Atlanta History Center

72b18 Swan House Magnum
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.

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... [click here for more]

Wednesday April 3, 2024 10:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: $8-$15
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Sunday April 7, 2024 02:00 PM EDT
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]

Sunday April 7, 2024 05:00 PM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: For Members
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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. [click here for more]

Thursday April 18, 2024 09:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: Included in Admission Price
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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
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Thursday April 25, 2024 11:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: For Members
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Saturday April 27, 2024 10:30 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: $10 Members/$15 Members
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Wednesday May 1, 2024 10:00 AM EDT
Atlanta History Center Cost: $8-$15
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Wednesday April 3, 2024 11:00 AM EDT
Piedmont Driving Club Cost: Check Site
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Wednesday May 15, 2024 06:30 PM EDT
AlcoHall Cost: Free
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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
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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... [click here for more]

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. [click here for more]

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... [click here for more]

Saturday March 9, 2024 01:00 PM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Free w/registration
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Saturday March 9, 2024 11:00 AM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Free w/registration
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Wednesday March 6, 2024 10:00 AM EST
Atlanta History Center Cost: Check Site
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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... [click here for more]

Saturday March 2, 2024 03:00 PM EST
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Saturday March 2, 2024 01:00 PM EST
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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...

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...
130 West Paces Ferry Road N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 814-4000
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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