The Wrens Nest: Georgia's Oldest House Museum | |
From $10 USD – 1 day activity |
Highlights:
Tour the home of Joel Chandler Harris,�the Atlanta journalist who penned the 'Brer Rabbit' stories. Harris first heard these stories while working on a southern plantation.Today, Atlanta�s oldest house museum preserves African American folklore. The home is restored to look just as it did when the Harris family lived here at the turn-of-the-century and the guided tours are steeped in Atlanta and regional history, 19th century architecture and interiors, as well as little-known facts about Harris� contemporaries and friends: President Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Grady and Mark Twain.
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Tour Code: 65144P1 |
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Agency: Viator |