ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
130 WEST PACES FERRY ROAD, ATLANTA, GA 30305 www.atlantahistorycenter.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER SEEKS TO CONNECT PEOPLE, HISTORY, AND CULTURE TO BUILD A STRONGER COMMUNITY. EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS; HISTORIC HOUSES AND GARDENS; ARCHIVES AND RESEARCH FACILITIES; EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL TOURS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ALL ENCOURAGE OUR CONSTITUENTS TO CONSIDER OUR SHARED PAST IN A DYNAMIC CONTEXT WHILE PROMOTING DEMOCRACY, CIVIC PARTICIPATION, AND INCLUSIVITY. THE ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER-BUCKHEAD IS COMPRISED OF THE ATLANTA HISTORY MUSEUM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST HISTORY MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY AND WHICH FEATURES PERMANENT, TEMPORARY, AND TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS; GOIZUETA GARDENS, WHICH INCLUDES 33 ACRES OF CURATED GARDENS, WOODLANDS, AND LANDSCAPE; THREE HISTORIC HOUSES AND ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS: SWAN HOUSE, SMITH FARM, AND WOOD CABIN; AND KENAN RESEARCH CENTER. ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER-MIDTOWN INCLUDES MARGARET MITCHELL HOUSE, WHICH CONTAINS THE APARTMENT WHERE MARGARET MITCHELL WROTE HER PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL GONE WITH THE WIND, ALONG WITH EXHIBITION GALLE

The organization's primary purpose is to collect, preserve, and disseminate information about atlanta, georgia and its environs in order to connect people, history, and culture.

The Atlanta History Center consists of a 33-acre campus in Buckhead that includes the Atlanta History Museum, Goizueta Gardens, Kenan Research Center, and three historic houses. The Atlanta History Center also includes Atlanta History Center-Midtown, the site of the historic Margaret Mitchell House. The Atlanta History Museum is one of the largest history museums in the country with deep collections, and includes a variety of signature exhibitions that describe a range of experiences and viewpoints from the history of Atlanta and the Southeast, beginning with the lands native inhabitants and continuing through the present day. The museum also includes the fully-restored The Battle of Atlanta cyclorama painting in the multimedia experience Cyclorama: The Big Picture. The museum artifact collections are particularly strong in Civil War, Atlanta businesses and home life, period furniture and decorative arts, and a significant collection of fashion and textiles. The living collections of the Atlanta History Center are presented throughout Goizueta Gardens, containing 8 distinct thematic gardens: Gilbert Quarry Garden, Smith Farm Gardens, Swan House Garden, Swan Woods, Sims Asian Garden, Smith Rhododendron Garden, Olguitas Garden, and Veterans Park. Each is specially designed to tell the story of a group of people or plant materials that have had profound impact in our history. For historians looking to study and conduct research, Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center is a free public archives and special library offering a multitude of resources for the study of Atlanta and Southern regional history and culture, with dedicated collections on decorative arts, Southern architecture, genealogy, military history, and Southern gardens. Copies of historic photographs, prints, and other archival images can be purchased through Kenan Research Center. The historic houses provide unique and interactive access points to history, and include Smith Farm, Swan House, Wood Cabin, and Margaret Mitchell House. Tullie Smith House farmhouse, Swan House, and Margaret Mitchell House (listed on the National Register as Crescent Apartments) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Smith farmhouse and detached kitchen were built in the 1840s. They are presented in the 1860s through interpretation, hands-on history for children and adults, and feature heirloom crops, live heirloom breed animals, and crafting demonstrations. The 1928 Swan House, designed by famed architect Philip Trammell Shutze, provides a glimpse into the lives of those who lived and worked in the mansion during the 1930s. The 1840s Wood Cabin helps visitors learn about the lives of pioneer settlers in the Southeastern United States and first contact with Native American Creek/Muskogee Indians. Margaret Mitchell House is located in the heart of Midtown at Atlanta History Center-Midtown. The house features the apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote her Pulitzer prize-winning novel, Gone With the Wind. The building also includes other exhibition spaces, which delve into Margaret Mitchells life and the Atlanta film premiere, and a museum shop. Commercial Row, the refurbished historic retail space that serves as an event space, provides a location for author programs and gallery exhibitions. The Atlanta History Center served 300,317 people either on-campus or off-campus throughout the year.

Throughout the year, Atlanta History Center produces a rich array of interactive, dynamic programs and exhibitions. Family programs, such as Juneteenth, Candlelight Nights, Day of the Dead, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, activate our entire 33-acre campus with Museum Theatre performances, historical trades and skills demonstrations, and opportunities for children and adults to experience history firsthand. Museum Theatre performances also accompany our exhibitions throughout the rest of the year, providing insightful first-person explorations of different eras in history. Atlanta History Center also hosts a Fulton County 4-H Extension Office and the StoryCorps Atlanta recording studio through onsite partnerships, which allows those institutions to further their complementary missions and increases knowledge of Atlanta History Center and our mission amongst the general public. Our award-winning school tours take schoolchildren through interactive experiences to help them learn about Civil Rights, the Civil War, Cherokee Indians, and Georgia farm life, while school outreach programs take history out into the classroom through presentations and activities. School programming served over 46,308 children this year. Toddler programs, summer camps, and Homeschool Days bring engaging, interactive fun to learning about history. Our genealogy and research workshops prove that learning is lifelong as adults gather to learn new skills and discover information about themselves and their family history. Throughout the year, over 60 authors present author talks at both campuses. Talks focus on a variety of genres, including biography, history, historical fiction, bestselling fiction, and more, and attract thousands of people each year. Each program includes time for a question and answer session as well as a book signing with the author.

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