Atlanta-The Atlanta History Center

The Atlanta History Center is a history museum located inward the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. The Museum was founded inward 1926, too currently consists of 12 exhibits. There are too historic gardens too houses located on the grounds, including the Swan House too Tullie Smith Farm. The Museum houses the Kenan Research Center, which includes 3.5 1 chiliad one thousand resources too a reproduction of historian Franklin Garrett's (1906-2000) office. The Museum too has 1 of the largest collections of civil country of war artifacts inward the world.

The Swan House at night

History

The Atlanta History Center was founded inward 1926 yesteryear 14 men every bit the Atlanta Historical Society too the side yesteryear side yr began publishing the "Atlanta Historical Bulletin". It was led yesteryear Walter McElreath (1867-1951), after whom McElreath Hall is named. The mag was afterward named Atlanta History: H5N1 Journal of Georgia too the South; it was end published inward 2006.

Swan House inward Atlanta, The Swan House is constituent of the Atlanta History Museum



In 1986 the nevertheless relatively small-scale grouping received the DuBose Collection of Civil War artifacts, donated yesteryear Mrs. Beverly M. DuBose Jr. In 1989, the Society built the electrical flow museum to solid the DuBose collection. In 1990, the Atlanta Historical Society was renamed the Atlanta History Center. The xv 1 chiliad one thousand dollar museum opened inward 1993 amongst five exhibitions, including Metropolitan Frontiers. An eleven 1 chiliad one thousand dollar expansion, finished inward 1996, added 2 novel permanent exhibits, Shaping Traditions:

Folk Arts inward a Changing South too Turning Point: The American Civil War too a 220 car parking deck. Later, the library was expanded, the gardens were reorganized, too a 4th permanent present was added- Down the Fairway amongst Bobby Jones. In 2006, the Centennial Olympic Museum was finished.