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Museums The APEX Museum -- It stands for the African-American Panoramic Experience and it is located in the John Wesley Dobbs Building. The museum is the home in Atlanta for traveling exhibits from around the world, especially Africa. 135 Auburn Av NE ... 404-521-273 Big Shanty Museum -- If you're familiar with Buster Keaton's The General (or Fess Parker's Great Locomotive Chase), you may be interested in seeing the actual locomotive involved in the Civil War episode, in the town where the chase began. It's located in a restored cotton gin that now serves as a museum. (The Texas, the OTHER locomotive that eventually caught up with Andrews Raiders, is housed at the Atlanta Cyclorama in Grant Park.) 2829 Cherokee St, Kennesaw ... 770-427-2117 High Museum of Art -- The High is named for Mrs. Joseph High, who had donated her Peachtree home for the original museum. After a 1962 tragedy in which 122 Atlanta art patrons were lost in a plane crash in Paris, donations helped build the present building, designed by renowned architect Richard Meier. 1280 Peachtree St NE ... 404-733-4444. Carter Presidential Center Library & Museum -- The Center is a cluster of non-profit groups trying to reduce worldwide suffering and conflict, the Library is where scholars can research the Jimmy Carter presidential era, and the Museum exhibits memorabilia of his presidency, and allows visitors to peek into a mock-up of the Oval Office. 1 Copenhill Ave ... 404-331-0296. Fernbank Museum of Natural History -- It's the largest museum in town, and houses the first huge-screen IMAX theater in Georgia. The "A Walk Through Time In Georgia" permanent exhibit escorts you through the development of the earth, and the "Spectrum of the Senses" teaches you scientific concepts of light and sound. 767 Clifton Rd NE ... 404-370-0960; IMAX info ... 404-370-0019; Exhibit info 404-370-0910
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