Millennium Gate Museum

On April 21st, the National Monuments Foundation, in conjunction with the City of Atlanta, installed a statue of the late Congressman John Lewis at Rodney Cook, Sr. Park. The statue, created by sculptor Gregory Johnson, honors the life and legacy of Congressman Lewis, a pivotal leader of the civil rights movement. Congressman Lewis was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 5th congressional district, which includes most of Atlanta, in 1987, and served 17 ter...ms in the legislature before his death on July 17, 2020, and as the longest-serving member of Georgia’s House delegates would serve as the Dean of the Georgia delegation. In recognition of his long and distinguished career as a statesman and his passionate crusade for peace and civil rights, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2011. Congressman Lewis’s statue is the first of 18 statues honoring Georgian leaders in peace and civil rights to be installed at the park, the narrative of which commemorates a 300-year tradition of peace in this state. See more

IN OUR OWN WORDS: Rodney Mims Cook Jr. is the founder and president of the National Monuments Foundation, which designed and built the Millennium Gate Museum at... Atlantic Station. As a founding trustee of the Prince of Wales’ Foundation for Architecture, he helped organize the design and construction of the Prince’s Olympic Games Monument in Atlanta. His father, Rodney Mims Cook Sr., was a Republican state representative and Atlanta alderman. https://www.artsatl.org/in-our-own-words-rodney-mims-cook-/

In recent weeks, our country has lost two great Civil Rights Leaders - CT Vivian and John Lewis. The State of Georgia honored both men, CT Vivian last week and John Lewis this week, with both lying in state at the Georgia Capitol. The National Monuments Foundation has sent out emails in remembrance of both men, as well as sharing how we plan to honor both their legacies at Rodney Cook Sr. Park at Historic Vine City... Our recent newsletters are shared at the links below. Honoring the Freedom Fighter Dr. CT Vivian - https://mailchi.mp//honoring-the-freedom-fighter-dr-ct-viv CT Vivian Lies in State - https://mailchi.mp//video-recap-georgia-honors-rev-ct-vivi Remembering Representative John Lewis - https://mailchi.mp/th/remembering-representative-john-lewis

For today's #FieldTripFriday please join us on this look back at the I-Hsiung Ju Exhibition that was held at the Millennium Gate Museum in 2018, which we revisited for Field Trip Friday a few weeks ago. The "Chinese Master Artist I-Hsiung Ju" exhibition was on display at the Millennium Gate Museum from July to October 2015. I-Hsiung Ju was born in 1923 in Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China. He is considered one of a few artists able to blend two worlds of style, technique, and idiom t...o produce a unique form of painting that is both modern and traditionally Asian. This exhibit toured Georgia as well, with the exhibit being shown both at the Millennium Gate Museum and the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. This week's video features I-Hsiung Ju painting a series of orchids. His talent and technique are on display here during these filmed paintings. Please enjoy! This video was shown at the Millennium Gate Museum during the 2015 exhibition titled "Chinese Master Artist I-Hsiung Ju" and is being hosted on the Millennium Gate's YouTube account for educational purposes with express permission from the Ju family. All rights reserved. For those who may be interested, we still have some items from this special exhibition available in our gift shop! We have several sets of postcards with prints of I-Hsiung Ju's artwork on them. These are available as individual cards ($3), or as a mixed set of 4 ($10). We also have 1 packaged set of 16 cards still available ($40). In addition, we also have copies of the book "I-Hsiung Ju's Landscape Paintings, Book II" available for purchase ($15). If you are interested in any of these items from our special exhibit on I-Hsiung Ju, please either send us a message on Facebook, or give us a call at 404-881-0900. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cZYZjirPpY

In honor of both #FieldTripFriday and the 4th of July, we're sharing with you today a video that features both an Introduction to the Millennium Gate Museum, and footage from our Grand Opening back in 2008!! The Millennium Gate Museum was dedicated on July 4th, 2008 with a grand celebration, complete with a parade down 17th Street! The day was marked by people gathering together, enjoying music, and fireworks. This year, the 4th of July looks very different, but we hope that you enjoy this video and have fond memories of your own 4th of July celebrations! Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July weekend! Stay safe and healthy, and we look forward to welcoming guests back to the Millennium Gate Museum! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXam9nvfUKo&t

We have received several inquiries this week in regard to our reopening. At this time, the Millennium Gate Museum is still closed to the public due to COVID-19. We are in the process of finalizing a reopening date and our policies and procedures we will be implementing in order to keep our visitors and staff healthy and safe. We will share online our reopening date once it has been finalized.

For this week's #FieldTripFriday we wanted to invite people back to the Groundbreaking Ceremony for Rodney Cook Sr. Park. Rodney Cook Sr. Park is a proposed 16-acre neighborhood park in Atlanta’s historic Vine City neighborhood now underway. The project represents a collaboration between the City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation, the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, The National Monuments Foundation, The Trust for Public Land (TPL), City of At...lanta Mayor’s Office and the community. Within the park will be the Georgia Peace Column, a 115-foot tall building topped by a statue of Chief Tomochichi of the Yamacraw Tribe, considered Georgia’s co-founder with General James Oglethorpe. Tomochichi chose peace rather than massacre the British colonists, thereby beginning our state’s 300-year tradition of peace. The base of the Peace column will house a museum dedicated to Georgia peacemakers, THE ATLANTA WAY, and the Civil Rights Movement, which came from this community. The 8,000 volume C.T. Vivian Library (a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, the nation’s highest award), which contains one of the largest collections of works by African American authors going back to the 18th century, will be within the Peace Column alongside the Martin Luther King Family 3,000 volume library. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF0uyUZhVu0

Welcome back to #FieldTripFriday with the Millennium Gate Museum! This week, we're pleased to share a video from 11Alive highlighting the Millennium Gate Museum! We were so glad to welcome Crash to the museum, and look forward to being able to open up and welcome people again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKaCXPhdN58&feature=youtu.be

The mission of the National Monuments Foundation is to create beautiful self-sustaining destination landmarks of national and historical relevance, as well as Peace centers for cultural, civic, and social activism for communities around the world. Now, more than ever, this mission resonates with current events in our country and the world. As an organization, we are saddened and angered by recent events. We are listening and learning from our friends, and doing our part to us...Continue reading

Happy #FieldTripFriday once again! This week we're sharing a video that is shown in one of our special galleries. The Bodmer-Hanna Papyri XIV and XV are on display in the Millennium Gate Museum. They were purchased for the Vatican by Georgia native, Frank Hanna, at the request of Pope John Paul II. These papyri contain the oldest written texts of the Lord’s Prayer, 2nd century. Watch this video to learn more about this document and its history! Once we have reopened, please j...oin us at the museum to view this, and other parts of our collection, in person! Watch the video in this post, or visit our Youtube page - https://youtu.be/bhoD0KUfUjw We’re excited to partner with local museums and attractions to bring you Atlanta’s best online content at https://atlantamuseumsathome.org. Please check out what our partners have to offer, too! The Breman Museum Center for Puppetry Arts College Football Hall of Fame Children's Museum of Atlanta Fernbank Museum Michael C. Carlos Museum Trees Atlanta The Wren's Nest Zoo Atlanta #nationalmonumentsfoundation #millenniumgatemuseum #atlanta #exploreATL #discoverATL #atlantamuseum #georgia #atlanticstation #atlantahistorycenter #bremanmuseum #chickfilacollegefootballhalloffame #collegefootballhalloffame #fernbankmuseum #highmuseumofart #carlosmuseum #nationalcenterforcivilandhumanrights #worldofcocacola #wrensnest #zooatlanta

Happy #FieldTripFriday and welcome to Episode 3 of Millennium Gate Shorts! Join Richard in the museum today and learn about an important, but forgotten by some, Georgia figure - Robert Castell, and the impact he had on the founding of the colony of Georgia! We’re excited to partner with local museums and attractions to bring you Atlanta’s best online content at https://atlantamuseumsathome.org. Please check out what our partners have to offer, too! The Breman Museum Center f...or Puppetry Arts College Football Hall of Fame Children's Museum of Atlanta Fernbank Museum Michael C. Carlos Museum Trees Atlanta The Wren's Nest Zoo Atlanta #nationalmonumentsfoundation #millenniumgatemuseum #atlanta #exploreATL #discoverATL #atlantamuseum #georgia #atlanticstation #atlantahistorycenter #bremanmuseum #chickfilacollegefootballhalloffame #collegefootballhalloffame #fernbankmuseum #highmuseumofart #carlosmuseum #nationalcenterforcivilandhumanrights #worldofcocacola #wrensnest #zooatlanta

Welcome to another #FieldTripFriday and Episode 2 of our #MillenniumGateShorts Join Richard at the Millennium Gate Museum and learn about the Girl Scouts of America. Did you know that the sellers of your favorite cookies were founded right here in Georgia? #nationalmonumentsfoundation #millenniumgatemuseum #atlanta #exploreATL #discoverATL #atlantamuseum #georgia #atlantamuseumsathome #fieldtripfriday #atlanticsteel #atlantahistory #virtualtour #atlanticstation #atlantahistorycenter #bremanmuseum #chickfilacollegefootballhalloffame #collegefootballhalloffame #fernbankmuseum #highmuseumofart #carlosmuseum #nationalcenterforcivilandhumanrights #worldofcocacola #wrensnest #zooatlanta