HISTORY MUSEUM
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
/ 5 · 4,044 Google reviews
100 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30313 · Pemberton Place, opposite the Georgia Aquarium
- Hours today
- 10 AM – 5 PM
- Visit time
- 2 hours
- Best for
- —
- Founded
- 2014
About this museum
Three floors covering the American civil rights movement, the Martin Luther King Jr. archive, and global human rights work. The lunch-counter sit-in simulator (haptic feedback for the slurs and threats hurled at participants in 1960) is the centerpiece. Read the full review →
Don't miss
- FLOOR 2 Lunch counter simulator, 1960 sit-in
- FLOOR 3 Original Martin Luther King Jr. handwritten drafts
The full review
The Rolls Down Like Water gallery on the second floor walks through the American civil rights movement chronologically. The lunch-counter simulator — wear headphones, sit at the counter, hold the chair to feel the real haptic feedback of the slurs and threats — is the most demanding two minutes you can spend in any Atlanta museum.
The MLK Archive on the third floor includes original handwritten drafts of his speeches.
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