Past Programs

Become a volunteer docent with the DeKalb History Center

Learn about the major role African Americans played in the culinary history of Atlanta

Learn how to research your genealogy in DeKalb County

Come and learn about the Jazz Age in the South

Learn how to research your historic home or property

Ring in 2020 with a roaring 1920s-themed New Year’s Eve bash

Learn about the turning points in U.S. immigration policy and their impacts

Get to know residents who helped make Atlanta what it is today

Donate to help the archives today

Learn the origin stories of Georgia’s most interesting place-names

Lyon Farm Restoration with Arabia Mountain Heritage Area

Member Only Tour and Picnic

Tour Decatur’s historic homes and buildings

Explore the history of Atlanta during Prohibition

Join DHC as we recount the spooky history of the building

Linton C. Hopkins talks about: East Lake – Where Bobby Learned to Play

Chip Davidson, III, and the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve

Explore the most diverse square mile in America—Clarkston!