The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

Museum Visitors

The museum includes photographs and historical memorabilia from the Carter presidency (1977 - 1981).

Archival Research

Archivists can provide reference services for the unique historical material available for research in the Library's holdings.

Educators/Kids

Quality educational materials and experiences for students, educators, and the public.

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia houses U.S. President Jimmy Carter's papers and other material relating to the Carter Administration and the Carter family's life.

EVENTS & EXHIBITS

- Yousuf Karsh - “American Portraits”
  Exhibit February 19, 2018-May 20, 2018
  The exhibition features 48 iconic photographs of Americans who have distinguished themselves in fields as diverse as business, medicine, entertainment, politics and the arts. Among the portraits included are those of artist George O’Keeffe, physician and virologist Jonas Salk, singer Marion Anderson, Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., actress Grace Kelly, architect I.M. Pei and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The exhibit is provided by The National Portrait Gallery.
- Charles Frazier - “Varina”
  Author Programs April 24, 2018
  Lecture/Booksigning
  
  Carter Presidential Library & Museum
  
  Free and Open to the Public
  
  Charles Frazier, the author of the international best-seller “Cold Mountain”, returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War. Intimate in its detailed observations of one woman’s tragic life and epic in its scope and power, “Varina” is a novel of an American war and its aftermath.
- Rick Bragg - “The Best Cook in the World”
  Author Programs April 26, 2018
  Lecture/Booksigning
  
  Carter Presidential Library & Museum
  
  Free and Open to the Public
  
  From the beloved, best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin’, comes a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother. Rick Bragg also includes seventy-five mouthwatering Bragg family recipes for classic southern dishes passed down through generations.
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