PLAN your visit
Begin your visit by checking in at the Gift Shop located inside a refurbished 1830s log cabin. The Gift Shop features a variety of local handcrafted gifts and small batch mercantile goods. Credit card payment is encouraged as a touchless payment option. Guests are free to explore the museum campus at their own leisure. Our interactive touchscreens and comprehensive exhibits have been designed to facilitate a self-guided experience based on your personal interests. Scavenger hunts, coloring sheets, and hands-on activities are available inside the museum.
Museum & Gift Shop HoursREGULAR HOURS:
Wednesdays....10am - 4pm Thursdays.........10am - 4pm Fridays...............10am - 4pm Saturdays.........10am - 4pm CLOSED: Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Week, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Week |
Museum ADMISSION
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Awards & Affiliations
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Georgia Association of Museums Award-Winner
The Georgia Association of Museums has recognized the William Root House for excellence in exhibition theory, planning, and implementation, commending our use of touchscreen technology and also recognizing our interpretation of domestic slavery in the urban south. |
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Georgia Grown Agritourism Site
The William Root House is a member of the Georgia Grown Program. The Root House gardens are designed to reflect the gardening practices of the mid-19th century. The gardens are planted with vegetables, medicinal and culinary herbs, fruit trees, decorative flowers, and blooming shrubs. All the plants in the Root House gardens have been researched for availability in Georgia at the time the house was built. Click here to learn more. |
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Southeastern Museums Conference
The William Root House is a member of the Southeastern Museums Conference, an association of museums, museum staff, independent professionals and corporate partners. |
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Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteer Program
Since 1990, the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County have managed the Root House gardens as one of their many and varied gardening projects. Dedicated volunteer gardeners demonstrate to visitors the importance of heirloom gardening. |
PARKING
DIRECTIONSI-75 N from Atlanta
Take I-75 N to North Marietta Parkway NE (exit 265) Turn LEFT and follow North Marietta Parkway NE to Polk Street The museum is located at the SE corner of Polk Street and North Marietta Parkway I-75 S from Chattanooga Take I-75 S to North Marietta Parkway NE (exit 265) Turn RIGHT and follow North Marietta Parkway NE to Polk Street The museum is located at the SE corner of Polk Street and North Marietta Parkway |
"We are lucky to have such a terrific resource in our community. I love taking my history students to visit the Root House because I consider it to be an excellent model of how to interpret a historic house." -Jennifer D. "I would highly recommend this museum to anyone who has an interest in local history or the antebellum time period. The tour was very informative and the house itself was like stepping back in time. I only wish I lived close enough to visit more." -Ashley S. "The whole family learned something and my teens enjoyed the tour, too." -Teresa P. "Lots of great little touches make it easy to imagine the folks still living there. A wonderful experience, and given that my wife and I both write Civil War history, we're not an easy audience to please. We highly recommend it." -Robert S. |
