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Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta, GA
Working with Atlanta Ballet in 2023-2024, the Curatorial Affairs unit developed the Coco Chanel: Iconic and Notorious traveling exhibit exploring the controversial life and career of fashion designer Coco Chanel.
Cobb Landmarks, Cobb County, GA
Working with Cobb Landmarks in 2024-2025, the Curatorial Affairs unit and students in the Public History program developed content for the Nellie Mae Rowe: Art + History exhibit exploring the life of artist Nellie Mae Rowe on the site of her former home in Vinings, Georgia.
Grant Park Conservancy, Atlanta, GA
Working with Grant Park Conservancy and community and scholarly advisors in 2023-2025,
the Curatorial Affairs unit developed the including 14 interpretive panels for multiple sites in Grant Park.
Historic Oakland Foundation, Atlanta, GA
Working with Historic Oakland Foundation in 2022, the Curatorial Affairs unit and
students in KSU's Public History Program developed an exhibit focused on cemetery
workers for Oakland Cemetery's newly restored Bell Tower.
Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites
Working with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, State Parks and Historic
Sites Division, the Curatorial Affairs unit developed standardized printed site guides
for Georgia's 16 state historic sites.
Friends of Roosevelt's Little White House, Warm Springs, GA
Working with the Friends of Roosevelt's Little White House in 2022, the Curatorial Affairs unit and the Museum of History and Holocaust Education developed a traveling exhibit that explores the legislative and oratorical legacy of President Franklin Roosevelt.
The Trolley Barn, Atlanta, GA
Working with The Trolley Barn, the Atlanta and Edgewood Street Railway Company, and
the Inman Park Neighborhood Association in 2021, the Curatorial Affairs unit and students
in KSU's Public History Program developed a 12-panel exhibit exploring Atlanta's transportation
history at The Trolley Barn, a local landmark in the historic Inman Park neighborhood.
Jewish HomeLife, Atlanta, GA
Working with Jewish HomeLife in 2021, the Special Projects Team developed a 70th anniversary
exhibit for The William Breman Jewish Home.
Marietta City Schools, Marietta, GA
Working with Marietta City Schools starting in 2019, the Curatorial Affairs unit developed
exhibits at the school system's new central office and at the formerly segregated
Lemon Street Elementary School. The Curatorial Affairs unit coordinated the Lemon
Street Schools Oral History Collection, an oral history project with former students
and educators at Lemon Street Elementary School and Lemon Street High School. The
Curatorial Affairs unit worked with students in KSU's Public History Program to add
Lemon Street Elementary School to the National Register of Historic Places.
Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Marietta, GA
Working with Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church starting in 2024, the Department of Museums, Archives and Rare Books is developing the At the Grove: The History of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church multiphase exhibit exploring the history of the historically Black church for its 140th anniversary.
Cobb County Remembrance Coalition and Marietta History Center, Marietta, GA
Working with the Cobb Country Remembrance Coalition and Marietta History Center in 2025, the Curatorial Affairs unit developed the Forgotten No More: The Story of John Bailey鈥檚 Lynching exhibit to document the racial terror killing of John Bailey in Marietta in 1900.
Atlanta Technical College Foundation, Atlanta, GA
Working with the Atlanta Technical College Foundation in 2025, the Curatorial Affairs unit and students in the Public History program developed a Historic Structure Report for the 1867 Deckner House in Southwest Atlanta.
Town Center Community Alliance, Cobb County, GA
Working with Town Center Community Alliance starting in 2019, the Curatorial Affairs
unit developed a series of STEM and history-focused outdoor exhibits at Aviation Park,
a Town Center Community Alliance project located next to the Cobb County International
Airport. As part of the research process, the Curatorial Affairs unit is conducted
oral history interviews with local aviators and individuals involved in the development
of the airport including pilot and developer
Pickens Historical Society, Jasper, GA
Working with the Pickens Historical Society in 2019-2021, the Curatorial Affairs unit
and students in KSU's Public History Program developed exhibits in the Old Pickens
County Jail and the historic Kirby-Quinton Cabin in Jasper, Georgia. As part of the
project, the Pickens Historic Society's archival collection became part of the Kennesaw
State University Archives and Special Collections.
City of Acworth and the Save Acworth History Foundation, Acworth, GA
Working with the City of Acworth starting in 2010, the Curatorial Affairs unit, the
Department of Museums, Archives and Rare Books, and students in KSU's Public History
Program, developed four exhibits, including installations in Acworth's historically
Black Rosenwald School Community Center (2009), the Red Caboose (2010 and 2022), Acworth
Depot Park (2019), Doyal Hill Park (2020), and the site of the Old Acworth Hotel (2022).
The Doyal Hill Park exhibit resulted in the creation of the .
Downtown Development Authority, Historic Preservation Commission, Sans Souci Women's
Club, Adairsville, GA
Working with Adairsville鈥檚 Downtown Development Authority, the Historic Preservation Commission, and the Sans Souci Women鈥檚 Club in 2016-2017, the Department of Museums, Archives and Rare Books and students in KSU's Public History Program conducted the and developed a 40-panel exhibit and accompanying education programs for the Adairsville
Depot History Museum and Welcome Center.
Greek Life Museum, Suwanee, GA
Working with the Greek Life Museum in 2015, the Department of Museums, Archives and
Rare Books developed an exhibit exploring the history of the Chi Phi fraternity and
other Greek organizations for the William M. Byrd Chi Phi National Headquarters in
Suwanee, Georgia.
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