Millennium Gate

Millennium Gate Museum
The Millennium Gate Museum
General information
Type	Triumphal arch Art museum
Location	Atlanta, United States
Construction started	2005
Completed	2008
Design and construction
Architect	Hugh Petter Rodney Cook Jr.

The Millennium Gate Museum (also known as The Gate) is a triumphal arch and Georgia history museum located in Atlanta, on 17th Street in the Atlantic Station district of Midtown. Based on the Arch of Titus, the monument celebrates peaceful accomplishment, with special attention paid to Georgia's history and people. As of 2011, it is the largest classical monument to have been dedicated since completion of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. The arch inscription reads, in Latin: “This American monument was built to commemorate all peaceful accomplishment since the birth of Jesus Christ in the year of our Lord, MM."

An international competition was sponsored by Richard Driehaus of Chicago, founder of Driehaus Capital Management. 10 winners were selected and a charette was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The winners were Lisa Bergman (United States), Marianne Cusato (United States), Anton Glikin (Russia), Shelly Hoenle (United States), Abdul Muzikir (United States), Silvia Neri (Italy), Daniel Parolek (United States), Milan Petkovic (Czech Republic), Joseph Smith (United States), and Luis Pedro Vasquez-Lobos (Guatemala). The judges were Michael Dennis (MIT), Léon Krier (the Prince of Wales Institute), Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (University of Miami), Robert A. M. Stern (Yale University), and William Westfall (University of Notre Dame). Hugh Petter of ADAM Architecture, London was commissioned by the National Monuments Foundation to work with National Monuments Foundation president, Rodney Mims Cook, Jr., to develop the Driehaus Charette concepts into the final architectural design. CollinsCooperCarusi, Atlanta were the architects of record. Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill was the curator of the period rooms. Tunnell and Tunnell were the landscape architects. The design is embellished with sculptural allegory by British sculptor Alexander Stoddart, telling the story of peaceful accomplishment of the last 2000 years. His Peace and Justice Gates flanking the arch were given the 2006 Palladio Prize for best American design of a public space.