Michael C Carlos Museum of Emory University

Specialties

Located at the heart of Emory’s campus, the Michael C. Carlos Museum is Georgia’s premier museum devoted to the art and history of world cultures. Founded in 1919, it is home to the Southeast’s most distinguished collection of art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Nubia, the Near East, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. In addition, a works-​on-​paper collection spans from the Renaissance to the present. The Carlos Museum offers an array of educational opportunities, including special exhibitions, audio tours, family guides, gallery talks, children’s programs and summer camps, interactive technology, films, internships, and much more.

History

Established in 1920.

Founded in 1919, the Michael C. Carlos Museum has grown over the last century to become one of the most revered institutions in Georgia, serving generations of students, scholars, schoolchildren, history buffs, art lovers, and tourists. Originally known as the Emory University Museum, the steady development of the Museum as an important regional institution eventually led to an expansion of the facility. Increased visibility and support allowed the Museum to develop ambitious education and outreach programs serving thirty thousand school-​children each year; create an art conservation lab and teaching program unique in the Southeast; present major international exhibitions; and dramatically expand in size and scope its collections of Egyptian, Near Eastern, Classical, ancient American, African, and Asian art, as well as its important body of works of art on paper from the Renaissance to the present. Today, more than one hundred thousand visitors experience the Carlos Museum each year.