Atlanta: Atlanta Historical Museum

Yellow railroad caboose in front of bring building with Atlanta sign.
Yellow biplane saying Queen Bess 2805 inside a wooden building

Replica of Bessie Coleman’s airplane in museum exhibit

Photographs of Bessie Coleman and woman’s aviator uniform in a glass case

Bessie Coleman exhibit at Atlanta Historical Museum

Photograph of Bessie Coleman wearing a leather helmet with goggles

Bessie Coleman (National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)

Bessie Coleman in uniform in front of a radio

Studio pose of Bessie Coleman with radio, 1925. (New York Public Library)

Bessie Coleman’s pilot license issued in France in 1921

Bessie Coleman pilot’s license in 1921 from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Bessie Coleman standing on the wheel of her biplane

Bessie Coleman and her plane in 1922.

Housed in the historic Texas and Pacific Railroad Depot, the Atlanta Historical Museum showcases the community’s history with a special emphasis on child-friendly exhibits, which makes this a great stop for traveling families. Both a scale model of a Curtiss Jenny bi-wing plane, the centerpiece of the museum, and a display honor the town’s most famous citizen, the pioneering African American pilot Bessie Coleman.

Atlanta Historical Museum

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