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 |
THE CARTER CHRONICLE - NEW - Volume 1, Issue 1 of "The Carter Chronicle," the quarterly newsletter of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum is now available online
[ September Newsletter ]C-SPAN BUS POSTPONED - Because of a scheduling conflict, C-SPAN will NOT be bringing its educational bus to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library as originally planned on Friday, September 3, 2010. We and C-SPAN apologize for change in plans.
NEW FIELD TRIP SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM!!!! - The Jimmy Carter Library & Museum and the Coca-Cola Foundation has 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.
[ Field Trip Sponsorship Program ]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.
[ Museum Store ]***Please see below for more information on the Upcoming Events***
| Exhibits & Events |
- Freedom's SISTERS Exhibit - Saturday, July 24, 2010 - Sunday, October 3, 2010 - Free with Paid Admission to the Museum
"Freedom's SISTERS" is a compelling new interactive exhibition of twenty extraordinary women and their contributions to the struggle for equality and justice in America. Through their courageous actions, they changed the course of history. By defying their circumstances, they became American heroes. more...
- Mark Pendergrast - "Inside the Outbreaks" - Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public
Mark Pendergrast turns his focus to a department of the Centers for Disease Control that investigates outbreaks of illness around the globe. Formed in 1951, the Epidemic Intelligence Service originated during the polio years and progressed through anthrax, salmonella, rabies, smallpox, HIV, and Ebola to the present day. You name it, they identified it. more...
- "Constitution Day" - Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 10:00am & 11:30am - Storytelling - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public
The Jimmy Carter Library invites students in grades 3-7 to participate in a role playing performance featuring storyteller Cathy Kaemmerien's "Let's Keep It A Secret" - a "behind the scenes" account of the writing of the US Constitution. more...
- Ken Follett - "Fall of Giants" - Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Center Day Chapel - Free & Open to the Public
Ken Follett's "World Without End" was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep, beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics. "Fall of Giants" is his magnificent new historical epic. Tickets available at ACappella Books 404-681-5128. more...
- Jonathan Schneer - "The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict" - Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public
With new material retrieved from historical archives, scholar and Georgia Tech Professor Jonathan Schneer recounts in dramatic detail the public and private battles in the early 1900s for a small strip of land in the Middle East, battles that started when the governing Ottoman Empire took Germany's side in World War I. more...
- Ari Berman - Herding Donkeys" - Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public
“An intriguing behind-the-scenes look at how the Obama campaign built on the grassroots movement that had catapulted Dean to prominence . . . Engaging and balanced—a stand-out book.” —Kirkus Reviews more...
- President Jimmy Carter - "White House Diary" - Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 5:00pm - Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public
Come meet President Carter and get a signed copy of "White House Diary" or any other book written by the 39th President. For the first time, the daily diary kept by President Carter during his years in the White House is being made public. more...
- Andrew Young & Kabir Sehgal - "Walk In My Shoes-Conversations Between a Civil Rights Legend and His Godson - Monday, November 1, 2010 at 6:00pm - Lecture - Carter Center Day Chapel - Free & Open to the Public
“This brilliant, courageous, and intelligent man has stood for right and for Civil Rights for all people. In this book, we can follow the development of a young African American mind and the development of the movement which changed this country. He was brave, he was loving, and he was there. Thank God he lived to tell about it.”—Maya Angelou more...
- Jim Zogby - "ARAB VOICES: What They are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters" - Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public
The Arab World is a region that has been vastly misunderstood in the West. Arab Voices asks the questions, collects the answers, and shares the results that will help us see Arabs clearly. The book will bring into stark relief the myths, assumptions, and biases that hold us back from understanding this important people. more...
- Salman Rushie - "Luka and the Fire of Life" (On Sale November 16, 2010) - Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Center's Cecil B. Day Chapel- NOTE: ADMISSION CHARGED. Tickets to this event are available through ACappella Books at (404) 681-5123.
A lush contemporary fable for all ages in which a young boy must battle his way through a magical world in order to save his father. On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay, a terrible thing happened: more...
- Michele Norris - "The Grace of Silence" - Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 7:00pm -Lecture & Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public
In the wake of talk of a “post-racial America” upon the ascendance of Barack Obama as President of the United States, Michele Norris, host of National Public Radio’s "All Things Considered", set out, through original reporting, to write a book about “the hidden conversation on race” that is going on in this country. But along the way she unearthed painful family secrets—from her father’s shooting. more...
- BOOK NOOK WILL RESUME IN JUNE 2011/Preschool Visitors Monday - 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 and conduct an outdoor Garden Safari. Best for ages 3-7. more...
