Colleagues If you were unable to take advantage of one of the conference tours or if you have more free time in Atlanta, consider looking into one of the following Do-It-Yourself Tours (compiled by Moira Steven, the Tours Coordinator). Do-It-Yourself Tours CITY OF ATLANTA INDEPENDENT GALLERIES MOCA GA (Midtown walking distance from the Hotel) 1447 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309 404.881.1109 www.mocaga.org Open Tuesday Saturday 10am 5pm; Closed Sunday and Monday Atlanta Contemporary Art Center 535 Means Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 404.688.1970 www.thecontemporary.org Open Tuesday Saturday, 11am - 5pm; Thursday, 11 am - 8 pm Eyedrum 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30312 (404) 522-0655 www.eyedrum.org Contact for hours and events. UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE ART GALLERIES Agnes Scott (Dalton Gallery) 141 East College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030 404.471.5361 daltongallery.agnesscott.edu Contact for exhibitions and hours Oglethorpe University Museum of Art 4484 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 404.364.8555. Open Tuesday Sunday 12 5pm HISTORIC HOMES, GARDENS AND MUSEUMS Herndon Home 587 University Place NW, Atlanta, GA 30314 404) 581-9813 www.herndonhome.org/ Tours by appointment only Rhodes Hall (walking distance from the Hotel) 1516 Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30309 404-885-7800 Open Tuesday-Friday 11am -4pm; Sunday 12pm - 3pm www.georgiatrust.org/historic_sites/rhtourinfo.htm Swan House 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta 404.814.4000 www.atlhist.org/ Open Monday - Saturday 11 AM - 4 PM; Sunday: 1 PM - 4 PM Callanwolde 980 Briarcliff Road, N.E ., Atlanta, GA 30306 404.872.5338 www.callanwolde.org/ Contact for times and events Fernbank Science Center 156 Heaton Park Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 678.874.7102 http://fsc.fernbank.edu/ Contact for events and hours Fernbank Museum of Natural History 767 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 404.929.6300 www.fernbank.edu/museum Open Monday Saturday 10am 5pm; Sunday 12 5 pm Atlanta Botanical Garden 1345 Piedmont Ave. NE Atlanta, GA 30309 404.876.5859 www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/home.do Open Tuesday Sunday 9a.m. - 7p.m. Present your conference badge and get a special reduced entrance fee! SOUTHERN WRITERS Wren's Nest (home of Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus Tales) 1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 404.753.7735 www.wrensnestonline.com Open Tuesday Saturday, 10am - 2:30pm Margaret Mitchell House (walking distance from the hotel) 990 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309 404.249.7015 Open seven days a week 9:30am - 5pm OUTSIDE THE GREATER ATLANTA AREA Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site 813 Indian Mounds Rd., S.W. Cartersville, GA 30120 770.387.3747 gastateparks.org/info/etowah Open Tuesday-Saturday 9am-5pm; Sunday 2-5:30pm Booth Western Art Museum 501 Museum Drive, Cartersville, GA 30120 770.387.1300 www.boothmuseum.org Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10 am 5:00 pm; Thursdays 10 am - 8pm; Sundays 1pm 5pm Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street Augusta, GA 30901 706.724.7501 www.themorris.org/ Open Tuesday Saturday 10am5pm; Sunday: 12 5 pm Meadow Garden House 1320 Independence Drive, Augusta, GA 30901 706.724.4174 www.geocities.com/meadowgarden3 Open Monday Friday, 10 am 4 pm Columbus Art Museum 1251 Wynnton Road, off I-185 exit 6 Columbus, GA 31906 706.748.2562 Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10am - 5pm; Thursday 10 am 9pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm www.columbusmuseum.com OUT OF STATE, BUT WORTH A TRIP Birmingham, AL Birmingham Museum of Art 2000 Eighth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203 205.254.2566 www.artsbma.org Tuesday Saturday 10am 5pm; Sunday 12 5pm Biltmore Estate 1 Approach Road, Asheville, N.C. 28803. 800.624.1575 http://www.biltmore.com/ Grounds- 8:30am 5pm House - 9am 5:30 pm Conservatory - 9am 6pm Winery - MondaySaturday 11am 7pm; Sunday 12 7pm Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View, Chattanooga, TN 37403 423.267.0968 www.huntermuseum.org Open Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 10am 5pm; Wednesday and Sunday 12 5pm; Thursday 10am 9pm The entire conference planning committee is looking forward to seeing you in Atlanta! -- Kristina Keogh Publications/Publicity Coordinator ARLIS/NA 35th Annual Conference Atlanta 2007 Reference Librarian for the Arts Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]