Museums & Educational Attractions in Atlanta, GA
We list 27 museums & educational attractions across the Atlanta area. Compare prices, hours and age ranges in one place, then pick the one that fits your day.
Sorted by distance from the middle of Atlanta, nearest first. Those are straight-line miles, so every drive is longer than the number on the card.
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta is an engaging cultural attraction that connects the American Civil Rights Movement to today’s…
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A contemporary art center in Atlanta that offers free admission every day. The galleries present exhibitions featuring artists from Atlanta, across the United…
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The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. With over 14,000 works of art…
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A museum in Atlanta devoted entirely to design across all its forms, from architecture to graphic design. Families visiting see exhibitions that explore how design…
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A contemporary art museum in Atlanta focused on work by Georgia artists and artists from elsewhere. The permanent collection holds over 1,600 pieces, with about 15…
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The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum (aka The Breman) in Atlanta celebrates and commemorates Jewish history, culture, and art through events featuring…
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A Jewish heritage museum in Atlanta housing exhibitions on Holocaust history and Southern Jewish life. Families can tour the permanent exhibition covering 1933 to…
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Museum of Illusions is a museum in Atlanta, Georgia featuring perspective-changing rooms, mind-bending installations, and optical illusions. Families can explore…
A museum on the Emory University campus in Atlanta with collections spanning African art, ancient Egypt and the Near East, classical Greece and Rome, Indigenous…
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A 33-acre campus in Atlanta with historic houses, gardens and exhibitions about the city's past. Families can walk the grounds, tour the period buildings, and…
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Play Street Museum Buckhead is an interactive children's museum in Atlanta, Georgia where kids explore a kid-sized play city featuring planes, trains, and…
Sloomoo Institute – Atlanta is an interactive slime museum in Buckhead where families explore 13+ slime-filled rooms and experiences. Visitors can create custom…
A museum dedicated to the book and film "Gone with the Wind," housed in a historic 1851 mansion called Brumby Hall. Visitors see costumes and props from the movie…
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The Youth Museum is a non-profit educational center in Marietta, Georgia, offering imaginative tours for elementary and middle school classes. Students participate…
MIMMS Museum of Technology and Art is a Roswell museum showcasing one of the world's largest collections of computer and digital revolution artifacts, including…
Play Street Museum- Alpharetta is an interactive children's museum in Alpharetta, Georgia, where kids explore a small-scale city designed to their size with…
Little Breaks is a flexible drop-in childcare facility in Alpharetta, Georgia, serving children ages 2 through 8 years. The venue offers parents free time while…
Telling the rich but little-known history of the new City of Milton and surrounding area.
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The Johns Creek Arts Center (JCAC) is a visual arts center located in north Fulton County, Georgia. JCAC offers more than fifty classes quarterly along with…
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Tellus Science Museum is a hands-on science museum spanning 120,000 square feet in Cartersville, Georgia. Families can explore exhibits, visit the Bentley…
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J&K Play Studio is a play space in Braselton, Georgia specializing in activities for children 6 months to 6 years old. The studio features soft play equipment…
Worlds of Wow is an indoor playground facility in Carrollton, GA that designs and manufactures play environments for museums, educational institutions, and other…
Interactive Neighborhood for Kids (INK) is a hands-on children's museum located in Oakwood, Georgia, a short drive north of Atlanta. The museum encourages children…
The Quinlan Visual Arts Center was founded in 1946 and has grown into a vibrant comprehensive visual arts center serving the greater Northeast Georgia community…
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A free art museum in Athens housing nearly 20,000 works spanning religious and secular traditions. Families can explore the galleries at their own pace, join…
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A free art museum in Athens with nearly 20,000 works spanning religious and secular pieces. Families can explore the galleries at their own pace, join tours…
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A museum in downtown Macon dedicated to African American art, history, and culture. Visitors explore exhibitions covering these subjects and can join programs…
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Where a card says no price or no hours listed, the venue does not publish it. We would rather leave the gap than fill it with a guess. Prices come from each venue's own website, and we publish one only when the figure appears on the page we took it from. Tell us if we are missing one you know.
Which one, by age
Two children three years apart do not have to be a compromise. The age line on every card shows what that venue serves.
Play Street Museum – Buckhead
Best here for under 2, 7 miles out, listed ages 0–9 and admission $18.50.
Little Breaks
Best here for two to five, 23 miles out, listed ages 3–9 and admission $15.
Play Street Museum- Alpharetta
Best here for six to nine, 23 miles out, listed ages 0–9 and admission $15.
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Best here for ten and up, 1 miles out, listed ages 10–16 and admission from $20.
Free museums & educational attractions in Atlanta
3 places on this page get you in free. That makes a short trip easy to justify on a day when nobody is sure how long they will last.
Atlanta Contemporary
Free to get in and 2 miles out.
Georgia Museum of Art
Free to get in and 60 miles out.
Georgia Museum of Art at University of Georgia
Free to get in, 60 miles out and listed ages 0–16.
By town
Most of these are not in Atlanta proper, and the town is usually what decides whether a place is worth the trip.
Museums & Educational Attractions in Atlanta
12 of them: National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta Contemporary, High Museum of Art, Museum of Design Atlanta and The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the closest 1 miles from the middle of Atlanta and 6 with a published admission price.
Museums & Educational Attractions in Alpharetta
3 of them: Play Street Museum- Alpharetta, Little Breaks and Milton Historical Society, the closest 23 miles from the middle of Atlanta and 2 with a published admission price.
Museums & Educational Attractions in Marietta
2 of them: Gone With the Wind Museum and The Youth Museum, the closest 16 miles from the middle of Atlanta and 1 with a published admission price.
Museums & Educational Attractions in Athens
2 of them: Georgia Museum of Art and Georgia Museum of Art at University of Georgia, the closest 60 miles from the middle of Atlanta and 2 with a published admission price.
Planning a visit
These run from 1 to 77 miles out from the middle of Atlanta. Hours move with the season and with school holidays, so check the listing before you set off. If you run one of the places on this page, you can claim it for free and keep its hours and prices right.
Before you go
Grip socks. Almost every venue requires them for children and several require them for adults. Most sell them at the door for a few dollars. Bringing your own is cheaper and means you are not buying a fourth pair.
Check whether adults pay. It runs from free to full price and it changes the cost of a visit by a lot when there are two of you.
Weekday mornings are the toddler rush. If you want space, aim for after two on a school day. Weekend mornings are the busiest hours of the week almost everywhere.
Ninety minutes is the realistic ceiling for most children under five. There is rarely a gradual wind down. Leaving with time left on the clock is not wasted money, it is a better afternoon.
Call ahead in school holidays. Several of these venues run camps and private events that close open play with no notice on the website.
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Common questions about museums & educational attractions in Atlanta
How many museums & educational attractions are there in Atlanta?
We list 27 museums & educational attractions within 81 miles of Atlanta, GA. Every one is a published listing with an address we checked.
Which museums & educational attractions in Atlanta publish their prices?
16 of the 27 here do, and each price was checked word for word against the venue's own page before we published it. The rest do not publish one, so their card says no price listed rather than carrying a guess.
Are any museums & educational attractions in Atlanta free?
Yes. 3 places get you in free: Atlanta Contemporary, Georgia Museum of Art and Georgia Museum of Art at University of Georgia.
Which museums & educational attractions in Atlanta suit a toddler?
4 of them list an age range starting at two or under. Check the age line on each card, because a place that suits a six-year-old does not always suit a two-year-old.
How did Mini Navigators choose these museums & educational attractions?
We list every one we have within 81 miles of the center of Atlanta. Each is a published place with an address we geocoded and checked, and the business can claim its listing to keep the hours and prices current.
Do adults have to pay?
It varies more than you would expect, from free to full price, and it changes the cost of a visit by a lot when there are two of you. The price on each card is what it costs to get a child in. Where a venue publishes an adult price it is on the listing, and where it does not we have left it out rather than assume.
Do I need to book ahead?
Usually not for open play, but several venues cap capacity at weekends and during school holidays, and some close open play entirely for private events. Where a venue has its own booking page, the listing links straight to it.
What should I bring?
Grip socks, a water bottle, a change of clothes for anyone under four, and a plan for leaving before the meltdown rather than after it.
What else is there to do with kids in Atlanta?
Atlanta has 7 categories of kid-friendly places on Mini Navigators, from playgrounds and museums to splash pads and zoos. The Atlanta hub lists all of them.
Listings last checked August 21, 2026.