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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 10am–5pm; 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 - Monday–Saturday 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!

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Kristina Keogh
Publications/Publicity Coordinator
ARLIS/NA 35th Annual Conference Atlanta 2007

Reference Librarian for the Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University
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