Atlanta, Georgia City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Atlanta, Georgia Travel Guide has been your connection to Atlanta's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Cultural Activities in Atlanta
Whatever kind of art activity you enjoy, Atlanta offers it. Atlanta can boast of the country's oldest ballet company, the Atlanta Ballet. Here, you'll enjoy both traditional ballet performances as well as cutting edge choreography and costume. Another distinction Atlanta has in the arts is in the world of puppetry. Atlanta is home to the Center of the Puppetry Arts, which is guaranteed to educate and entertain the whole family. If you'd like to get outside, then a visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden is in order. For thirty five years, this botanical garden has been one of the premiere botanical gardens in the country. It also frequently hosts traveling exhibitions of outdoor sculptures by prominent artists. If live music is your way of exploring the arts, then head over and catch a concert at Chastain Park, a famous venue that hosts many big name acts. Or, if you'd like something mellower, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra also performs here. Chastain Park is a 6,000 seat amphitheater and out under the stars, making any musical performance you see here magical and unique! But one stop in Atlanta remains above the rest-- the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site and Sweet Auburn District. The Sweet Auburn District is the birthplace of Dr. King and is the original hub of African American community and achievement in Atlanta. Explore Dr. King's birthplace and even see his Nobel Peace Prize.
