The Atlanta History Center on Wednesday opened a new photography exhibition featuring 75 rarely seen images from the 1996 Summer Olympics.
The exhibition, “Atlanta ‘96: A Summer Remembered,” runs through October 31 in the center’s DuBose Family Gallery. Many of the photographs were taken by AJC photographers and have never been publicly displayed.
“This was the moment Atlanta announced itself to the world,” said Atlanta History Center president Sheffield Hale. “We wanted to capture the joy, the spectacle, and the resilience of that summer.”
The exhibition includes images of Muhammad Ali lighting the cauldron, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team celebrating its gold medal, and the closing ceremony. A section also commemorates the victims of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing with portraits and oral histories.
Admission to the exhibition is included with general admission to the Atlanta History Center: $21 for adults, $18 for seniors, students, and children. Members are free.
The center is also hosting a related lecture series on Saturday mornings throughout the summer, featuring former Olympic athletes and journalists who covered the Games.
