The Atlanta cyclorama is a 358’ painting on linen (no photos allowed) that has been hung to form a cylinder. The audience sits in the middle on a slowly rotating theater platform and experiences the Battle of Atlanta from a vantage point at the center of all of the action. The painting, which was the work of German cyclorama painters, was completed in 1886. The 128 plaster foreground figures were added in the 1930s as part of the Work Progress Administration to provide jobs for artists during the depression. The Civil War museum is fairly small with many Civil War era photographs, information about the painting and a display about the Texas, a steam locomotive used to chase down another train that the Union troops were using as they destroyed the train tracks leading to Atlanta.
The museum is accessible. Visitors in wheelchairs must use a lift to access the rotating platform. Seating is in the front of the theater with an excellent view. Other members of the party are supplied with folding chairs.
The cyclorama is in the middle of Grant Park. Of the two parking lots, the one on east side is larger and may be best if you want to park a RV but the path down to the cyclorama is fairly steep. The west side lot has a better path but may be too crowded for RVs. Cyclorama
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