ATLANTApix: Marietta Welcome Center

Marietta Welcome Center

Any first-time visit to Marietta, Georgia, should begin with a stop by the Marietta Welcome Center. I went there early last month when I visited the Gone With the Wind Museum, next door, and I'm so glad I did.

As much online research as you may conduct before visiting a place, there's much more about a destination to be discovered by visiting its Welcome Center. The "city docents" can tell you so much about the city, about the current hot spots, and they're often very forthcoming, with little provocation, of tales of local lore or history...which always greatly enhance a visit for me.

The Marietta Welcome Center is charming, centrally located on Historic Marietta Square, and is jam-packed with information.

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ATLANTApix: Marietta Museum of History

Marietta Museum of History

The Marietta Museum of History sits immediately adjacent to the Gone With the Wind Museum, both on Historic Marietta Square. The Museum's building itself is historic, having been a cotton warehouse in 1845 and converted to a makeshift hospital and morgue in 1855.

Today, the Museum is home to numerous collections that share with visitors the history of Marietta and Cobb County, Georgia, in exhibits specific to local history, home life, and the military.

Immediately in front of the Museum is a working railroad (the original economic cornerstone of Atlanta) and it's only a few steps away from the Marietta Welcome Center.

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