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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 ...
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
High Museum of Art in Atlanta. This list of museums in Georgia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Rural history museums in Georgia (U.S. state) (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "History museums in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
After Harris's death, businessman Andrew Carnegie donated $5,000 toward establishing the home as a museum. He had met Harris there in 1900 during a 20-minute visit. [6] From 1913 to 1953, the home was managed by the Uncle Remus Memorial Association, a group of volunteers who operated the house as a museum.
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 museum was renamed again to the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology and was officially accredited by the American Alliance of Museums as a museum of antiquities and fine arts. Carlos died in December 2002 at the age of 75. [3] A major expansion in 1993 transformed the museum into one of Atlanta's top arts institutions.
The APEX Museum now an important part of the African-American historic and cultural center of Sweet Auburn. [6] [7] [8] It is located next to the Auburn Avenue Research Library and near a variety of African-American museums, businesses and historic sites. [9] [10] [11] The APEX Museum is listed as a site on the U. S. Civil Rights Trail. [12] [13]