There is a new exhibit at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum and we invite you to come visit us! Ever since Zachary Taylor and the Whig Party won the White House more than 150 years ago, AP reporters and photographers have been the dominant source of presidential news for media across the U.S. [...]

The National Archives would like to welcome you to one of its latest social media ventures. Presidential Libraries are now on Pinterest! “Pinterest is a content sharing service that allows members to ‘pin’ images, videos, and other objects to their pinboards…” -Social Media and Digital Engagement at the National Archives According to an announcement that went [...]

I can’t think of a better way to start off this month’s first blog post than to say that May is National Museum Month! What better time is there than now to recognize the roles that museums play in our communities, especially with all of the recent excitement surrounding Presidential Libraries & Museums (i.e. the [...]

The Jimmy Carter Library & Museum hopes that all those celebrating Easter this Sunday, March 31st, have a wonderful holiday! The Carter Museum will be open on the 31st from noon to 4:45pm. We encourage you to plan your visit online. As you can see in the above image, President Carter enjoyed the traditional White [...]

Our latest rotating exhibit, “Patriot Expressions: Ulysses Davis’ Presidents from The Beach Institute and Works from the Carter Library” is still on display at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum and will be through Sunday, April 21, 2013. Viewing the exhibit is free with paid admission to the Museum Ulysses Davis was a barber [...]

For anyone thinking of visiting the Jimmy Carter Museum this weekend, staff would like to remind all that Daylight Saving Time (United States) starts on Sunday, March 10th at 2:00 am. We are ready to SPRING forward! (How about you?) On December 15, 1973, President Nixon gave a Statement on Signing the Emergency Daylight Saving [...]

On Wednesday, February 13th, 2013, author Kathryn Gibbs Davis will present on her children’s book, Wackiest White House Pets, at the Museum of the Jimmy Carter Library. Gibbs Davis “…introduces students to the extensive White House menagerie of pets that belonged to the U.S. presidents and their families.” This 60-minute presentation, geared toward students grades [...]

For those of you in or near the Atlanta area, we invite you to join us on Monday, January 21 as we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a free showing of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama in our Museum theaters. (Specific schedule details will be announced soon! Check back on our Events [...]

The staff of the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum would like to wish HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL as 2012 comes to a close… For anyone planning to visit the Library & Museum in person, please be advised that the Library/Research Room will close at 2:00 pm EST on December 24th and December 31st. It also [...]

Today marks the tenth anniversary of President Jimmy Carter receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. “The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 was awarded to Jimmy Carter ‘for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.’” -Nobelprize.org, the Official Web Site [...]