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Spring has sprung! It’s time to load up the kids and investigate
some of the most noteworthy family outings our Northside has to offer. Activities guaranteed to enlighten, engage and educate your child.
The museum did a masterful job explaining that discrimination does not discriminate. My kids got the message: it can happen anytime, anywhere to anyone. We talked about what we’d learned the whole drive home. 5920 Roswell Road NE, Suite 209, 770-2061558, annefrankexhibitsandysprings.org
Fire Station 1 & Fire Museum ROSWELL Anne Frank In the World Exhibit SANDY SPRINGS THIS FREE MUSEUM is perfect for 3rd graders and up. The exhibit solidified what my kids had already learned in school, and offered a deeper understanding to Frank’s life and indomitable spirit. Program Director Sandra Craine started us out with a 28-minute film, a fantastic overview of the climate, culture and facts leading up to Frank’s fate. With that knowledge in place, the exhibit began by pushing open a swinging bookcase — a replica of the one which so cleverly concealed the family’s secret annex. The exhibit presents 600 amazing photographs, plus a recreation of Anne Frank’s hidden bedroom: chair, writing desk, wall posters. A room that could belong to any girl the world over. It’s a powerful tool.
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IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BOY obsessed with firemen, this outing is for him. The petite museum tucked inside the historic Wright Chevrolet building is easy to navigate. Vintage fire-fighting equipment, hats and old photographs tell the story. The star of the show is Roswell’s immaculate 1947 fire truck. It’s picture-perfect. Everything but the Dalmatian. We were shown the station by fireman Johnnie Martin. He let my kids feel, touch and sit in the modern-day trucks. “We can get someone out of a 7th-story window