Upcoming Events
Let the Records Show: Discovering the Valley's Black Community in Slavery and Freedom
This exhibition attempts to shed light on some of the experiences of slaves and freedmen through an examination of several types of documentary evidence. Ranging from bills of sale and estate inventories to city ordinances and personal letters, it includes a variety of historical records that give insight into their lives through the important bits of information they contain. The materials will be supplemented by several reproduction items of the type used by slaves in daily life and a limited number of other original artifacts from the era. While these items cannot tell us every detail of the lives of the people they are associated with, they can help us gain a new understanding of them as individuals
The Way We Lived: Residential Architecture
This exhibition examines Chattahoochee Valley homes. Ranging from a wilderness traders’ cabin to an urban mansion, these houses are among the best examples of popular styles of domestic architecture during the era. In addition to highlighting intriguing exterior details, we shed light on the reasons for the dramatic differences in their interior living spaces. More than a simple glance at changing fashion, this exhibition helps visitors better understand how trends, technology and tastes combined to make life in the past so much different today.
