Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking
The Main Gallery of the museum will be closed on Monday, June 23, 2025 from 1:30 - 3pm. We apprecitate your understanding.
The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking is an internationally renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology. In addition to more than 7,000 books, the museum features a remarkable collection of over 10,000 watermarks, papers, tools, machines, and manuscripts. The museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, increase, and disseminate knowledge about papermaking – past, present, and future.
The Museum features the Dard Hunter Collection of artifacts and books on paper and hand papermaking.
Located in the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech, the museum’s exhibits feature Hunter’s historic collection, tools from the early industrialization of papermaking, environmental issues related to papermaking, and changing gallery spaces.
- The Museum will be closed the following dates:
- Monday, May 26- Memorial Day
- Thursday, June 19 - Juneteenth
- Friday, July 4 - Independence Day
- Monday, September 1 - Labor Day
- Thursday and Friday, November 27 and 28 - Thanksgiving Break
- December 20 - January 4 - Winter break
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Location & Hours
Address:
500 10th St NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
Hours:
9:00 am -5:00 pm ET, Monday - Friday (the Museum is closed all Georgia Tech holidays)
The museum is free to the public for self guided visits during museum hours.
2025 closure dates:
May 26 - Memorial Day
June 19 - Juneteenth
July 4 - Independence Day
September 1 - Labor Day
November 26 and 27 - Thanksgiving Break
December 20 - January 4 - Winter Break
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Directions
The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking is located at 10th and Hemphill, on the main floor of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech, a large 5-story red brick building, located across the street from Rocky Mountain Pizza and Sublime Doughnuts. A large column with “Georgia Institute of Technology” stands at the corner of the property.
From the Airport or I-75/I-85 Northbound: exit at Exit 250 (Tenth Street - Fourteenth Street - Georgia Tech). Turn left at the exit light on Tenth Street. Go about 3⁄4 mile, crossing Hemphill Avenue. Turn LEFT into the first driveway. A small sign at the drive indicates the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking.
From I-75 or I-85 Southbound: I-75: take Exit 250 (Sixteenth Street - Fourteenth Street - Tenth Street), I-85 take Exit 84 (17th Street - 14th Street - 10th Street). Follow the signs south on Techwood Drive to Tenth Street. Take Tenth Street westbound (turn right). Go about 3⁄4 mile, crossing Hemphill Avenue. Turn LEFT into the first driveway. A small sign at the drive indicates the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking.
Parking
Two-hour parking is available in the lot in front of the museum. Download the Parkmobile app to pay. Parking is $2 per hour, plus a $0.35 transaction fee.
Please let us know in advance how many buses and other vehicles are coming so we can arrange parking passes for school groups. Large school buses should pull into the driveway and offload all students at the pedestrian crossing. Buses can then park in the lot. Buses should NOT attempt to drive around the fountain in the forecourt. Mini-buses, vans, and passenger vehicles may unload in the forecourt and then move vehicles to the parking lot.