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Location
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Visit on Saturdays to experience the weekly heritage breed sheep and goats campus stroll - this interactive animal encounter is a highlight that brings the farm to life and is only available on specific days
Visitor tip
Engage with the costumed guides throughout the farm - they provide fascinating details about 1860s Georgia farm life, historic cooking methods, and important context about enslaved people's experiences. These conversations significantly enhance the educational experience
Visitor tip
Combine your Smith Farm visit with the nearby Swan House tour to understand the contrast between rural farm life and elegant urban life in historic Georgia - the relocated farm buildings create a unique educational pairing within the Atlanta History Center
About Smith Farm at Atlanta History Center
Historic museum of 1800s farm life. Museum on a working 19th-century smith farm featuring a kitchen garden, plus sheep & goats.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Historic Working Farm
- Setting
- Outdoor farm at Atlanta History Center
- Highlights
- 1860s farm life history, enslaved people's stories, heritage breed animals, historic gardens
- Unique Experience
- Weekly Saturday animal walks with heritage breed sheep and goats
What visitors say
What an incredible glimpse into 1800s Georgia farm life! The most surprising (and delightful) part of my visit was finding costumed guides throughout the farm buildings who really brought the history to life. I learned something really…
Here at Smith Farm in the Atlanta History Center, staff give insightful introductions about the farm's purpose 🌾. You’ll find woodworking demonstrations, a vibrant garden 🌱, and even a few friendly animals like sheep and turkeys! 🐑🦃…
Get in touch with the past for perspective. Learn about Atlanta's history, the importance of the Battle of Atlanta, and this very painting -- and our collective memory of what really happened in 1864 and 1865 to shape this great Nation.
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Did You Know?
- The entire historic farm was relocated building by building to the Atlanta History Center property to preserve it, making it a reconstructed 1860s working slaveholding farm with original structures
- Smith Farm features heritage-breed sheep and goats that participate in weekly Saturday campus strolls, making it a functioning educational farm with live animals alongside historic demonstrations
- The farm includes an enslaved people's cabin and garden that visitors can walk through, with costumed guides providing historical context about the human experience during the 1860s Georgia farm period
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