Helen Arts & Heritage Center — Attraction in Helen

We love history and wanted to know how Helen, GA came to be a German town. We thought there would be a creative story of German families. Nope! We learned, the township, in 1969 wanted to win a contest!!!! They designed roofs so the plain concrete buildings were more true to the look of Germany, and the people dressed in costumes, winning that contest. I have to say, we were disappointed! The museum was interesting offering local artist work for sale. All in all, Helen has given us a much needed rest but we have experienced a lack of attention to detail where it matters most and the cheap American...

Full disclosure, I am a volunteer and an artist here. This is a great group of people, very friendly and welcoming. Prices for art are very reasonable. Half of the building is the Helen Historical Museum which explains what Helen used to be and has information about the annual Hot Air Balloon Race. The other half is a gallery and gift shop with local artists. The gallery and museum both change their displays several times a year to reflect current events. The Center has free classes for veterans with professional artists donating their time to give back to the veterans that have already...

We popped into this place by accident as we were strolling the streets of Helen, what luck! We were greeted immediately by the friendly team that works there, learned about the history of Helen, and then hit up the Gift Shop which was the highlight for me. We ended up purchasing 4 ceramic little sculptures made by the artists Jaymi Hampton (she calls them FNERs) and she was so lovely to talk to brought life to our little creatures. I highly...