Atlanta History Center is a 33-acre museum campus in Buckhead exploring Atlanta's complex history through permanent galleries, rotating exhibitions, historic houses, and the Swan House gardens. Home to a research library, summer camps, and public programs.

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Children under 5 free

admission

Children age 4 and under are always admitted free with a paying adult.

Free for ages 4 and under

Free second Tuesday admission

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General admission is free on the second Tuesday of every month.

Features & Attractions

Permanent Galleries

Collection

Multi-acre site with permanent exhibitions

Swan House

Attraction

An elegant 1928 mansion with formal Italian gardens, one of Atlanta's most photographed historic homes. Tours explore the interiors, costume collections, and the remarkable terraced grounds.

Smith Family Farm

Experience

An 1860s living history site where costumed interpreters demonstrate 19th-century Georgia farm life — blacksmithing, wool spinning, and open-hearth cooking — in an 1845 plantation farmhouse.

Cyclorama

Collection

The restored 1886 Battle of Atlanta cyclorama painting — the largest oil painting in the world at 42 feet tall and 358 feet in circumference — depicting the July 22, 1864 Civil War battle with full 360-degree immersion.

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