Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum, Atlanta

Name: Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum
Address: Atlanta, United States

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Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum is an Afrocentric teaching museum in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta. It was founded in 1992. The museum offers visitors a "hands-on" African American experience by seeing, hearing, saying, touching and doing. The museum's stated goals is to "rectify, reclaim and restore the contributions of Black people throughout history, which have been denied, ignored and omitted." Murals line the garden walls of the museum, picturing Afrocentric subjects. ()

Coordinates: 33°44'45"N, 84°25'29"W

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Intown South (West End)Atlanta United States

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Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Clark Atlanta University, Herndon Home, Atlanta University Center, Hammonds House Museum.

0.9 miNE
Universities and schools
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta
23 min walk • Clark Atlanta University is a private Methodist historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University in the Southern United States.
1.2 miNE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Herndon Home, Atlanta
31 min walk • The Herndon Home is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 587 University Place NW, in Atlanta, Georgia.
0.8 miE
Universities and schools
Atlanta University Center, Atlanta
21 min walk • The Atlanta University Center Consortium is the oldest and largest contiguous consortium of African-American higher education institutions in the United States.
0.4 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Art gallery
Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta
10 min walk • The Hammonds House Museum is a museum for African American fine art, located at 503 Peeples Street SW in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It is located in the 1857 Victorian house, former residence of Dr. Otis Thrash Hammonds, a prominent Atlanta physician and patron of the arts.
0.8 miE
Museum, Art museum
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta
20 min walk • The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art is a museum located on the Spelman College campus in Atlanta. The museum is housed in the Camille O. Hanks Cosby Academic Center named after philanthropist Camille Cosby, who had two daughters attend Spelman College.
1.5 miNE
Park
Rodney Cook Sr. Park, Atlanta
38 min walk • Rodney Cook Sr. Park, is a 16-acre park in the Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, adjacent to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It is named after the politician Rodney Mims Cook Sr. The park officially opened on 29 June 2021.
0.5 miS
Museum, History museum
The Wren's Nest, Atlanta
14 min walk • Joel Chandler Harris House, also known as The Wren's Nest or Snap Bean Farm, is a Queen Anne style house at 1050 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd. SW. in Atlanta, Georgia. Built in 1870, it was home to Joel Chandler Harris, editor of the Atlanta Constitution and author of the Uncle Remus Tales, from 1881 until his death in 1908.
0.8 miNE
Library
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta
20 min walk • The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library is a library in Atlanta which serves the four members of the Atlanta University Center, the world's oldest consortium of historically black colleges and universities and the Interdenominational Theological Center.
1 miW
33°44'49"N • 84°26'31"W
Westview Cemetery, Atlanta
26 min walk • Cemetery
1.3 miNE
Monuments and statues
Hope Moving Forward, Atlanta
34 min walk • Hope Moving Forward is a public monument in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Dedicated in 2021, the monument consists of a bronze statue of Martin Luther King Jr. designed by Basil Watson atop a pedestal.
0.8 miW
Park
Enota Park, Atlanta
20 min walk • Enota Park is a 0.3 acre playlot in the Westview neighborhood of Atlanta, GA. Enota park is located near the Westview cemetery and Interstate 20.

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Which popular attractions are close to Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum?

Nearby attractions include Ashview Heights, Atlanta (9 min walk), Mozley Park, Atlanta (10 min walk), Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta (10 min walk), Just Us, Atlanta (11 min walk).

How to get to Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum by public transport?

The nearest stations to Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum:

Metro

Ashby • Lines: Blue, Green (22 min walk)
West End • Lines: Gold, Red (24 min walk)

Bus

West End Station • Lines: 832 (24 min walk)