Top rated History museums in Roswell, United States to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Top rated History museums in Roswell

Experience the best that Roswell has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 17 places from History museum category.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park

History museum

National Park encompassing King's birth home, Ebenezer Baptist Church & his final resting place.

4.80 (10.1K reviews) (~29.67 km from centre)

Northeast Georgia History Center

History museum

Museum featuring exhibits on regional culture & history, plus a shop with books & local crafts.

4.80 (130 reviews) (~58.2 km from centre)

The Lloyd and Mary Ann Whitaker Cyclorama Building

History museum

👍👍 This new venue for the historic Cyclorama, which depicts the Civil War battle of Atlanta, is under construction. It's planned to open in the fall of 2018. When I visited the Atlanta History Center on 11/27/17, they had one of the doors open to help ventilate the construction dust and I snuck in to...

4.80 (48 reviews) (~20.36 km from centre)

Atlanta History Center

Historical place museum

Center includes exhibits on the antebellum South & an 1845-era farm with a blacksmith & smokehouse.

4.70 (907 reviews) (~20.32 km from centre)

Apex Museum

History museum

African-American museum chronicling Auburn's history through exhibits, replicas & workshops.

4.70 (526 reviews) (~29.87 km from centre)

The Breman Museum

Museum

Photographs, documents & memorabilia throughout 2 galleries depict the Atlanta Jewish experience.

4.70 (209 reviews) (~25.64 km from centre)

Marietta History Center

History museum

Storied building housing 4 unique galleries preserving local history from home life to the military.

4.70 (133 reviews) (~19.27 km from centre)

Helen Arts & Heritage

Art center

Bavarian-style building with an art gallery & pottery studio with classes, plus a history museum.

4.70 (109 reviews) (~95.03 km from centre)

Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia

Art museum

Museum showcasing the folk pottery of Northeast Georgia, with permanent & temporary exhibitions.

4.70 (108 reviews) (~96.93 km from centre)

McRitchie-Hollis Museum

History museum

This restored 1937 home with old-fashioned furnishings features historical & photography exhibits.

4.70 (39 reviews) (~82.25 km from centre)

Bulloch Hall

History museum

👍👍 Great ancestral home of Theodore Roosevelt's mothers family, Mittie Bulloch. Mittie was Theodore's mother and Elanore's grandmother. She and Theodore's father were married in the home, then moved to New York. Much to learn. Present Roosevelt visited the home in 1905 and there is some very cool mome...

4.60 (228 reviews) (~1.14 km from centre)

Funk Heritage Center

History museum

😐 I would've given this field trip a 5 star review had the staff not been so incredibly rude to our schools staff. Our school is located in East cobb, a 50 minute drive to the museum. Due to unforeseen circumstances at the school our field trip was delayed about an hour. I get it, being late is no go...

4.60 (106 reviews) (~37.43 km from centre)

Hapeville Depot Museum and Visitor Center

Museum

👍👍 On our way to visit a vegan resturant, the train lover, pointed to the open museum. It was open and free. My son loved every minute. There were only a few trains but it made his day. I would recommend anyone who has a love for trains stop in when you get a chance.

4.60 (45 reviews) (~40.78 km from centre)

Millennium Gate Museum - History Art Museum Atlanta, Georgia | Classical Architecture

Museum

12,000-square-foot interactive museum shaped like an arch dedicated to state history, art & culture.

4.50 (237 reviews) (~26.08 km from centre)

Archibald Smith Plantation Home

History museum

Historic planation property preserved as a cultural museum, with tours of the house & outbuildings.

4.50 (174 reviews) (~0.05 km from centre)

Old Car City USA

Museum

👍👍 Old Car City in white, Georgia is the world's largest old car junkyard! 34 acres with more than 4,000 old cars(1972 and old). 6.5 miles of trails on 34 acres. Cars date back as far back as the 1920s. Packards, Edels, Fords, Chevrolets to name a few! Enjoyed the beautiful vegetation of the deep south...

4.50 (158 reviews) (~45.28 km from centre)

Museum of History and Holocaust Education

History museum

👍👍 An incredible Museum. I love to share the places I can visit. Whether I pay a ticket, check out a library pass or find free entrance to a Museum .... Free entrance to this one. It is very eye opening and educational. There is much to see. It also includes a furnished room of the Era where you can ev...

4.50 (154 reviews) (~19.75 km from centre)

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Top rated History museums in Roswell, United States