Museums
Marietta Fire Museum
No admission feeA free museum showing the history of the Marietta Fire Department through antique apparatus, tools, and gear.
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Sightseeing
Marietta National Cemetery
A historic Civil War-era national cemetery in downtown Marietta, Georgia, known for its ornate layout and memorial arch.
500 Washington Avenue, Marietta, GA 30060 · Marietta, GA
About Marietta National Cemetery
Marietta National Cemetery sits in downtown Marietta and was established in 1866 to honor Union dead from Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. Its original sections radiate in circles from a central flagstaff, and its design is considered the most elaborate of the national cemeteries built in its era. Visitors can see a monumental entrance arch, the Wisconsin Monument topped by a bronze badger, and a marble obelisk honoring 20th Army Corps soldiers. The cemetery is closed to new burials except for certain family interments and is administered by Georgia National Cemetery. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
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Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art
Under $25A nonprofit art museum in Marietta, Georgia, that also runs the Chalktoberfest chalk art event.
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Marietta Confederate Cemetery
Check pricesA large Civil War-era Confederate burial ground in Marietta, Georgia, next to the Marietta City Cemetery.
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Marietta
No admission feeHistoric Georgia city near Atlanta with a walkable downtown square, Civil War sites, and shops around Marietta Square.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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William Root House Museum & Garden
Check pricesA well-preserved older house in downtown Marietta with interactive exhibits about the Root family and the enslaved people who lived and worked on the property.
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Acworth, Georgia
No admission feeA small lakeside city on Lake Allatoona, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.
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