$100 Million Museum Proposed for Downtown Atlanta

A new high-tech museum is being discussed for Atlanta.

FutureVerse would “transform learning and showcase Georgia’s and America’s most advanced technologies which will protect our planet and benefit mankind,” according to a news release.

With an estimated cost of $100 million, the museum designed by Atlanta-based architecture firm Cooper Carry is proposed for Downtown Atlanta, but no site has been selected yet. This would be the first major new attraction to open in the city in nearly 20 years, according to the news release.

The museum would feature six “Future Galleries,” including galleries focused on health, transportation, Earth, tech, art and play. It would also feature a technology accelerator called the Futures Lab, allowing visitors to “quickly crowdsource solutions to complex global challenges in sustainability and healthcare.”

“We’d love to be open in 2028,” President and Chief Creative Officer David Wynett told What Now Atlanta . “That’s an aggressive timeline, but we’ve got so much excitement around this, so we’re shooting for that.”

The board of advisors for FutureVerse includes Dr. Scott Boden , Chief Strategy Officer for Emory Healthcare and Woodruff Health Science Center; Bert Reeves , Vice President of Institute Relations at Georgia Tech; Nick Place , Dean of University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences; Kyle Reis , President and CEO of Cooper Carry; and Joel Bush , Partner at Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton.

FutureVerse is also supported by educators including Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice , President and Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine, and Richard Phillips , Dean of GSU’s Robinson College of Business.

FutureVerse is engaging with potential sponsors and actively raising capital. Results of a feasibility study project an annual visitation of more than 1.2 million people and an inaugural revenue of $50 million.

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