Museum Directory

Michael C. Carlos Museum

About Michael C. Carlos Museum

The Michael C. Carlos Museum is an art museum located in Atlanta on the historic quadrangle of Emory University's main campus. The Carlos Museum has the largest ancient art collections in the Southeast, including objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, Africa and the ancient Americas. The collections are housed in a Michael Graves designed building which is open to the public.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Art museumUniversity museum
Founded
1919
Annual visitors
120K
120,000
Architect
Michael Graves

More museums in Atlanta →Best museums in Georgia →

Photos of Michael C. Carlos Museum

  1. Michael C. Carlos Museum, DeKalb County01DeKalb CountyDaniel Mayer · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Hanif Kureishi02Hanif KureishiNrbelex · CC BY-SA 2.5
  3. Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta03AtlantaGary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0
  4. Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta04AtlantaGary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0

Shared by photographers under free licenses on Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo to see it full size there.

Visitor reviews

No one has reviewed Michael C. Carlos Museum yet. If you've been, tell other visitors what stood out and when you went. Anyone who has visited can write one, with or without their name, and we read each review before it appears.

No reviews yet. Been here? Be the first to share your visit.

Visited Michael C. Carlos Museum? Write a review

No account needed. We read every review before it appears.

Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Michael C. Carlos Museum; the closest, Michael C. Carlos Museum Plaster Cast Collection, is practically next door.