Arts for All

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

The Arts for All Gallery displays artwork by artists who are disabled, disadvantaged or institutionalized.

Atlanta Botanical Gardens

Atlanta, Georgia

Botanical Garden

Collections include Herb, Rose, Japenese, Carnivorous,Bog, Children's Garden, and Fuqua Conservotory housing tropical and desert plants. Research, tours and special events offered.

Atlanta College of Art Gallery

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

The Atlanta College of Art exhibits contemporary art by national and international artists, faculty, and students. Hours: Tues, Wed, Sat 10-5, Thurs, Fri 10-9:30, Sun 12-5: Free and open to public. ADA

Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum

Atlanta, Georgia

History

The Atlanta Cyclorama is a painting in the round that depicts the Battle of Atlanta. Rentals Available.

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Global Health Odyssey Museum

Atlanta, Georgia

Specialized

The Global Health Odyssey Museum (GHO) is an educational facility designed to teach about CDC, public health, and the benefits of prevention. Located in Building 2 in the former CDC cafeteria, the original Global Health Odyssey presented permanent exhibitions about the history and work of CDC through dioramas, an interactive timeline, and displays of artifacts and objects. In 2000 as part of its master plan, CDC made the decision to expand GHO to the new Global Communications Center that was scheduled for completion in 2005. Planning for new exhibition, education, and support areas provided opportunities for the GHO staff to professionalize its operations to meet the highest museum standards, including collections management, education, and outreach.

City Gallery East

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

City Gallery East, a rogram of the Bureau of Cultural Affairs is located on the first floor of the City Hall East building. The gallery presents 5 exhibitions per year featuring local, regional, national, and international contemporary artists.

Department of Aviation Art Program

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

Governor's Mansion

Atlanta, Georgia

The Mansion features Federal Period Furnishings from 1780-1840. The furnishings are mostly American museum quality pieces.

High Museum of Art

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

The High Museum is a leading Southeast visual art museum featuring American, European, African, decorative, folk, modern and contemporary art and photography.

Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Children's

The mission of Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta is to create environments and activities where young children experience the power of imagination and the pure delight of learning with each other and with grown-ups.

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

Atlanta, Georgia

Historical Society, Specialized

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum traces the life and career of the 39th President. Completely redesigned in 2009, the museum is state-of-the-art with interactive displays and videos. The whole family will enjoy this all new museum.

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

The historic site was established to preserve and interpret the birth place, church, community, and tomb of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Oglethorpe University Museum

Atlanta, Georgia

Art, Culture, General, History, Library, Specialized, University

The Oglethorpe University Museum is a fine art museum committed to the exhibition of figurative/realistic art that is often international, spiritual, and/or mystical in nature.

Pullen Library South

Atlanta, Georgia

Library

Georgia State University has research collections and exhibits documenting Southern labor, American popular music, twentieth century Atlanta and Georgia politics and women.

Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking

Atlanta, Georgia

History

Museum traces history, art, science of techology of papermaking from 200 BC to present. Rarest collection of paper and paper tools in the world and a large historical book collection. Workshops available. The museum has produced 3 traveling exhibits.

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

The Herndon Home

Atlanta, Georgia

The Herndon Home, a Beaux Arts Classical mansion was built in 1910 for family of Alonzo Herndon. Mr. Herndon born a slave was the founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company.

William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum

Atlanta, Georgia

History

Youth Art Connection

Atlanta, Georgia

Art, Children's

YAC Gallery is devoted to showcasing the creativity of youth in the visual, perform, musical, media and literary art.

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

Atlanta, Georgia

Art, Culture, Specialized

Founded in 1973 as Nexus, a grassroots artist’s cooperative, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (ACAC) has become one of the southeast’s leading contemporary art centers. We play a vital role in Atlanta’s cultural landscape by presenting cutting-edge contemporary art reflective of the world around us, offering diverse educational programming for people of all ages, and supporting working artists and their creative process. ACAC presents 8-10 exhibitions per year featuring consequential artists from the local to international art scenes. We are one of the few local institutions that commissions new works by artists. We pay particular attention to artists of note who have not had a significant exhibition in the southeast.

Atlanta History Center

Atlanta, Georgia

Arboretum, Archaeology, Art, Botanical Garden, Children's, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Library

The Atlanta History Museum at the Atlanta History Center is one of the largest history museums in the nation, featuring award-winning signature exhibitions that tell the story of the region's people, from its earliest settlers to the international city of today. Be sure to check our calendar for listings of our current temporary exhibitions. The Atlanta History Museum also includes a unique Museum Shop and Chick-fil-A at the Coca Cola Café.

Center For Puppetry Arts

Atlanta, Georgia

Specialized

The museum displays 350 puppets from around the world. Adults and children will enjoy discovering the myriad uses of puppetry, from rituals to political satire and as a unique form of theater.

City Gallery at Chastain

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

The City Gallery at Chastain has solo and thematic group exhibitions with an experimental approach to contemporary art; educational programs and publications.

Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

The Permanent Collection:From Rearguard to Vanguard: Selections from the Clark Atlanta University Collection of African American Art. It houses illustrious "Art Of the Negro" murals by Hale Woodruff, the Galleries display works by many artists.

DeKalb Historical Society

Decatur, Georgia

Historical Society

The Jim Cherry Museum is operated by DHS is a three room local history musuem located in an 1898 courthouse, featuring 100 years of Dekalb's history.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Atlanta, Georgia

Natural History

Fernbank Museum of Natural History is the largest facility of its kind in the Southeast, thrusting visitors into a world of dinosaurs, artifacts, science interactives, shells, wildlife, and IMAX films. Learn about the earth's history, physical universe.

Georgia Dept. of Archives and History

Atlanta, Georgia

Created in1918,the Georgia Dept of Archives and History collects, manages, and preserves Georgia's historical records; administers programs to promote the efficient management of state and local government records and information; and operates specialize

Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites

Atlanta, Georgia

Park

The Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Department manages the 64 state parks and historic sites most of which are open from Tuesday through Saturday from 9-5 and Sunday 2-5:30.

Hammonds House Galleries and Resource Center

Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia's only independent African American museum of fine arts. Exhibits feature a permanent collection with works by Romare Bearden, Robert S. Duncanson and William Traylor and contemporary works by Lois Jones and Louis Delsarte.

Historic Oakland Foundation

Atlanta, Georgia

Children's, General, History, Specialized

Historic Oakland Foundation (HOF), a non-profit organization, was established in 1976 and is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and interpretation of Oakland. The Foundation works specifically to increase the awareness of Oakland as an historical attraction of estimable value to the city. As well as our work in the important area of preservation, members enjoy field trips, participating in various on-going projects, gardening, guided tours and helping with the many festive functions that Historic Oakland Foundation sponsors. Become a part of the success story of Historic Oakland today. Join Historic Oakland Foundation members, who are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of this historic treasure.

International Islamic Museum of America

Atlanta, Georgia

Anthropology, Art, Culture

The International Islamic Museum of America (IIMA) is dedicated to educating the public about Islam, as we believe it is simpler to embrace differences when you better understand them. By making interreligious and intercultural dialogue front and center, we are hopeful that IIMA will generate an atmosphere conducive to learning and a greater appreciation of the world’s diverse cultural and religious traditions. Through educating the public, we can better understand our differences, build on our similarities, and bridge the gaps that divide us.

Margaret Mitchell House and Museum

Atlanta, Georgia

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

Operated by the Atlanta History Center, the Margaret Mitchell House features guided tours of the apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind, a Gone With the Wind movie exhibition, an exhibition showcasing the life and times of one of America’s most famous authors, and the Margaret Mitchell gift shop. Throughout the year, enjoy a variety of programs presented by the Literary Center at the Margaret Mitchell House. Designed to honor and preserve the legacy of Margaret Mitchell, the Literary Center hosts regular programs with award-winning authors, as well as annual creative writing classes for adults and youth, and community initiatives that engage younger generations in the process of writing, reading, and reciting literature, such as the Big Read and Poetry Out Loud.

Michael C. Carlos Museum

Atlanta, Georgia

Art, Culture, General, History, Library, University

The collections of the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University span the globe and the centuries. Housed in a distinguished building by renowned architect Michael Graves, the Carlos maintains the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast with objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and the ancient Americas. The Museum is also home to collections of nineteenth- and twentieth-century sub-Saharan African art and European and American works on paper from the Renaissance to the present day.

Pasarya Museum of Art

Atlanta, Georgia

History

The twelve rooms, twelve series exhibition journey takes you through one hundred and eight paintings, representing some of the most powerful works of art ever assembled under one roof.

Rhodes Hall

Atlanta, Georgia

Historic House

Built in 1904 for Rhodes Furniture founder Amos Rhodes, Rhodes Hall has been an Atlanta landmark for generations and is now a house museum, social and corporate event venue, and home to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Rhodes Hall is one of the finest examples of Romanesque Revival style architecture in Georgia, and is listed on the National Register. The interior has been beautifully restored to its original Victorian grandeur and includes original fixtures and furniture of the Rhodes family. The painted glass windows in the grand staircase depicting the rise and fall of the Confederacy are one of the most unique Civil War memorials to exist.

School of Art & Design

Atlanta, Georgia

Art

The school is located on GA State Univ campus in downtown Atlanta. Student, faculty, and visiting artists lectures and exhibitions

The Apex Museum

Atlanta, Georgia

History

The Salvation Army Southern Historical Center

Atlanta, Georgia

History

The Salvation Army Southern Historical Center is a museum, research library, and archives presenting the history of The Salvation Army in the South.

Wren's Nest House Museum

Atlanta, Georgia

History

Zoo Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Zoo

Zoo Atlanta, founded in 1889, is one of Georgia's best loved institutions.