Part of the museum is divided into three different time periods: Civil War, Turn of the Century and Modern. This is a picture of me and some ladies hanging out in the Turn of the Century section.
Sadly, the South is known for having some very bad people who used to live there. Those people wanted to do bad things to people.
Luckily, the South also had some brave, good people who stood up for themselves and others. Thanks to them, things are much better now.
Atlanta became extremely popular in the 1930's when a woman named Margaret Mitchell wrote a book called Gone With the Wind. It was so popular, they made a movie out of it that also became famous. We plan to visit the Margaret Mitchell House before I come home!
The Atlanta History Museum also has a Civil War exhibit. It has soldier's uniforms, letters that soldiers wrote, guns, photographs and flags.
In 1996, Atlanta hosted the Olympic Games. The Atlanta History Museum has a huge exhibit with all kinds of things from the Olympics. You even get to touch one of the Olympic torches that was used to start the games.
Georgia is home to Cherokee and Creek Indians. Maddie says she has been learning a lot about them in school this year.
The Swan House is a beautiful mansion on the grounds of the Atlanta History Museum. We didn't go inside this time, but I wanted to take pictures because it's going to be seen in a movie soon - The Hunger Games II. I think most people visit the house thinking they're going to see something built before the Civil War, but this house was built in 1928.
I loved the Swan House. It was so pretty! But I think my favorite part of the Atlanta History Museum was the Tullie Smith Farm. The Smith Plantation in Roswell is a different Smith Family.
Behind me are the lambs: Ida May and her kids: Buster and Hercules. Ida May was really loud!
This is me in front of the Smith House.
This is a corn crib. The corn would grown nearby and then get stored here, after harvest.
This is a well that is on the property.
Here is a picture of the dairy house and cook house (white buildings on the right). The unpainted house in back is a slave house where the slaves would live.
Here is a peek inside.
I thought I'd take a seat.
This is where the cotton grows in the summer.
Here is Buster!
Ida May decided to come say hello.
The museum had a LOT more to see, but we had to leave and go pick Maddie up from school. She is going to go on more adventures with us later. We want to go see the Margaret Mitchell House, the Carter Center and Jimmy Carter Library (he was our 39th president), the Chattahoochee Nature Center, the Puppetry Museum, the aquarium, the Coca-Cola Museum and MORE!
For now, I'm waiting for Maddie to come home from school. I'm hoping we can go play at the park and creek that runs behind her house.
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