Atlanta History Center
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.
Admiral James Stavridis
Tuesday April 2, 2024 07:30 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: -Not Yet Members: $10
-Members: $5
-Insiders: Free
From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive work of speculative fiction set twenty years further in the future, at a moment when a radical leap forward in artificial intelligence combines with America”™s violent partisan divide to create an ex...
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Toddler Storytime: April Showers
Wednesday April 3, 2024 10:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: $8-$15
No description provided
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Art Talk with Julian Cox: Ruth-Marion Baruch and the “California School”
Sunday April 7, 2024 02:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Free
WHEN: SUN APR 7 | 2 PM
WHERE: Atlanta History Center | McElreath Hall, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW | Atlanta, GA 30305
Julian Cox, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, of the Art Gallery of Ontario will discuss Ruth-Marion Baruch and her unique place in a group of photographers collectively known a... [click here for more]
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ATL History Center Hank Aaron Member Opening
Sunday April 7, 2024 05:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: For Members
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Howell Raines
Sunday April 14, 2024 02:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: -Not Yet Members: $10
-Members: $5
-Insiders: Free
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals the little-known story of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War, and how they were scrubbed from the history books.
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Olmsted Plein Air Day at Atlanta History Center
Thursday April 18, 2024 09:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Included in Admission Price
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Homeschool Day: Earth Day, Earth Play
Thursday April 18, 2024 10:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-yet-member Kids: $9
Not-yet-member Adults: $15
Member Adults: Free
Member Kids: $9
Kids ages 3 & under: Free
No description provided
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Members Garden Tour
Thursday April 25, 2024 11:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: For Members
No description provided
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Oral History in Family History Research
Saturday April 27, 2024 10:30 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: $10 Members/$15 Members
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Toddler Storytime: Buds and Blooms
Wednesday May 1, 2024 10:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: $8-$15
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Cherokee Garden Library Spring Lecture and Luncheon
Wednesday April 3, 2024 11:00 AM EDT
Piedmont Driving Club
Cost: Check Site
No description provided
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ATL History Center Party with the Past
Wednesday May 15, 2024 06:30 PM EDT
AlcoHall
Cost: Free
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Homeschool Day: “March” Through Atlanta Neighborhoods
Thursday March 21, 2024 10:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Not-yet-member Kids: $9
Not-yet-member Adults: $15
Member Adults: Free
Member Kids: $9
Kids ages 3 & under: Free
No description provided
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Peter H. Wood
Monday March 18, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Free-$10
Peter H. Wood’s groundbreaking history of Blacks in colonial South Carolina, with a new foreword by National Book Award winner Imani Perry.
First published in 1974, Black Majority marked a breakthrough in our understanding of early American history. Today, Wood’s insightful study remains more rele...
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Marie Arana - Cancelled
Tuesday March 12, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: -Not Yet Members: $10-Members: $5-Insiders: Free
A sweeping yet personal overview of the Latino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority.
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Historian Harold Holzer
Monday March 11, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Free-$10
From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln’s grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War.
Harold Holzer is the recipient of the 2015 Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize. One of the country’s leading authorities on Abrah...
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The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama: Curator’s Tour
Saturday March 9, 2024 01:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Free w/registration
No description provided
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Exploring Black Atlanta: People, Places, and Events in Atlanta’s Black History Tour
Saturday March 9, 2024 11:00 AM EST
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Free w/registration
No description provided
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Toddler Storytime: Creepy Crawlies
Wednesday March 6, 2024 10:00 AM EST
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Check Site
No description provided
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Elizabeth B. White & Joanna Sliwa: “The Counterfeit Countess”
Monday March 4, 2024 07:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Free-$10
Drawing on the manuscript of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg’s own unpublished memoir, supplemented with prodigious research, Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa, professional historians and Holocaust experts, have uncovered the full story of this remarkable woman. They interweave Mehlberg’s sometimes ha...
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PHOENIX FLIES 2024 | Kenan Research Center: Into the Stacks
Saturday March 2, 2024 03:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Free
No description provided
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PHOENIX FLIES 2024 | KRC: How to Research a Historic House
Saturday March 2, 2024 01:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center
Cost: Free
No description provided
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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