The best arts & culture spots in Marietta
32 arts & culture spots we’ve checked and stand behind — with the story on each one. Not a ranking; a record.
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Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Arts & CultureBig, modern facility featuring a host of opera performances, ballets, shows, events & more.
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Arts & CultureThe Oddities Museum, Inc
Arts & CultureSkip the same old weekend routine and wander The Oddities Museum, Inc, where goats share space with a real goat 'unicorn' skull, quack…
The Oddities Museum, Inc
Arts & CultureSelfie Paradise Museum
Arts & CultureSelfie Paradise Museum is a colorful playground for photos with a self-portrait experience, a spooky 8 Rooms of Terror challenge, and even…
Selfie Paradise Museum
Arts & CultureAlpharetta Arts Center
Arts & CultureFeeling artsy? Alpharetta Arts Center has gallery shows to wander, a full slate of classes you can actually register for this week, and a…
Alpharetta Arts Center
Arts & CultureThe Youth Museum
Arts & CultureThe Youth Museum turns learning into play with interactive arts, costumed docents and kids suiting up in period attire to reenact America’s…
The Youth Museum
Arts & CultureMODA (Museum of Design Atlanta)
Arts & CultureSmall gallery space featuring rotating exhibitions that explore the impact of design on art & life.
MODA (Museum of Design Atlanta)
Arts & CultureMarietta Cobb Museum of Art
Arts & CultureNonprofit museum with a focus on American art featuring a permanent collection and special exhibitions.
Marietta Cobb Museum of Art
Arts & CultureOld Courthouse Museum
Arts & CultureMuseum with local artifacts and history exhibits plus free tours given by knowledgeable staff.
Old Courthouse Museum
Arts & CultureSwan House at Atlanta History Center
Arts & CultureRestored Philip T. Shutze designed 1928 neoclassical mansion & gardens built for rich cotton heirs.
Swan House at Atlanta History Center
Arts & CultureThe Breman Museum & Cultural Center
Arts & CulturePhotographs, documents & memorabilia throughout 2 galleries depict the Atlanta Jewish experience.
The Breman Museum & Cultural Center
Arts & CultureThe Alley Stage
Arts & CultureComedy, cabaret, and live theater take center stage at this casual venue in the Anderson Building.
The Alley Stage
Arts & Culture12,000-square-foot interactive museum shaped like an arch dedicated to state history, art & culture.
Fernbank Museum | 3D Theater | Forest
Arts & CultureNatural sciences museum with a 3-story, sky-lit Great Hall & skeletons of dinosaurs.
Fernbank Museum | 3D Theater | Forest
Arts & CultureFernbank Science Center
Arts & CultureNatural history museum featuring hands-on exhibits, live animals & planetarium shows.
Fernbank Science Center
Arts & CultureEarl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre
Arts & CultureRestored art deco theater (ca. 1935) offering classic films, live music & tours of the venue.
Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre
Arts & CultureMarietta History Center
Arts & CultureStoried building housing 4 unique galleries preserving local history from home life to the military.
Marietta History Center
Arts & CultureBulloch Hall
Arts & CultureTours are available of this historical home, which provides glimpses into a lifestyle from the 1840s.
Bulloch Hall
Arts & CultureMimms Museum of Technology and Art
Arts & CultureRetro, kid-friendly museum featuring classic computers, supercomputers and consoles.
Mimms Museum of Technology and Art
Arts & CultureApex Museum
Arts & CultureAfrican-American museum chronicling Auburn's history through exhibits, replicas & workshops.
Apex Museum
Arts & CultureGone With the Wind Museum at Brumby Hall
Arts & CultureMuseum celebrating the Margaret Mitchell novel & film, with costumes, rare prints & memorabilia.
Gone With the Wind Museum at Brumby Hall
Arts & CultureMarietta’s NEW Theatre in the Square
Arts & CultureThis 225-seat black-box theater hosts a variety of shows, including dramas, comedy & music.
Marietta’s NEW Theatre in the Square
Arts & CultureAtlanta History Center
Arts & CultureCenter includes exhibits on the antebellum South & an 1845-era farm with a blacksmith & smokehouse.
Atlanta History Center
Arts & CultureSpelman College Museum of Fine Art
Arts & CultureMuseum featuring a collection of art by and about women of the African Diaspora.
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Arts & CultureThe Roof Museum
Arts & CultureNonprofit space for exhibits focused on roofing products, plus an events venue.
The Roof Museum
Arts & CultureMichael C. Carlos Museum
Arts & CultureMuseum of ancient art featuring Greek & Roman collections & an Egyptian exhibit including mummies.
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Arts & CultureHigh Museum of Art
Arts & CultureMuseum known for its diverse art collection & modern architecture by Richard Meier & Renzo Piano.
High Museum of Art
Arts & CultureDalton Gallery
Arts & CultureStylish contemporary art gallery featuring eclectic works in the college's fine arts building.
Dalton Gallery
Arts & CultureWilliam Root House Museum & Garden
Arts & CultureTours of this historic home offer a glimpse at the lives of an 1850s merchant & his family.
William Root House Museum & Garden
Arts & CulturePickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site
Arts & CultureState park with hiking trails, picnic tables, and a visitor center housing Civil War artifacts and offering reenactments.
Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site
Arts & CultureTrap Music Museum
Arts & CultureMemorabilia, art & room sets, including a jail cell, tracing hip-hop culture, plus an escape room.
Trap Music Museum
Arts & CultureWorld of Coca-Cola
Arts & CultureMemorabilia, films & exhibits (some interactive) about soft drink that debuted in Atlanta in 1886.
World of Coca-Cola
Arts & CultureHammonds House Museum
Arts & CultureQuaint, Victorian house showcasing diverse works by artists of African decent, plus lectures & more.
Hammonds House Museum
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