Allow PLENTY of time to tour the museum and the gardens and buildings in the rear; there's much more history in Atlanta than you ever imagined.
The Atlanta History Center includes a wing dedicated to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. You'll want to try the long jump yourself! Read more.
A truly moving and brilliantly produced museum packed with things to learn (& remember) but in an interactive and artful way that brings history to life quite powerfully. Recommend for ages 7+.
Nice place to spend 90 minutes. Shows JC legacy and rise from a small peanut farm to the White House. Nice gardens outside
The library was opened on Carter's 62nd birthday in 1986. It hosts special exhibits like Carter's Nobel Peace Prize & a full-scale replica of the Oval Office, including a copy of the Resolute Desk.
This piece of land used to be the site of the Augustus Hurt Plantation. During the Battle of Atlanta in July 1864, Union General Sherman used the plantation home as his headquarters. Read more.
The upcoming exhibit "Torn from My Home: My Life as a Refugee" will allow visitors to better understand what it means to be an individual forced to flee their home due to violence & armed conflict. Read more.
Wonderful place to learn about the history of Atlanta's Jewish population. Be sure to check out our tours at Oakland focusing on Jewish residents buried here & one on the Leo Frank case. Read more.
It was built in 1856 by Lemuel P. Grant for whom Grant Park was named. Golfer Bobby Jones was born here in 1902 when the home was used an apartment building. Now home to the ATL Preservation Center. Read more.
A great stop on a tour of Atlanta. The house dates back to the late 19th century. There is still a gas lit lamp post in the frontyard!