Seasonal Activities

Fun things to do this spring in Atlanta:

Carter Center
The Museum of the Jimmy Carter Library provides a unique experience for the visitor. Through displays of room settings, objects, documents, photographs, audio, and video, visitors can acquire a close-up view of the modern American Presidency.

Changing exhibits are drawn from the library and museum collections or are based on themes relating to the presidency and American political history. Many of these are traveling exhibitions from the Smithsonian Institution, other Presidential Libraries, and other museums around the world.

Botanical Gardens
The first phase of the Green Expansion provides beautiful new gardens and amenities for members and visitors to enjoy for years to come. When complete in 2010, the project will position Atlanta Botanical Garden at the forefront of botanical gardens around the world.

Macon Cherry Blossom Festival
Macon, Georgia stages a Cherry Blossom Festival each spring to celebrate the blossoming of the 275,000 Yoshino cherry trees donated to the city by long-time resident William Fickling. Highlights include a sidewalk chalk-painting competition and a hot-air balloon rally. The Cherry Blossom Festival is particularly associated with Japanese culture and, like Washington DC, Macon's cherry-tree plantings developed as a result of exchanges between the US and Japan. Visitors can stroll among the blooming trees, or take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage.

High Musuem
Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius
October 6, 2009 through February 21, 2010.
This first exhibition to showcase Leonardo's interest in and influence on sculpture will include works from his teachers and students, in addition to numerous sketches and studies for his own sculptural work.

John Portman: Art & Architecture
October 17, 2009 through April 18, 2010.
This exhibition will feature architectural projects, furniture, paintings and sculpture by Atlanta-based architect and artist, John Portman.

Altered Environments: Contemporary Landscapes from the Collection
Through Spring 2010.
Natural phenomena, like those in paintings by April Gornik and Jack Goldstein, may only transform the landscape for a brief moment, but create lasting impressions in those who witness them. Drawn from the High's Photography and Modern and Contemporary collections, this installation features a mixture of paintings, prints, drawings and photographs that depict altered landscapes.

Cyclorama
150 year anniversary of the Civil War Take a stirring journey through time in Atlanta's Cyclorama, as you take in the world's largest painting, "The Battle of Atlanta." Sit at the center of a sweeping panorama which depicts the battle fought on July 22, 1864, during the American Civil War.

When you visit the Cyclorama in Atlanta's Historic Grant Park you can also see artifacts of the war displayed in the Civil War Museum and a steam locomotive known as "Texas," a veteran of the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862. History comes alive at the Cyclorama.

The Little White House
Finished in 1932, the Little White House is a modest, six room one-story cottage. Franklin Delano Roosevelt built the Little White House in 1932 while he was the Governor of New York, prior to being inaugurated as The President of the United States in 1933.

Here you can learn about the Warm Springs which President Roosevelt swam in hoping to find a cure for the infantile paralysis (polio) that had struck him in 1921. You'll also learn that during FDR's presidency and the Great Depression, he developed many New Deal Programs (such as the Rural Electrification Administration) based upon his experiences in this small town.

Tellus Museum
Tellus is a world-class 120,000 square foot museum located in Cartersville, GA. The museum's exhibits will open minds and ignite a passion for science. Tellus features four main galleries: The Weinman Mineral Gallery, The Fossil Gallery, Science in Motion and the Collins Family My Big Backyard. A 120-seat digital planetarium and an observatory with a state-of-the art 20-inch telescope are also located at the museum. Children will enjoy conducting hands-on experiments with light, sound, magnets and more.

Atlanta History Center
Let Your Motto Be Resistance
January 30, 2010 - April 25, 2010
Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits explores the history of African American achievement from the mid-nineteenth century to the present through the changing roles of photographic portraiture.

Starting with portraits from the mid-nineteenth century, the exhibition explores ways the sitters collaborated with photographers to create positive images and challenge demeaning stereotypes, and in the process shows how people demonstrated their "resistance" to the predominantly negative representations of African Americans circulating in American mainstream culture.

The 100 photographs in the exhibition, many by noted photographers, portray distinguished subjects, establish a sense of place and identity, and explore both aesthetic and vernacular styles.

Callaway Gardens
Wander through four distinctive gardens, each showcasing the wonders of Mother Nature in its own special style. Spring brings Spring Celebration, the Plant Fair and Sale, and the Callaway Gardening School. Summer features the Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard TournamentTM, the July 4th Surf & Sand Spectacular, and the Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Every day you can participate in the Birds of Prey Show and see the Butterfly Center Program. Special Events going on from January through April include the Callaway Gardens School of Needlearts and the Southern Gardening Symposium.

These fun Atlanta attractions are perfect for family reunions, groups, and school trips.

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