Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

Welcome to the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is part of the Presidential Library system administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, a Federal government agency.

News & Announcements

NOW OPEN!!! "Industrial Scars: The Photography of J Henry Fair" - Saturday, July 14, 2012 through Sunday, October 14, 2012 - Industrial Scars is an aesthetic look at some of our most egregious injuries to the system that sustains us in hopes that the viewer will come away with an innate understanding of her complicity and a will to make a difference.
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MUSEUM DOCENT-Share the American Presidency Experience!!!!! - Become part of a vibrant team of individuals as a museum tour guide at the Jimmy Carter Library! Volunteers are being recruited to conduct guided tours for students and adults.
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CELEBRATE CONSTITUTION DAY, September 17, 2012 - The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library invites teachers of students grades 3 to 7 to participate in a role playing performance featuring storyteller Cathy Kaemmerlen’s "Let’s Keep It A Secret", a “behind the scenes” account of the writing of the US Constitution.
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NEW CURRICULUM!!! - The President's Travels - The President's Travels is NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD: 19 Units, covering grades 2 - 12, all GPS-correlated, based on primary sources from our holdings, and covering a breadth of content areas: Geography, U. S. History, Civics, Energy & Environment, Human Rights, U. S. Foreign Policy, Science & Health, Current Events, the Middle-East, Segregation & Civil Rights, even Character Education
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PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES DEBUT NEW PASSPORT PROGRAM!!! - The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and the National Archives announce a new visitor program, “Passport to Presidential Libraries,” that gives visitors an opportunity to purchase a special keepsake booklet they can take with them on their travels to Presidential Libraries across the nation.
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NEW FIELD TRIP SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM!!!! - The Jimmy Carter Library & Museum and the Coca-Cola Foundation have generously established funding for the Carter Library to provide transportation funds for Georgia schools to use when bringing students to our newly-renovated museum for educational activities.
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THE CARTER CHRONICLE - NEW - Volume 2, Issue 3 of "The Carter Chronicle," the quarterly newsletter of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum is now available online.
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Exhibits & Events

Michael Morris - "Man In The Blue Moon" - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 7:00pm - Lecture/Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

Michael Morris "has crafted a magical and mesmerizing page-turner rooted in hardscrabble Florida during WWI, based in part on a true family story.," according to Publishers Weekly. "Morris’s narrative is subtle and supple, with overtones of the wry Southernisms of Flannery O’Connor, the rural Florida backdrop of Their Eyes Were Watching God, and a good helping of powerful and mysterious faith. Book clubs should devour this rich, carefully observed mix of characters, time, and place." Joining Morris will be author Robert Leleux. more...
Junot Diaz - "This Is How You Lose Her" - Friday, September 21, 2012 at 7:00pm - Reading/Book Signing - Carter Center Day Chapel/TICKETS REQUIRED/Tickets Available August 15, 2012 online at Acappellabooks.com. See Events Page For More Details

Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Junot Diaz is back with his first new book in five years, a collection of short stories that focus on how love twists and turns us around. The stories in this book, turns hilarious and devastating, raucous and tender, lay bare the infinite longing and inevitable weaknesses of our all-too-human hearts. They capture the heat of new passion, the recklessness with which we betray what we most treasure, and the torture we go through. more...
Jeffrey Toobin - "The Oath, The Obama White House vs. the Supreme Court" - Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 7:00pm - Reading/Book Signing - Carter Center Day Chapel- Co-sponsored by "The Harvard Club of Georgia"-Free & Open to the Public

From the prize-winning author of The Nine, "THE OATH" (on-sale 9/18) is a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama Administration. more...
William Chafe - "Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal” - Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 7:00pm - Reading/Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater- Free & Open to the Public

Having written widely on civil rights and women’s history, William Chafe brings the themes of all his scholarship together in this book about the Clintons’ “co-presidency,” two people committed to both sex and race equality. more...
Cliff Graubart - "Sammy Levitt and Other Stories" - Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 7:00pm - Reading/Book Signing - Carter Center Day Chapel/TICKETS REQUIRED/Tickets Available August 15, 2012 online at Acappellabooks.com. See Events Page For More Details

Author Cliff Graubart is joined by Pat Conroy and Terry Kay for a celebration of Graubart's first novel, "Sammy Levitt and Other Stories". more...
Larry Berman - "Zumwalt: The Life and Times of Admiral Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt, Jr." - Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 7:00pm - Reading/Book Signing -Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

"Zumwalt" is a compelling portrait of the controversial admiral widely regarded as the founder of the modern Navy, implementing major strategic innovations that endure to this day, especially in his campaign against racism and sexism throughout the fleet-a portrait of leadership that is essential for our time. more...
Ira Shapiro - “The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis” - Monday, October 15, 2012 at 7:00pm - Reading/Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

Ira Shapiro spent 12 years working for Senators Gaylord Nelson, Abraham Ribicoff, Thomas Eagleton, Robert Byrd, and Jay Rockefeller. "The Last Great Senate" is his vivid portrait of the statesmen who helped steer America during the crisis years of the late 1970s, transcending partisanship and overcoming procedural roadblocks that have all but strangled the Senate since their departure. more...
David Holmes- "The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents" - Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 7:00pm - Reading/Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater- Free & Open to the Public

His new book takes an in-depth look at the role of faith in the lives of the twelve presidents who served after World War II. Holmes examines not only the beliefs professed by each president, but how those beliefs may have influenced policy decisions on controversial issues. more...
Jon Meacham - “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” - Monday, November 19, 2012 at 7:00pm - Reading/Book Signing - Carter Center Day Chapel - Ticketing Details Coming Soon

THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT...TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ACAPPELLA BOOKS & WILL INCLUDE A COPY OF THE BOOK. DETAILS COMING SOON. "This terrific book allows us to see the political genius of Thomas Jefferson better than we have ever seen it before. In these endlessly fascinating pages, Jefferson emerges with such vitality that it seems as if he might still be alive today."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals more...
Kevin Phillips - "1775: A Good Year for a Revolution” - Friday, November 30, 2012 at 7:00pm - Reading/Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

In 1775, iconoclastic historian and bestselling author Kevin Phillips punctures the myth that 1776 was the watershed year of the American Revolution. more...
BOOK NOOK / Preschool Visitors Monday - WILL RESUME JUNE 2013 - Storytelling & Safari - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Lobby - Free & Open to the Public

On select Mondays, Jimmy Carter Library staff and volunteers will read from a selection of story books in our library and conduct an outdoor Garden Safari. Best for ages 2-5. more...