Our Past. Our Future.
The Northeast Georgia History Center is dedicated to preserving and sharing our regional history and being our community’s pathway to history education. Through our educational programs, community events, exhibits, and historic structures, we strive to be a leading resource for promoting a greater understanding of local, state, and national history.
Upcoming Events
Celebrate the natural beauty and wonder of North Georgia this summer with the Northeast Georgia History Center Chautauqua series “Appalachian Wanderers”. Our series this year features character performances of two very different sorts of wanderers: one, renowned Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, who in his work A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf waxes poetic describing Georgia’s Appalachian Mountains and Gainesville, and the other, Gainesville’s own social activist Helen Dortch Longstreet (widow of Gen. James Longstreet), who fought passionately to protect Tallulah Falls and Gorge from exploitation. Each presentation includes preshow entertainment featuring performances by Atlanta Historic Dance of popular dance contemporary with the times Muir and Longstreet speak from, while the performances are followed by in-character and out of character Q&A.
Join us this summer for inspiration, education, and entertainment with “Appalachian Wanderers” – and then pick a mountain, river, stream, or trail and go enjoy Georgia’s natural beauty firsthand!
John Muir Performance - June 28 at 7pm & June 29 at 1pm
Helen Dortch Longstreet Performance – July 26 at 7pm & July 27 at 1pm
Free for Members, $10 for non-Members
Northeast Georgia History Center
322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA 30501
Join us for programs throughout the year for all ages.
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Stay tuned for our Fall schedule of events!
In the meantime, visit the museum and tour the historic White Path Cabin, the Hoyt Herrin Blacksmith Shop, the American Freedom Garden, and our artifact-filled exhibits.
Early American Daily Life Program
Experience the past in real-time with historic demonstrations and activities to learn about daily American life in the 18th and 19th centuries. Enter the historic White Path Cabin, once home to Cherokee leader Nunna-tsune-ga “White Path,” play with historic toys and games like hoop trundling and cup-and-ball, watch a blacksmithing demonstration in the Hoyt Herrin Blacksmith Shop, and explore artifacts during an Exhibit Scavenger Hunt.
Covers Georgia Standards of Excellence SS8H2 & SS8H4