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Atlanta History Center: Buckhead: History: History of Atlanta and Georgia; includes the Centennial Olympic Games Museum [1] and one of the nation's most complete Civil War exhibitions Atlanta Monetary Museum: Midtown Atlanta: Numismatic: History of money, banking in America, and the Federal Reserve, operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
The Atlanta History Center is a history museum and research center located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. The Museum was founded in 1926, and has a large campus featuring historic gardens and houses, including Swan House, Smith Farm, and Wood Family Cabin. Atlanta History Center's Midtown Campus includes the Margaret Mitchell ...
The 19th and 20th Century galleries narrate the story of Atlanta's and Georgia's early history. The exhibition features photographs and artifacts from twenty of Atlanta's pioneering families. In partnership with Georgia Tech 's Interactive Media Technology Center, the museum has created the 21st Century Interactive Gallery, allows visitors to ...
The Herndon Home is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 587 University Place NW, in Atlanta, Georgia.An elegant Classical Revival mansion with Beaux Arts influences, it was the home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon (1858-1927), a rags-to-riches success story who was born into slavery, but went on to become Atlanta's first black millionaire as founder and head of the Atlanta ...
The King Plow Arts Center is a commercial, performing, and visual arts center located on Marietta Street in the Marietta Street Artery district of West Midtown, Atlanta. King Plow is the largest center of its kind in the city. King Plow is also a popular music venue for concerts and live music shows in Atlanta. [1] [2]
The 1995 World Series Commissioner's Trophy on display in the museum. The Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame (BMHF) was founded in 1999, [1] to honor various players, managers, coaches, executives, and others who have been a part of the Atlanta Braves professional-baseball franchise during its years in Boston (1871–1952), Milwaukee (1953–1965), and/or Atlanta (1966–present). [1]
Lowery met with Mayor Shirley Franklin in 2001, who was warm to the concept of a museum honoring Atlanta's civil rights history, but due to more pressing issues with the city's finances, the mayor was unable to help much. [2] The group met again in 2005, at which time the mayor signed onto the project, making the center to be established in ...
Founded by Nicholas D. Snider, a former vice president of the United Parcel Service, the museum opened to the public at 1405 Spring Street on July 4, 2004, and transferred to 275 Baker Street in the Centennial Olympic Park. [5] [6] [7] Jim Balster was the museum's first executive director, followed by Jim Stapleton and Pat Stansbury. [8]