Exhibitions

Atlanta’s Paralympic Games represent many significant benchmarks for Paralympic and disability history.

Explore Seeking Eden which bring awareness and appreciation to Georgia’s rich garden history.

Take a special look at the hidden details and unknown backstories of The Battle of Atlanta cyclorama.

Get the real story behind the 1886 cyclorama painting, The Battle of Atlanta.

Learn off-the-script facts about railroads and the making of Atlanta.

In advance of the 1996 Olympic Games, organizers in Atlanta worked to harness the power of new technologies to showcase the city as cutting edge and progressive—just as many host cities before them had done.

Founded by the Cherokee Garden Club of Atlanta in 1975, the Cherokee Garden Library is named for the state floral emblem of Georgia, the Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata) and is one of the special collection libraries of the Kenan Research Center.

Preserving history is never easy—it’s a complicated decision whether to leave fragile historical artifacts in place, or to move them for preservation and public access.

Atlanta’s Games included legendary athletes, intense rivalries, and exciting underdogs. We’ve collected a few of our favorites from the summer of ‘96.

The exhibition More Than Self: Living the Vietnam War honors the service and sacrifice of the men and women of the Vietnam War by sharing their stories from more than 800 oral histories preserved in the Kenan Research Center’s Veterans History Project.

The carnage of war in Vietnam found its way into American living rooms on the nightly news. Many opposed funding what they believed was an unjust war that diverted resources from social, racial, and economic problems at home.

As reports that U.S. prisoners of war were being mistreated in North Vietnam began to circulate, many of their families led efforts to force the U.S. government to pressure the North Vietnamese to account for all prisoners and missing personnel, ensure appropriate treatment, and negotiate for their return.

African American students integrated Atlanta high schools on August 30, 1961.

Through the 1850s, Atlanta grew from a railroad junction to a burgeoning regional center.