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The Wren's Nest Atlanta's oldest house museum • Historic West End home of Joel Chandler Harris • cultural center, house museum, and National Historic Landmark
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The birthplace of the American illustrated storybook and historic home of Joel Chandler Harris in Atlanta's Historic West End Neighborhood, The Wren’s Nest is a cultural center that promotes literacy and celebrates the stories from African and Indigenous folklore. By preserving the heritage of African and Indigenous folklore through public storytelling, tours, student publishing, concerts, a free book program, and events, The Wren’s Nest serves as an educational resource for the community, the greater Atlanta area, and visitors from around the world.

Did you know, this Sunday is Atlanta Streets Alive down Ralph David Abernathy and we have some festive fun planned! You ...
10/13/2026

Did you know, this Sunday is Atlanta Streets Alive down Ralph David Abernathy and we have some festive fun planned! You will find a yard sale full of vampiric values (even a faux coffin for sale), mini "spooky" house tours for a small donation AND pumpkin porch portraits, again for a small donation. So come on by and grab the Halloween spirit as well as some eerily inexpensive toys, household items and rundown stuff from our basement. See you there! 👻 🎃 ⚰ 🦇

Today we had a visit from a very special guest who may know more about particular aspects of Brer Rabbit's history that ...
10/12/2026

Today we had a visit from a very special guest who may know more about particular aspects of Brer Rabbit's history that WE do! Maia who is a student at Furman University came by to interview our museum administrator Rebekah and video tape a storytelling performance from Deborah Strahorn, one of the Kuumba Do-Tell Wren's Nest Ramblers for a class she is taking. SO much fun to talk to a young person who is such a fan of all the stories we tell. She hopes to work for Imagineering someday, maybe she will help us unlock access to Song of the South for our dream of a screening and panel discussion. Thanks Maia for being a super fan!

Last week we had a lovely group of students from Spelman College come visit the Nest as part of a course on Folklore and...
10/08/2026

Last week we had a lovely group of students from Spelman College come visit the Nest as part of a course on Folklore and African American Literature they were taking. They got a performance from Gwendolyn Napier followed by a tour with the main writer of our new script, Jim Auchmutey. Great questions from the group and interesting to see our story thought their lens. Thanks for coming!

With the recent storms, we are extra grateful for the grant from The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation that made o...
10/07/2026

With the recent storms, we are extra grateful for the grant from The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation that made our much needed roof repairs possible! 🥰❤🥰

10/07/2026

CALLING ALL COOL KIDS. 😎

We’re walking, riding, and rolling on October 18 from West End to Grant Park. All ages welcome! 🚲💛

View the full route and activities on the interactive map on our website. 🗺️

Always like sharing new books for kids!
10/07/2026

Always like sharing new books for kids!

Book Birthdays:

🎉🙌🏿Happy October 6th 🙌🏿🎉

📖AMARA VISITS THE LIBRARY by JaNay Brown-Wood, Samara Hardy, and Peachtree

📖THE WATER PRINCESS BUILDS A WELL by Susan Verde, Georgie Badiel, Peter H. Reynolds, and G.P. Putnam's Sons BYR

📖DELE AND AMINATA’S JOLLOF WAR by Yewande Daniel-Ayoade, Bri Marie McNish, and Owlkids

📖A CHRISTMAS FULL OF POETRY by Joseph Coelho, Deborah Adachi, et al., and Wide Eyed Editions

📖THE TWELVE DAYS OF JAMAICAN CHRISTMAS by Zalika Reid-Benta, Mariyah Rahman, and Tundra Books

📖THAT BEAUTIFUL MIND by Tami Charles, Chris Charles, Nikkolas Smith, and Orchard Books

📖ONWARD, WE MARCHED by Erica Martin, Alleanna Harris, and Penguin/Flamingo

📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here:
https://bookshop.org/lists/2026-new-releases-by-black-authors


📚BCBA is a 501(c)3 . Our mission is to promote awareness of children’s and young adult literature by

👏🏿Congrats to all!

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What a lovely crisp day! Leaves are blowing, seasons are changing...but one thing that doesn't change is the dynamic sto...
10/06/2026

What a lovely crisp day! Leaves are blowing, seasons are changing...but one thing that doesn't change is the dynamic storytelling of Christine Arinze! This Sat she will be at the Nest spinning tales and "sashaying" across the room as she likes to do in one of her Brer Rabbit tales. If you don't know what a sashay is, well...come on down!

Not trying to be-big ourselves, (as opposed to belittle), but one of our board members Reid Laurens grabbed some great s...
10/05/2026

Not trying to be-big ourselves, (as opposed to belittle), but one of our board members Reid Laurens grabbed some great shots from above as we were walking in the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade and they do capture some of the warmth, joy and inclusive vibe. Even got a shot with the Dolly Lantern- what a fun night!

We made the list of "Most Unusual Museums Near ATL" along with two of our good friends, APEX Museum and Center for Puppe...
10/05/2026

We made the list of "Most Unusual Museums Near ATL" along with two of our good friends, APEX Museum and Center for Puppetry Arts! Thanks Atlanta Mom for the shout out - I'd say it's kind of baked into us to be "unusual", just like our history, origin story and Brer Rabbit himself- we were "born an bred in the briar patch!"

Explore 12 unusual museums near Atlanta, from puppets and public health to optical illusions, trap music, race cars, and vintage artifacts.

Address

1050 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard SW
Atlanta, GA
30310

Opening Hours

11am - 4pm

Telephone

+14047537735

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