Calendar: February 2013

Turning Point: The American Civil War

Turning Point: The American Civil War, located in the 9,200-square-foot DuBose Gallery, is one of the nation’s largest and most complete Civil War exhibitions. With over 1,500 Union and Confederate artifacts, including cannons, uniforms, and flags, visitors experience the Civil War through the eyes of soldiers and civilians.

Fridays in February: A Day in the Life of a Slave

Celebrate Black History Month at the Atlanta History Center. Each Friday, students experience African American history, culture, and achievements during four specific time periods. This program includes a tour of History Center exhibitions, live performances, living history interpreters, and hands-on activities.

Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down

The Atlanta History Center presents Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down, a traveling exhibition organized by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Homeschool Day: Shaping America

Go on a road trip across the U.S. and explore the history of our nation’s geography. Learn how each of our states evolved, and how they got their shapes. Follow famous journeys like the Lewis & Clarke expedition, and famous lines like the Oregon Trail, the transcontinental railroad, and more. You finish the program with a geography bee to see how much you have learned, from sea to shining sea.

Fridays in February: From Slave to Soldier: The African American Experience During the Civil War

Celebrate Black History Month at the Atlanta History Center. Each Friday, students experience African American history, culture, and achievements during four specific time periods. This program includes a tour of History Center exhibitions, live performances, living history interpreters, and hands-on activities.

Members-Only Genealogy Workshop: SOLD OUT

Explore the world of genealogy at the Atlanta History Center’s Kenan Research Center during this special Members-Only Genealogy Workshop.

Magic Monday: I Heart Art

This month, let your children’s imagination run wild as they become a little artist.  In the Shaping Traditions exhibition, they see examples of different types of folk art and learn how they were made.  Then they experiment with all types of art as they make a creative valentine for your loved one.

Party with the Past

Location: The Atrium on Sweet Auburn, 236 Auburn Avenue

More details to come

Fridays in February: The Early Fight for Civil Rights

Celebrate Black History Month at the Atlanta History Center. Each Friday, students experience African American history, culture, and achievements during four specific time periods. This program includes a tour of History Center exhibitions, live performances, living history interpreters, and hands-on activities.

History Matters: Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906

In February 2013, the Atlanta History Center premieres a unique, immersive experience inspired by the events of the Race Riot of 1906. The gallery-based performance, Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906, by resident playwright Addae Moon involves audiences in the ideas, debates, emotions, and perspectives that led to this pivotal, yet unfamiliar event in Atlanta history.

History Matters: Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906

In February 2013, the Atlanta History Center premieres a unique, immersive experience inspired by the events of the Race Riot of 1906. The gallery-based performance, Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906, by resident playwright Addae Moon involves audiences in the ideas, debates, emotions, and perspectives that led to this pivotal, yet unfamiliar event in Atlanta history.

Bank of America Free Admission Weekend

On the third weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of each month, February – June 2013, ALL guests receive FREE admission to the Atlanta History Center, including Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down.

History Matters: Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906

In February 2013, the Atlanta History Center premieres a unique, immersive experience inspired by the events of the Race Riot of 1906. The gallery-based performance, Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906, by resident playwright Addae Moon involves audiences in the ideas, debates, emotions, and perspectives that led to this pivotal, yet unfamiliar event in Atlanta history.

Lifestyle Lecture Series: An Evening with Bobby Dean, From Mama's Table to Mineby

Bobby Deen, bestselling author, host of the number one Cooking Channel show, Not My Mama’s Meals, and son of food personality Paula Deen, grew up on the delicious Southern comfort food for which his mother is known. Full of love, flavor and, unfortunately, calories, Bobby found himself an overweight young man. Unwilling to sacrifice flavor, he began tweaking recipes to contain fewer calories. The delicious result is his new cookbook with Melissa Clark, From Mama’s Table to Mine, that features 120 recipes of Southern comfort-food classics, and all under 350 calories and jam-packed with flavor.

SOLD OUT! History Matters: Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906

In February 2013, the Atlanta History Center premieres a unique, immersive experience inspired by the events of the Race Riot of 1906. The gallery-based performance, Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906, by resident playwright Addae Moon involves audiences in the ideas, debates, emotions, and perspectives that led to this pivotal, yet unfamiliar event in Atlanta history.

Fridays in February: The Civil Rights Movement

Celebrate Black History Month at the Atlanta History Center. Each Friday, students experience African American history, culture, and achievements during four specific time periods. This program includes a tour of History Center exhibitions, live performances, living history interpreters, and hands-on activities.

Struggles and Strides: The Early Fight for Civil Rights

Guests will explore the African American experience from the Great Migration to the Civil Rights Movement.

SOLD OUT! History Matters: Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906

In February 2013, the Atlanta History Center premieres a unique, immersive experience inspired by the events of the Race Riot of 1906. The gallery-based performance, Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906, by resident playwright Addae Moon involves audiences in the ideas, debates, emotions, and perspectives that led to this pivotal, yet unfamiliar event in Atlanta history.

SOLD OUT! History Matters: Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906

In February 2013, the Atlanta History Center premieres a unique, immersive experience inspired by the events of the Race Riot of 1906. The gallery-based performance, Four Days of Fury: Atlanta 1906, by resident playwright Addae Moon involves audiences in the ideas, debates, emotions, and perspectives that led to this pivotal, yet unfamiliar event in Atlanta history.

SOLD OUT: Lecture: Ryan Gainey, The Gathered Garden

In his latest volume, The Gathered Garden, internationally-known landscape designer, plantsman, and artist Ryan Gainey showcases exquisite botanical illustrations depicting a palette of plants, arranged seasonally, that thrive in our Atlanta gardens.