This eclectic gallery features exhibits on the local Native American culture, the early gold mining industry of our state, some military history vignettes and influential local businesses.

Native Americans were plentiful in the Cobb County area when early Americans settled in Marietta . The gallery houses a collection of original pottery found in Cobb County , a unique collection of arrowheads (also called Bird Tips) and a rare bible dated 1860 written in the Cherokee language. The gallery also tells stories about the Trail of Tears, the directional markers used by the Indians called Thong Trees and about a significant leader of the Cherokee Indians called Sequoyah.

America's first Gold Rush occurred in Dahlonega , Georgia in 1828 when Benjamin Parks hit his toe on a gold nugget while deer hunting in the North Georgia Mountains. Our smallest visitors enjoy the interactive display where a spotlight is used to reveal gold in an otherwise nondescript rock.

A genuine Kluge Printing Press circa 1938, Brumby Chair Company tools from the 1890s and a Telephone Operator's Switchboard used in the 1950s are just a few of the many remembrances of important local businesses visitors can see in the Local History Gallery. Some of these companies that began operating in the 1800s are still around today.