When

Monday, June 17, 2019 at 9:00 AM EDT
-to-
Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 12:00 AM EDT

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Where

Heritage Sandy Springs Museum 
6075 Sandy Springs Circle
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
 

 
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Contact

Keith Moore 
Heritage Sandy Springs 
404-851-9111 ext 2 
curator@heritagesandysprings.org 
 

American GirlŪ (and Boy)

Summer Camp 2019 

The popular American Girl (and Boy) Club Summer Camp returns for its fourth consecutive year! History comes to life as Heritage Sandy Springs Museum summer campers explore the past through games, historic simulations, performances, crafts, and hands-on activities through the unique historical perspectives of the American GirlŪ and Boy Dolls. For those who have attended our programs before, the summer camp sessions are all new, providing even more in-depth content, and even more interaction with historic period as we will spend an entire week with one doll! With fun new themes each week, campers enjoy a variety of immersive camp experiences all summer long. Choose between three week-long sessions in June and July. Each week of camp costs $300 for non-members, and $275 for members, which includes snacks and food! Space is limited, so register early. Best suited for ages 5-12.

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For those who have attended our programs before, the summer camp sessions are all new, providing even more in-depth content, and even more interaction with historic period as we will spend an entire week with one doll! With fun new themes each week, campers enjoy a variety of immersive camp experiences all summer long. 

Explore:

The transformational 1950s with Mary Ellen Larkin June 17th-June 21st

Explore the transformational decade of the 1950s with Mary Ellen Larkin. Having just brought our troops home from World War II, the 1950s were a period of drastic change as we quickly engaged in another conflict – The Cold War. In the age of sock hops, rock-n-roll, and television, this decade is remembered as one of the most nostalgic. Discover how the government reinvented expectations for women, and how daily life changed in the atomic age for every man, woman, and child!

The turbulent 1960s with Melody Ellison July 8th-July 12th

Discover the turbulent decade of the 1960s with Melody Ellison. The Civil Rights Movement is in full swing, Motown Music makes a groovy splash, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam takes the battle from the jungle to the cities, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life is cut tragically short, Apollo 8 begins the first U.S. mission to orbit the moon, the Summer Olympics are held in Mexico City, and the first Big Mac is sold. Melody takes us through it all as we learn about one of the most influential periods in American history!

The psychedelic 1970s with Julie Albright July 22nd-26th

Tour the psychedelic 1970s with Julie Albright. A decade of pivotal changes throughout the world – following the end of the postwar economic boom the Western world. Social progressive values that began in the 1960s, such as increasing political awareness and economic liberty of women, environmentalism, and the anti-war movement continued as American became increasingly frustrated with our attempted control of the world. Dive in to this exciting decade as we explore the hip times!