On Friday, January 11 from noon-1p.m., the Georgia Archives’ Lunch and Learn program will feature “Antique Mechanical Music: Music Boxes, Street Organs and More” by Craig Darlak, collector and member of Automated Musical Instruments of America and the Music Box Society International and Carousel Organ Association of America.

Darlak is a private collector who enjoys sharing his collection. He is a retired law enforcement officer who started collecting at the age of 10 when he purchased an upright Victrola. He will bring approximately 50 different types of antique mechanical musical instruments to the Lunch and Learn from small instruments to large street organs.

Lunch and Learn Programs are free and open to the public and are sponsored by Friends of Georgia Archives and History (FOGAH). No registration is required.

The Georgia Archives is a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Georgia Archives identifies, collects, manages, preserves, provides access to, and publicizes records and information of Georgia and its people, and assists state and local government agencies with their records management. This work is done within the framework of the USG’s mission to create a more highly educated Georgia.

The Georgia Archives is located at 5800 Jonesboro Road in Morrow. For more information, call 678-364-3710.