APEX Museum

The building was built in 1910 and originally housed the Atlanta Book Depository before being turned into a tire warehouse during the 1970s.

[3] The APEX Museum was founded in 1978 by the filmmaker Dan Moore Sr.[4][5] The E. R. Mitchell Construction company was responsible for renovation and restoration of the building, after which the APEX Museum moved in; it has been operating continuously in the same space since its founding.

[3] The APEX Museum now an important part of the African-American historic and cultural center of Sweet Auburn.

[6][7][8] It is located next to the Auburn Avenue Research Library and near a variety of African-American museums, businesses and historic sites.

[9][10][11] The APEX Museum is listed as a site on the U. S. Civil Rights Trail.