What better way to spend the holiday season with your family than to dive head first into Atlanta’s cultural scene. The city offers a wide range of exhibits and educational tours and activities that are sure to satisfy your family’s appetite for learning. Here are a few suggestions to help jump-start your journey.

Niki in the Garden Where: Atlanta Botanical Garden 1345 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta. 404-876-5859. When: Through Dec. 31 Hours: Tues.-Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: Adults, $12; children, $7; under 3, free

Sneak Peak: Here’s one last chance to see the amazing artwork of Niki de Saint Phalle. Find enormous colorful animals, mythical figures, totems and sports heroes decorated with mirrors, glass and semiprecious stones throughout the garden. Kids can sit in and climb on some sculptures and find secret passageways to crawl through in others.

Imperial Rome Where: Fernbank Museum of Natural History 767 Clifton Rd., Atlanta. 404-929-6400. When: Through Jan. 3 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. Admission: Adults, $12; children 3-12, $10; under 3, free.

Sneak Peak: With the help of the animated characters Lucy and Mark, interesting exhibits and 450 artifacts, kids can explore Roman history and see how powerful emperors and common citizens lived during the city’s glory days. Education Alley offers weekend activities for kids, including: books, crafts, Roman costumes and photo opportunities, games and building blocks to build their own Coliseum.

TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition Where: Atlanta Civic Center 395 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta. 866-640-0303 When: Through June 2 Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Fri-Sun. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Admission: Adults, $20; children 5-12, $16; children under 5, free. Audio tours, add $5.

Sneak Peak: Receive a reproduction boarding pass aboard the most famous ship in history. Experience firsthand through extensive room re-creations, compelling stories and more than 300 artifacts what happened the fateful night the world’s largest luxury ship collided with an iceberg. Kids will love seeing and touching a three-ton section of the ship’s hull against a simulated iceberg.

Louvre Atlanta Where: The High Museum of Art 1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta. 404-733-4444 When: Through Oct. 2009 Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m.; Toddler Thursdays (Dec. 7, 14, 21) 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission: Adults, $15; children 6-17, $10; under 6, free.

Sneak Peak: Year One’s special displays and presentations highlight paintings, sculptures, antiquities, drawings and decorative arts from the Louvre’s Kings of France collection in Paris. Audio tours help guide older kids through the different exhibits, and select Toddler Thursdays in the Green Family Learning Center offer Louvre fun for kids ages 2-4. Toddlers and parents can make their own masterpieces with clay or stained glass.

Anne Frank in the World Where: Old Courthouse on the Square 101 E. Court St., Decatur. 678-839-6281 When: From Dec. 12 to Dec. 2009 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admission: Free

Sneak Peak: Celebrate the history and story of Anne Frank through more than 600 photographs and 8,000 words of text. Follow her early life in Germany to eventual exile and hiding in the Netherlands to escape the horrors of the Third Reich. Kids can see a short film of her life, other students’ artwork, professional sculptures and virtual tours. They can even see a life-size replica of the house and room where Anne and her family hid undetected for two years until they were finally discovered and sent to Nazi death camps.