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Museum At Home Explore our offerings! Virtual Talks Check out our summer lineup of authors! Welcome Back Explorers! We are thrilled to announce that our campus is now open. Our 33-acre experience features award-winning exhibitions, historic houses, and gardens. If you’re looking for history, knowledge, and adventure, you’ve come to the right place! Our Midtown campus remains closed at this time. Learn more Buy Tickets Share This Page Location 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW Atlanta, GA 30305 VIEW MAP Hours Tuesday–Sunday 9am—4pm Closed on Monday. Upcoming Events VIRTUAL EVENT | Arthur Blank, Good Company in conversation with GPB's Virginia Prescott Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 8:00pm VIRTUAL EVENT | Connor Towne O’Neill, Down Along with That Devil’s Bone: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and The Legacy of White Supremacy in conversation with Anthony Knight Tue, Oct 27, 2020, 7:00pm VIRTUAL EVENT | Robert Putnam with Shaylyn Romney Garrett, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again in conversation with GPB’s Virginia Prescott Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 7:00pm VIRTUAL EVENT | Stories from Suffragette City featuring M.J. Rose, Fiona Davis, Chris Bohjalian, and Alyson Richman Thu, Oct 29, 2020, 7:00pm Virtual Offering | Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Fri, Oct 30, 2020, (all day) History After Hours Thu, Nov 5, 2020, 5:00pm - 8:00pm See all upcoming events From Our Blog October 14, 2020 The Barb Brings ATL’s Queer Culture Online The Barb covered a variety of subjects relevant to its in-town audience, including arts and entertainment, health, politics, and community events. By fully digitizing the collection, researchers are now able to unpack a crucial time in the history of Atlanta’s LGBTQIA+ community from anywhere in the world. Read More September 30, 2020 Fifty Years of Atlanta Pride Our city’s LGBTQIA+ history is nuanced and vast—and too complex to be contained in a single story. While this article provides an overview of more than half a century of activism in our city, it is by no means exhaustive. Read More September 25, 2020 Op-Ed: Change is the Climate of the Era "Growing up during a time of protests in the streets and calls for structural change has made me realize that I want to be a part of an America that responds to youth activism and learns from an unbiased telling of the past." Read More September 23, 2020 Not Just Sports: Arts and Culture of the ’96 Games Though today’s Olympic Games promote excellence in sport, that hasn’t always been the case. In the early 20th century, participants could win gold medals for art and literature alongside their athletic counterparts. Read More September 23, 2020 Other People’s Houses: Inside the Philip Trammell Shutze Architectural Drawings Collection The Philip Trammell Shutze Architectural drawings collection comprises 638 sets of architectural drawings, 497 of which are digitized and available on our digital database. Read More September 22, 2020 Fighting on the Home Front: Black Veterans Help Us Tell A More Complete American Story Black soldiers have served this country since the Revolutionary War and their stories are vital in creating a more complete, more accurate picture of America’s past. Read More See more blog posts See Everything! 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