Cartersville II: Art and Indian Mounds
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Travel to Cartersville to see the Etowah Indian Mounds, where Native Americans developed
a high level of artistry and craftsmanship, built a ceremonial complex of ritual and
burial mounds, hunted, farmed, fished, and controlled trade along the Etowah River.
After lunch, visit the Booth Western Art Museum, where guests are invited to see
America’s Story through contemporary Western artwork.The Etowah Indian Mounds is home to several thousand Native Americans between 1000 A.D. to 1550 A.D. The 54-acre site contains six earthen mounds, a plaza, village area, borrow pits and a defensive ditch. This is the most intact Mississippian culture site in the southeastern United States. The mounds will require a small amount of outdoor walking; All-Terrain Georgia Action Track Chair may be available.
The Booth Western Art Museum, in association with the Smithsonian Institution, contains 120,000 square feet of space displaying contemporary Western artwork, a Presidential Gallery, and an interactive children’s gallery. Open since August 2003, Booth Museum is the only museum of its kind in the Southeast and was named 2020, 2021 and 2022 USA Today’s 10Best Peoples’ Choice Award for best art museum in the country.
$140 per person (cost includes luxury motorcoach transportation, museum entry, and lunch).
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