Atlanta History Center

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The Atlanta History Center is an all-inclusive destination featuring the Atlanta History Museum; two historic houses, 1928 Swan House and 1860 Smith Family Farm; the Centennial Olympic Games Museum; Kenan Research Center; Grand Overlook event space; Chick-Fil-A at the Coca-Cola Café, a museum shop, and the Goizueta Gardens, featuring 22 acres of gardens, walkways, paths and trails. In addition, the History Center operates the Margaret Mitchell House located in Midtown Atlanta.

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Four for the Fortieth

Thu, May 14, 2015 06:31 CET

Cherokee Garden Library Celebrates Forty Years“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero ATLANTA, GA – This year, the Cherokee Garden Library celebrates a significant milestone in its history. Founded 40 years ago by the Cherokee Garden Club in Atlanta under the leadership of Anne Coppedge Carr, the Cherokee Garden Library is one of the special collections of the Kenan Research Center located at the Atlanta History Center. Dating from 1586 to the present, the Cherokee Garden Library collection includes over 30,000 treasures,

Cherokee Garden Library Celebrates 40 Year with Gardening Superstar, Ken Druse

Thu, Feb 19, 2015 20:34 CET

“When gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves.” – Ken DruseATLANTA, GA – To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Cherokee Garden Library at the Atlanta History Center hosts a lecture featuring Ken Druse on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at 7:00 pm. Called “the guru of natural gardening” by The New York Times, Ken Druse is a celebrated lecturer, photographer, and author. He has a dynamic weekly radio show and podcast called “Ken Druse – The Real Dirt,” and he writes frequently for The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, House Beautiful, and many

Author Programs Schedule for Fall 2014 at Atlanta History Center

Mon, Jul 28, 2014 20:09 CET

The Atlanta History Center offers lectures on a wide variety of topics, from presidential history and gardens to social history and non-fiction adventures. Each lecture program is designed to join authors and audiences in an intimate setting complete with author presentation, audience discussions, and book signings. Past lecturers have included such world-renowned authors as Walter Isaacson, James McPherson, Garrison Keilor, Kelly Corrigan, and Alice Hoffman. The Atlanta History Center’s fall lecture line-up continues to offer audiences a wide variety of subject matter with current and

ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER OBSERVES NATIONAL PUBLIC GARDENS DAY

Tue, Apr 15, 2014 18:16 CET

Free Guided Tours Offered in Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps Exhibition and GardensIn honor of National Public Gardens Day, on May 9, 2014, the Atlanta History Center opens to the public its gardens and the traveling exhibition Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps: Contemporary Botanical Artists Explore the Bartrams’ Legacy. In addition to free admission to these portions of the Atlanta History Center, the Historic Gardens and the Cherokee Garden Library staff provide complimentary guided tours of the gardens and exhibition. Docent led tours give visitors a better understanding of the

ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER ANNOUNCES SPRING/SUMMER 2014 AUTHOR PROGRAMS

Fri, Apr 11, 2014 16:48 CET

The Atlanta History Center offers lectures on a wide variety of topics, from presidential history and gardens to social history and non-fiction adventures. Each lecture program is designed to join authors and audiences in an intimate setting complete with author presentation, audience discussions, and book signings. Past lecturers have included such world-renowned authors as Walter Isaacson, James McPherson, Kelly Corrigan, and Alice Hoffman. The Atlanta History Center’s spring/summer lecture line-up continues to offer audiences a wide variety of subject matter with current and award-

BARTRAM’S GARDEN CURATOR, JOEL FRY, SPEAKS AT OPENING OF FOLLOWING IN THE BARTRAMS’ FOOTSTEPS

Wed, Jan 15, 2014 16:35 CET

In conjunction with the traveling exhibition, Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps: Contemporary Botanical Artists Explore the Bartrams’ Legacy, the Cherokee Garden Library at the Atlanta History Center presents an opening event featuring Joel Fry, curator of Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia, on March 19, 2014 at 7:00 pm as part of the Ashley Wright McIntyre Lecture Series at the Cherokee Garden Library. On display from March 19 – June 17, 2014 in the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps was organized by the American Society of

“FOLLOWING IN THE BARTRAMS’ FOOTSTEPS” CELEBRATES BOTANICAL LEGACY OF JOHN AND WILLIAM BARTRAM

Thu, Oct 10, 2013 17:31 CET

Discover the world-renowned, early Amerian horticulturists and explorers.Early American explorers, John Bartram and his son, William, traversed the eastern wilderness of the American colonies from the 1730s to the 1790s, recording the region’s flora, fauna, and Native American culture. A new traveling exhibition, Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps: Contemporary Botanical Artists Explore the Bartrams’ Botanical Legacy, comes to Atlanta in spring 2014, featuring world-class, contemporary botanical artwork depicting plants discovered and introduced by two generations of the Bartram family.

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