National Center for Civil and Human Rights to close for majority of 2025 during new facility expansions

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Jan. 30, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This story was updated on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 2:41 p.m.

Beginning next month, the National Center of Civil and Human Rights will close its doors for most of 2025 to continue construction on a new 24,000-square-foot expansion.

The expansion project, which began in March of this year, will offer classrooms, additional exhibits and event spaces alongside the museum’s current attractions. The museum will remain open through Dec. 31, then close from January to August 2025.