Temporary Exhibitions

Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment

Challenges visitors to consider their personal connections to a war that was literally fought in all of our backyards. Although the battlefields around Atlanta are gone, there are visible connections hiding in plain view:  historic artifacts, dug relics, maps, photographs, monuments, and the Cyclorama, which is one of the world’s largest Civil War paintings.

 
Examines the rich history and cultural significance of the legendary Harlem theater, tracing the story from its origins as a segregated burlesque hall to its starring role at the epicenter of African American entertainment and American popular culture.

 
Celebrates the state’s original inhabitants beginning with the Mississippian peoples and continuing with their descendants, the Creeks and the Cherokees.