Marietta Museum of History

The Marietta Museum of History is located in downtown Marietta, Georgia and opened in 1996. The museum is located in the Kennesaw House, a former cotton house and later, the Fletcher House Hotel. The museum is home to four galleries that include collections of home life, local history and the military, as well as changing exhibits. The Civil War collection features exhibits of materials from the Georgia Military Institute, the story of a slave buried in a Marrietta cemetery and the involvement in the Union plot to steal the Confederate train called The General. The museum's goal is to preserve both Marietta and Cobb history through its research, collections and exhibits. The museum has seen more than 50,000 visitors since its opening and offers an outreach program that visits schools, churches, libraries and assisted living facilities. They also operate a Museum Mice Tour for the littlest museum visitors which allows toddlers to experience the history of the museum. The Aviation Wing of the museum takes up fifteen and a half acres of a park and features civilian and military aircraft from the latter part of the 20th century. All of these crafts were built in Marietta. Aviation is important to Marietta and it would be impossible to tell the town's history without including aircraft in the story.