Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

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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

COMING MARCH 17 - JUNE 27, 2010: "LIFE THROUGH THE LENS" - "Photographs by Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr."
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JIMMY CARTER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM RE-OPENS WITH GALA CELEBRATION
[ Webcast of Re-opening Ceremony on October 1, 2009 ]
ON-LINE MUSEUM STORE - NOW OPEN...Shop at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library Museum Store for unique gifts, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Simply click on Museum Store and pick from gifts you won't find anywhere else.
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***Please see below for more information on the Upcoming Events***

Exhibits & Events

Life Through the Lens - "Photographs by Senator Howard H. Baker" - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - Sunday, June 27, 2010 - Free with Paid Admission to the Museum

This exhibition of 50 large-format photographs runs the gamut from "glorious, unspoiled natural vistas of his native state to exotic locales afforded by his travels around the world to the pomp and circumstance of Washington, D.C." more...
Chang-Rae Lee - "The Surrendered" - Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

The bestselling, award-winning writer of "Native Speaker", "A Gesture Life", and "Aloft" will discuss and sign his biggest, most ambitious novel yet: a spellbinding story of how love and war echo through an entire lifetime. more...
Film Screening: "From A Whisper" - Friday, March 26, 2010 at 7:30pm - Film Screening - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public Free

Directed by one of Kenyan's up and coming female filmmakers is a film base on the real life events surrounding the August 7 twin bombing of US Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998 from the perspective of two local people. Post screening discussion will follow with Dr Violet Johnson, Professor of History at Agnes Scott College, Atlanta. more...
Susan White - "A Soft Place to Land - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Center Chapel - Free & Open to the Public

For more than ten years Naomi and Phil Harrison enjoyed a marriage of heady romance, tempered only by the needs of their children. But on a vacation alone, the couple perishes in a flight over the Grand Canyon. After the funeral, their daughters, Ruthie and Julia, are shocked by the provisions in their will. more...
Mark Kurlansky "The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macorís" - Monday, April 26, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

Author of the best-selling books "Cod" and "Salt", turns his attention to baseball in his new book The Eastern Stars. It is a portrait of the town of San Pedro de Macorís, a small impoverished community in the sugar growing region of the Dominican Republic that has so far produced 79 Major League baseball players with many minor leaguers waiting in the wings. more...
Hampton Sides "Hellbound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for his Assassin" - Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con man-whose real name was James Earl Ray-drifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallace's racist presidential campaign. more...
David Donovan (Terry Turner) "Murphy Station" - Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

Murphy Station is "A warm and poignant tale, a strong story of the American South." David Shreve, historian and co-editor (The Presidential Recordings, Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 4-6) says "Very well done. An interesting reflection of the South. A personal story not often heard." more...
"An Evening of Jazz Under the Stars" - Saturday, May 15, 2010 from 8:00pm - 10:00pm - Lawn in front of the Carter Presidential Library Theater & Museum - Free and Open to the Public

Mark Your Calendar....Our annual Atlanta Jazz Festival returns. Come Join Us!!!! more...
Anya Kamenetz - "DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education" - Monday, May 17 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

Anya Kamenetz is a staff writer for Fast Company magazine. The Village Voice nominated her for a Pulitzer Prize for contributions to the feature series Generation Debt, which became a book in 2006. Her new book looks at the changes ahead for higher education. Kamenetz argues that the future lies in personal learning networks and paths, learning that blends experiential and digital approaches, and free and open-source educational models. more...
Wilbert Rideau - "In the Place of Justice" - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public

The award-winning journalist who spent forty-four years in Louisiana prisons working against unimaginable odds to redeem himself, the story of a remarkable life: a crime, its punishment, and ultimate triumph. This is a deeply moving, eloquent, and inspirational story about perseverance, unexpected friendships and love, and the possibility that good can be forged under any circumstances. more...
Preschool Visitors Monday / Book Nook - BOOK NOOK WILL RESUME IN THE SPRING OF 2010

Best for ages 3-7. more...