NEW EXHIBIT

Carter Presidential Library & Museum

Age 16 and under FREE

17 and over - Museum ticket purchase required

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum presents an exciting new exhibition, Georgia on My Screen: Jimmy Carter and the Rise of the Film Industry. Beginning with then-Governor Jimmy Carter’s creation of the first state film office, the exhibition traces the development and impact of a multibillion-dollar industry in the state. The exhibition will be on display through the end of the year.

Created with the generous support of the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office, major production studios, local film offices and museums, the exhibition includes artifacts from over 60 productions, filmed over the last 46 years in Georgia, including critically-acclaimed films, blockbuster movies, and major television series.

Panel Discussion

Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater

Free and Open to the Public

Naturally, most of us associate television and film with the folks we see on screen, but there is much more happening behind the glamour. Join us as we discuss the experiences of some of Georgia’s leading female professionals working in technical aspects of Film Production. Panelists will include Tina Rowden (Still Photographer, Stranger Things, The Founder), Mary F. Stankiewicz (Camera, Stranger Things, American Made), and Paige Jarvis (Grip, The Resident, The Quad). Moderation will be provided by Emma Loggins of Fanbolt.

Film Screening/Discussion

Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater

Free and Open to the Public

“The Pollinators” is a cinematic journey around the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we all eat. They talk to farmers, scientists, chefs and academics along the way to give a broad perspective about the threats to honey bees, what it means to our food security and how we can improve it. Director Peter Nelson and producer Sally Roy will join us.

Lecture/Booksigning

Carter Center’s Cecil B. Day Chapel

Tickets available at AcappellaBooks

Pulitzer-Prize winner Samantha Power is widely known as the moral voice of her generation. A relentless advocate for promoting human rights, she has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America’s “foremost thinkers on foreign policy.” “The Education of an Idealist” traces Power’s distinctly American journey, from Irish immigrant to human rights activist to United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

Lecture/Booksigning

Carter Center’s Cecil B. Day Chapel

Tickets available at AcappellaBooks

Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries—reading about the remarkable lives of world leaders, captains of industry, innovators and artists. But not every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. With “Mobituaries”, the journalist, humorist, and history buff is righting that wrong, profiling the people who have long fascinated him—from the 20th century’s greatest entertainer…to sitcom characters gone all too soon…to a shamefully forgotten Founding Father.

Lecture/Booksigning

Carter Museum Theater

Free and Open to the Public

In a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Tom Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette. Steeped in primary sources, “Revolutionary Brothers” casts fresh light on this remarkable, often complicated, friendship of two extraordinary men.

Lecture/Booksigning

Carter Museum Theater

Free and Open to the Public

From the daughter of one of America’s most virulent segregationists, a memoir that reckons with her father George Wallace’s legacy of hate—and illuminates her journey towards redemption. In this powerful new memoir, Peggy Wallace looks back on the politics of her youth and attempts to reconcile her adored father with the man who coined the phrase “Segregation now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever”. In conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author Hank Klibanoff.

Lecture/Booksigning

Carter Center’s Cecil B. Day Chapel

Free and Open to the Public

“Jay-Z is one of the most remarkable figures of our time. I identify with him as a person who started poor but who rose high to conquer our realms on our own terms. This brilliant work probes every dimension of this iconic American original.” —Tyler Perry

Lecture/Booksigning

Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater

Free and Open to the Public

This is the masterful true-crime account of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing that captured the world’s attention, and the heroic security guard-turned-suspect at the heart of it all. “The Suspect”, the culmination of more than five years of reporting, is a gripping story of the rise of domestic terrorism in America, the advent of the 24/7 news cycle, and an innocent man’s fight to clear his name.

Lecture/Booksigning

Carter Presidential Library & Museum

Free and Open to the Public

The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments—drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes.

We support the year-long National History Day competition as an exciting way for students to study and learn about historical issues, ideas, people and events at our locations around the country and online!

The National Archives is the nation’s record keeper. We hold billions of primary sources. Many can be incorporated into NHD research and projects. Visit the National Archives web page for National History Day to get started! Contact us if you need help.