Very moving place...they did a wonderful job on the detailed timeline of Dr. King's life. Def. a place everyone should visit.
Part of King historic district
Really touching place, take your time to see the documentary inside the park HQ, the recreation of the bridge at mntgmry and lots of places around
It was great! StoryCorp is a phenomenal concept!
Allow PLENTY of time to tour the museum and the gardens and buildings in the rear; there's much more history in Atlanta than you ever imagined.
The Atlanta History Center includes a wing dedicated to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. You'll want to try the long jump yourself! Read more.
Fantastic museum — great design with informative and engaging exhibits. Take your time to watch the videos, listen to the audio recordings and sit at the lunch counter.
A must visit for locals and tourists. You need at least 2 hours to explore it. 3 floors of America's history and footprint to change our future story.
Awesome experience. I brought my 77-year-old dad and enjoyed watching him reminisce for a few hours. We were both grateful for the complimentary wheelchair!
We've been several times and ALWAYS enjoy the trip!
Has more than 10,000 documents from Martin Luther King's personal collection! Celebrate Black History by checking out amazing African American contributions: http://bet.us/BHM
Established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King, the Center is the official living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Exhibits illustrate his life & teachings.
Great programs easy parking a few restaurants close by
The grounds are beautiful this time of year!!!
Get lost in the gardens and reflect on the hard work the center is doing to better the lives of people
The home and the information from the tour guide were interesting. The guide was pretty knowledgable.
Historical place, you can just visit outside.
At approximately noon on Jan 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr was born in an upstairs bedroom at this home and lived here until he was 12 years old. Visit the King Center to schedule a Ranger led tour.
Nice place to spend 90 minutes. Shows JC legacy and rise from a small peanut farm to the White House. Nice gardens outside
The library was opened on Carter's 62nd birthday in 1986. It hosts special exhibits like Carter's Nobel Peace Prize & a full-scale replica of the Oval Office, including a copy of the Resolute Desk.
This piece of land used to be the site of the Augustus Hurt Plantation. During the Battle of Atlanta in July 1864, Union General Sherman used the plantation home as his headquarters. Read more.
Excellent information well presented
The upcoming exhibit "Torn from My Home: My Life as a Refugee" will allow visitors to better understand what it means to be an individual forced to flee their home due to violence & armed conflict. Read more.
Wonderful place to learn about the history of Atlanta's Jewish population. Be sure to check out our tours at Oakland focusing on Jewish residents buried here & one on the Leo Frank case. Read more.
Quaint & neat, wonderful staff and volunteers - - they really treat you as family
The house was known as the Crescent Apartments when she & her husband lived here from 1925 to 1932. While living here, she wrote the bulk of her Pulitzer prize-winning novel, Gone With The Wind.
Luv it :-)
Outstanding collection of black history
Very informative on the African and African American culture.
Great experience
Built in 1894, it is the oldest standing firehouse in Atlanta & was instrumental in the desegregation of our city's fire dept. It is currently a bookstore & museum. Check out the fire engine from1927!
Atlanta's first Racially integrated firehouse. Yet all the display manikins are al white. ☹
Nice part of the MLK national history center as well.
Edward C. Peters, son of Richard Peters, built the house in 1883. The Peters family was instrumental in the building of Atlanta both before & after the Civil War. The family is buried in Oakland. Read more.
The center is great! You should definitely visit if you haven't yet.
This traditionally black neighborhood of several blocks in Atlanta includes Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth home, the Ebenezer Baptist Church where he was a pastor, and his grave site.
This is King's boyhood home on Auburn Avenue! See more noteable locations and accomplishments by African Americans: http://bet.us/BHM
Incredible museum. Delta-focused but you also get a good sense of aviation history. Make sure to explore the 767 and more importantly, the 747 outside.
The museum is really cool...definitely a must see if you visit Atlanta.
Great venue for events! Talk about being the talk of the town!!
It was built in 1856 by Lemuel P. Grant for whom Grant Park was named. Golfer Bobby Jones was born here in 1902 when the home was used an apartment building. Now home to the ATL Preservation Center. Read more.
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