EIN 58-0566162

Atlanta History Center (AHC)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
190
State
Year formed
1926
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
The Atlanta History Center (AHC) is a history museum and research center located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. The Museum was founded in 1926, and currently consists of 6 permanent, and several temporary, exhibitions.
Also known as...
Atlanta Historical Society
Total revenues
$18,682,593
2023
Total expenses
$18,483,269
2023
Total assets
$173,087,761
2023
Num. employees
190
2023

Program areas at AHC

Atlanta History Center consists of a 33-acre campus in Buckhead that includes the Atlanta History Museum, Goizueta Gardens, Kenan Research Center, and three historic houses, and Atlanta History Center-Midtown, which includes the Margaret Mitchell House, exhibition space, and event space. Atlanta History Museum is one of the largest history museums in the country. Through signature, temporary, and traveling exhibitions, visitors can explore the history of Atlanta and the southeast from the land's original inhabitants until the present day. The museum also includes the fully-restored The Battle of Atlanta cyclorama painting in the multimedia experience Cyclorama: The Big Picture. All exhibitions and digital content are supported by the museum collections. The museum artifact collections are particularly strong in American Civil War and Reconstruction, Atlanta businesses and home life, period furniture and decorative arts, and a significant collection of fashion and textiles. The living collections of the Atlanta History Center are presented throughout Goizueta Gardens, containing 9 distinct thematic gardens: Gilbert Quarry Garden, Smith Farm gardens, Swan House Garden, Swan Woods, Sims Asian Garden, Rhododendron Garden, Olguita's Garden, Veterans Park, and the Entrance Gardens. For people looking to conduct research, Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center is a free public archives and special collections library offering a multitude of resources for the study of Atlanta and Southern regional history and culture. Dedicated collections include decorative arts, Southern architecture, genealogy, military history, railroads, and southern gardens. Copies of historic photographs, prints, and other archival materials can be purchased through Kenan Research Center. The historic houses provide unique and interactive access points to history, and include Smith Farm, Swan House, Wood Cabin, and Margaret Mitchell House. The Smith farmhouse (listed on the National Register as the Tullie Smith farmhouse), Swan House, and Margaret Mitchell House (listed on the National Register as Crescent Apartments) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Smith Farmhouse and detached kitchen were built in the 1840s. The site also includes relocated structures and replicas of other likely structures including a cabin interpreted as an enslaved persons residence, a reconstructed blacksmith shop and barn, and a 19th century corn crib. The site is presented in the 1860s through interpretation for children and adults with heirloom crops and live heirloom breed animals. The 1928 Swan House, designed by Atlanta architect Philip Trammell Shutze, provides a glimpse into the lives of those who lived and worked in the mansion during the 1930s. The 1840s Wood Cabin helps visitors learn about the lives of white settlers in the southeastern United States and first contact with Native Americans, including the Muskogee people. Margaret Mitchell House is located in the heart of midtown at Atlanta History Center Midtown. The house features the apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone with the Wind. The building also includes other exhibition galleries. The campus includes a separate building called Commercial Row, a refurbished historic retail space that serves as an event space used for author programs, gallery installations, and private events. Atlanta History Center served more than 80,000 people either on-campus or off-campus throughout the year.
Atlanta History Center produces a rich array of interactive, dynamic programs and exhibitions. Community Days, such as Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, activate our entire 33-acre campus with museum theatre performances, educational simulations, guest lectures, historical crafting demonstrations, and opportunities for children and adults to experience history firsthand, while also including digital and virtual components. Atlanta History Center also hosts a Fulton County University of Georgia 4-H Extension Office and the StoryCorps Atlanta recording studio through onsite partnerships, which allows those institutions to further their complementary missions and increase awareness of Atlanta History Center and our mission. Our school tours take schoolchildren through interactive experiences to help them learn about civil rights, the Civil War, Native Americans, and Georgia farm life, while school outreach programs and Travel Trunks take history out into the classroom through presentations and activities. School programs are also offered virtually. School programming served almost 22,000 children this year. Toddler programs, summer camps, and Homeschool Days bring engaging, interactive fun to learning about history. For adults, Author Talks bring engaging speakers to Atlanta, virtually and in person. Each year, more than 48 author talks at both campuses and online focus on a variety of genres, including biography, history, memoir, cooking, historical fiction, literary fiction, and more. Thousands of people attend these talks each year. Each program includes time for a question and answer session as well as a book signing with the author at in-person events.

Who funds Atlanta History Center (AHC)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation$49.5 Million Centennial Anniversary Campaign To Improve the Museum With New Exhibits, Digital Storytelling, Childrens Offerings and Campus Updates.$6,000,000
The Frances and Beverly Dubose FoundationOperating Funds$574,000
The Frances and Beverly Dubose FoundationOperating Funds$574,000
...and 72 more grants received totalling $9,318,859

Personnel at AHC

NameTitleCompensation
F Sheffield HaleChief Executive Officer and President
F. Sheffield HalePresident and Chief Executive Officer
Frank HalePresident and Chief Executive Officer / Chief Executive Officer and President$726,353
Guy CarriereChief Operating Officer / Executive Vice President Operations and Le$240,479
Paul CarriereChief Operating Officer
...and 15 more key personnel

Financials for AHC

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$8,201,826
Program services$1,117,855
Investment income and dividends$2,852,073
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$1,695,941
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$3,001,778
Net income from fundraising events$-271,321
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$1,758,231
Miscellaneous revenues$326,210
Total revenues$18,682,593

Form 990s for AHC

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-05-14990View PDF
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2021-062022-05-16990View PDF
2021-062022-03-08990View PDF
2020-062021-05-26990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s
Data update history
September 11, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 10 new personnel
September 11, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
August 25, 2024
Received grants
Identified 27 new grant, including a grant for $6,000,000 from Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
July 25, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
July 12, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMuseumsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesHistory
Characteristics
LobbyingFundraising eventsState / local levelEndowed supportGala fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
130 W Paces Ferry Rd
Atlanta, GA 30305
Metro area
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
County
Fulton County, GA
Website URL
atlantahistorycenter.com/ 
Phone
(404) 814-4000
Facebook page
AtlantaHistoryCenter 
Twitter profile
@atlhistcenter 
IRS details
EIN
58-0566162
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1926
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A80: Historical Societies, Historical Preservation
NAICS code, primary
7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Parent/child status
Independent
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