27, 2025 06:30 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Free w/RSVP
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On Thursday, February 27th, from 6:30-9:30 pm ET, join us for our first Party with the Past of the year as we head down to Center for Puppetry Arts! Located inside the old Spring Street School building, Center for Puppetry Arts has been a valuable resource to the Atlanta performing arts community fo... [click here for more]
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Tuesday March 11, 2025 08:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: Not-Yet Members. $12.
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Drawing from an archive of nearly five thousand letters and advertisements, the riveting, dramatic story of formerly enslaved people who spent years searching for family members stolen away during slavery. Of all the many horrors of slavery, the cruelest was the separation of families in slave auc... [click here for more]
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Tuesday March 18, 2025 08:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: Not-Yet Members. $12.
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One historian’s journey to find the end of the Civil War—and, along the way, to expand our understanding of the nature of war itself and how societies struggle to draw the line between war and peace [click here for more]
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Tuesday December 10, 2024 07:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: $12
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Toni Tipton-Martin, Editor in Chief of Cook’s Country magazine, guided this project and team with her vast knowledge of Southern women’s food history and her journalistic approach to sharing the stories behind America’s favorite dishes. She is an award-winning food and nutrition journalist who uses ... [click here for more]
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Saturday November 16, 2024 10:30 AM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: $15
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Skill level: Intermediate [click here for more]
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Friday November 15, 2024 07:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: $35
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AHC members are also invited to a member-only event prior to the tree lighting ceremony which will include early access pictures with Santa, pictures with the Pink Pigs, an activity for kids, credit card bar, music, and more. Members will also have early access to claim a spot at the tree lighting c... [click here for more]
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Friday November 15, 2024 07:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: $20-$35
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Join the Atlanta History Center as we kick-off the holiday season with our third annual Tree Lighting in Veterans Park. New this year, a children’s train ride, a magical snowfall, and more! Santa will light a 50-ft tree and the celebration will include musical performances, pictures with the Pink Pi... [click here for more]
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Wednesday November 13, 2024 07:30 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: $6 members, $12 not-yet-members
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$6 members, $12 not yet members [click here for more]
Veterans Day

Monday November 11, 2024 11:00 AM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Free
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All active-duty service members, their families, and community members are invited to observe Veterans Day. U.S Navy Commander Frank Weisser, a two-time Blue Angels pilot, will deliver the address. Weisser flew combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, and flew in many scenes of Top Gun: Maverick. Th... [click here for more]
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Sunday October 27, 2024 02:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: $35 for adults and children
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Celebrate Halloween with face painters, a strolling magician, a children’s ride on a train, and early trick-or-treating through the beautiful Atlanta History Center Buckhead campus! Members and their guests will have early access to all activities and a dedicated lounge in the Coca Cola Café. Fami... [click here for more]
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Sunday October 27, 2024 01:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: $20-$35
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Celebrate Halloween with face painters, strolling magicians, a children’s ride on a train, and early trick-or-treating through the beautiful Atlanta History Center’s Buckhead campus!

Family-friendly costumes are encouraged!

 

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Wednesday October 23, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: $6 members $12 not yet members
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1959. Reclusive painter Cleo Woodbine has lived alone for decades on Kingdom Come, a tiny strip of land once occupied by the servants for the great houses on nearby Cumberland. When she is visited by the man who saved her life nearly thirty years earlier, a tempest is unleashed as the stories of the... [click here for more]
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Monday October 21, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: $6 members $12 not yet members
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A Forgotten Migration tells the little-known story of “segregation scholarships” awarded by states in the US South to Black students seeking graduate education in the pre-Brown v. Board of Education era. Under the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, decades earlier, southern states could provide graduat... [click here for more]

UPDATE: The Battle of Atlanta cyclorama painting was moved to the Atlanta History Center as part of a project announced in 2014. The old Cyclorama building in Grant Park has been remodeled as an event space and became part of the Atlanta Zoo. At 358 feet long, the Cyclorama claims to be the larges... | more...

Founded in 1926, the center includes the Atlanta History Museum featuring signature and traveling exhibitions, the 1845 Tullie Smith Farm, the 1928 Swan House mansion, research archives/special libraries and 33 acres of gardens. $10-$15. | more...
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The house where much of Gone with the Wind was written beckons to tourists and native Atlantans alike who want to understand more about the author of the most popular novel of all time. The house also plays an important part in keeping Atlanta’s literary scene alive through regular events with local... | more...
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130 West Paces Ferry Road N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 814-4000

Buckhead

Tourist Attractions, History Museum
COVID-19
Hours

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
facebook: @Atlanta History Center

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