Atlanta History Center
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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.
Livingston Lecture featuring John Ferling
Wednesday April 2, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Members. $12.
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Curating Dreams: William J. Wilson’s Vision of an Antebellum Black Museum — Lecture 1
Tuesday April 8, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Reserve Your Free Ticket
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In this special lecture series Curating Dreams: William J. Wilson's Vision of an Antebellum Black Museum, Dr. Cocoa M. Williams will discuss The Afric-American Picture Gallery, a little known work by activist William J. Wilson published in 1859.
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Bridgett M. Davis
Wednesday April 9, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Member. $12.
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Bridgett M. Davis
Wednesday April 9, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Member. $12.
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The Great Swan House Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday April 12, 2025 09:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Members. $30.
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Guests 3 and under are free, but tickets are required for attendance for all guests.
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Curating Dreams: William J. Wilson’s Vision of an Antebellum Black Museum — Lecture 2
Tuesday April 15, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Reserve Your Free Ticket
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In this special lecture series Curating Dreams: William J. Wilson's Vision of an Antebellum Black Museum, Dr. Cocoa M. Williams will discuss The Afric-American Picture Gallery, a little known work by activist William J. Wilson published in 1859.
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History on the Rocks: Blacksmith's Brew
Monday April 21, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Members. $20
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On Monday, April 21 from 7-10 pm, you are invited to historic Smith Farm for our first History on the Rocks! Located at Atlanta History Center, Smith Farm is one of the oldest structures in Atlanta and the only farm in the Buckhead neighborhood.
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Jonathan Horn
Wednesday April 23, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Members. $12.
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History on the Rocks: Gone with the Gin
Thursday May 1, 2025 05:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Member. $20.
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Join Atlanta History Center at our Midtown campus on Thursday, May 1 from 5-8 PM for an evening of fun and games for our second History on the Rocks! Grab a drink, wander through Telling Stories: Gone With the Wind and American Memory, or participate in a round of trivia for the chance to win limite...
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Ryan Hendrickson
Tuesday May 6, 2025 07:30 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Member. $12.
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Please note: this talk was originally scheduled for Monday, March 3rd. The new event date is Tuesday, May 6th.
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Phoenix Flies: The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama: Curator’s Tour
Saturday March 22, 2025 01:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
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Join project curator Dr. Gordon Jones for a special look at the hidden details and unknown backstories of The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama. Your personalized tour takes you around the painting scene by scene: what’s accurate, what’s not, and how it got that way. Find out what’s been restored and wha...
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Members Genealogy Lecture
Saturday March 22, 2025 11:30 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Grab Your Tickets
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Not sure what to do with that box of old photographs under the bed or those grainy VHS tapes behind the TV? Family photographs and videos present unique challenges to the family historian. While these materials can provide additional information about the lives of our ancestors and open a window on ...
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Phoenix Flies: Exploring Black Atlanta: People, Places, and Events
Saturday March 22, 2025 11:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Free
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Join Dr. La'Neice Littleton, Director of Community Collaborations, for an exploration of people, places, and events in Atlanta's Black history. This tour of artifacts throughout the museum tells stories of notable African American figures, locations, and transformative events in the city's history. ...
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Michael Vorenberg
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
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Friends & Fiction LIVE
Monday March 17, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Members. $45 (includes signed copy of The Story She Left Behind and pre-conversation reception).
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Phoenix Flies: Into the Stacks
Saturday March 15, 2025 03:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
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While Kenan Research Center is free and open to the public by appointment, our storage areas (stacks) are not often seen by the public. This tour will go into the stacks where we will talk about what, why, and how we collect, as well as the measures of preventive conservation that we take to ensure ...
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Phoenix Flies: How to Research a Historic House
Saturday March 15, 2025 01:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
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Have you ever wondered about the history of an Atlanta building or landmark? Spend time at the Kenan Research Center learning about the resources available to research the history of a historic house. We will focus on one historic house and look at Sanborn Maps, Fulton County tax plats, building per...
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Phoenix Flies: Special Treasures Tour of the Cherokee Garden Library
Saturday March 15, 2025 11:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
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Whether it’s a vintage Hastings’ Seed Catalog, an old postcard of Ansley Park, an early 20 th - century garden photograph, or a rare 18th -century volume with stunning hand-colored botanical plates, the remarkable gems of the Cherokee Garden Library tell the diverse and meaningful stories of the peo...
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Judith Giesberg in conversation with Lisa Rayam
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...
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Colleen Oakley in conversation with Emily Giffin
Monday March 10, 2025 08:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-Yet Members. $12.
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Atlanta Cyclorama at Atlanta History Center
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...
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Atlanta History Center Gardens
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.
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Margaret Mitchell House
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...
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Swan House at Atlanta History Center
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130 West Paces Ferry Road N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 814-4000
Atlanta, GA 30305
atlantahistorycenter.com
Tourist Attractions, History Museum
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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
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Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, 130 West Paces Ferry Road N.W.