Do you like to travel? Do you like History? Do you like combining both? One of the places to visit with an eye
towards history is the Atlanta History Center—a sprawling complex located on 33
acres in the historic Buckhead section of Atlanta. The Atlanta History Center’s main mission is to
connect people, history, and culture through the Atlanta History Museum, the Centennial
Olympic Games Museum, the Swan House, and the Smith Family Farm. Visitors to the Center can learn all about the
Atlanta region's people, from its earliest settlers to the international city it
is today. Highlights of the Atlanta History Center:
Swan HouseFor many, the Swan House is the ultimate image of the Atlanta History Center since it is one of the most recognized and photographed landmarks. It is a mansion built in 1928 for the Edward H. Inman family, heirs to a cotton brokerage fortune. The Swan House allows visitors to glimpse the lifestyle of a prominent Atlanta family during the 1920s and 1930s. Additionally, thanks to the Hunger Games movie trilogy, special tours called “Capital Tours” of the mansion are also offered. On these special tours, visitors can sit at President Snow’s desk and even see rooms that are not normally on the tour.
Smith Family
FarmThe Smith Family Farm includes the Tullie Smith House, a plantation house built in the 1840s by the Robert Smith family. The house survived the destruction in and around Atlanta during the Civil War. Both the house and the detached kitchen were moved to the Atlanta History Center in the early 1970s and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Smith Family Farm consists of the Tullie Smith House, the separate open hearth kitchen, a dairy, blacksmith shop, smokehouse, double corncrib, slave cabin, and barn, as well as traditional vegetable, herb, field, flower, and slave gardens. Visitors can get a sense of a working farm during the Antebellum period. As my youngest daughter was excited to learn, if you visit at the right time of year, and you can even see the sheep being sheered!
Centennial Olympic Games MuseumThanks to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Atlanta became the focus of the entire world for seventeen days. The exhibit showcases the history of the Olympic games, from its inception in ancient Greece through the modern Olympic Games to the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games and its legacy. Visitors can stand on the winners platform or sit down and watch key moments from the games. Also, the museum is America’s only complete collection of Olympic torches and medals.
Down the Fairway with Bobby Jones Exhibit
Bobby Jones is one of the
most famous athletes of the 1920s and 1930s, and is the face of modern era
Golf. The exhibit is the largest display focused
on the man that many consider to be one of the most important golfers in the history of the
game. The exhibit includes photographs
and personal artifacts that follow Jones life, his record tournament wins, his
family life, and his help in creating the Masters Tournament at Augusta
National Golf Club. The exhibit also
includes artifacts from the game of golf from its early history to the modern era. If you are a fan of Atlanta, the Olympics, Golf or are a Civil War history buff, we recommend taking a tour of the Atlanta History Center.
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