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Permanent Installations
Statues & Monuments
The museum houses a remarkable collection of bronze statues and stone monuments that celebrate pivotal figures and moments in global and local history.
01
Human Rights · 2023
Statue of Cyrus the Great - Stan Mullins and Bradford Jorgensen
Commemorating the author of the world's first universal declaration of human rights, dedicated by Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah of Iran.
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02
Ancient Wonder
Statue of Zeus at Olympia - Stratasys and Kennesaw State University; Stan Mullins for finishing
A 3D-printed recreation of the lost wonder, originally made of wood, ivory, and gold — lost in a fire at the Palace of Lausus.
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03
Heroism · Stan Mullins
Hungarian Freedom Fighter - Stan Mullins
In honor of the fighters of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, inspired by Erika Szeles, a 15-year-old nurse and freedom fighter.
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04
Colonial History
Chief Tomochichi - Stan Mullins
Co-founder of Georgia who welcomed General Oglethorpe and the original colonists with peace and diplomacy in 1733.
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05
Civic Virtue · Alexander Stoddart
Peace & Justice Gates - Alexander Stoddart
Classical bronzes of Dike (Justice) and Eirene (Peace) — daughters of Zeus and Themis — standing as eternal guardians of civic values.
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06
Literature & Liberty
Bust of José Martí - Alejandro Aguilera
A tribute to the Apostle of Cuban Independence — poet, philosopher, and political theorist who united his nation.
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07
Vietnam Veterans
Tribble Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association
Atlanta's Vietnam Veterans Memorial monuments and decorations, honoring those who served and the fallen.
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08
Presidential · Martin Dawe
Abraham Lincoln - Martin Dawe
Commemorating the 16th President. Georgia's role in his 1864 re-election was pivotal, secured by Sherman's Atlanta campaign.
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Founding Father · George Kelly
George Washington - George Kelly
A bronze bust commemorating the first President's deep affinity for the state of Georgia and the city of Savannah.
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Featured Sculptor
Frederick Hart
An enlargement of the central figure of a monumental work by the august American sculptor Frederick Hart. Hart gifted this maquette to his friend Rodney Mims Cook, Jr. of the National Monuments Foundation, intending a proposed 14-foot work to be built in Atlanta.
Hart is most celebrated for the Vietnam Memorial soldier group at the Maya Lin wall, the National Cathedral central doorway tympanum, and President Jimmy Carter on the State Capitol Grounds in Atlanta.
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