The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta, part of the same parkland as the Carter Center, is a one-of-a-kind facility dedicated to the former US President Jimmy Carter, who became the longest-lived president of the US in 2019.
The Presidential Library is the place to go for the well-documented life and career of Jimmy Carter. He was born in 1924 and grew up on a farm in Plains, Georgia. As a boy, he grew and sold peanuts before he joined the Navy Academy. Just after World War II, Carter married his sister’s friend Rosalynn, who became his closest political adviser.
Carter was elected to the Georgia Senate in 1962 and was the Governor of Georgia between 1971 and 1975. In 1977, he became the 39th President of the United States as the leader of the Democrats and served one term in office.
Soon after he lost to Ronald Reagan, Carter established the Carter Center in order to promote peace and the expansion of human rights and democratic elections. In 2002, Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.
Visit the on-site Carter Presidential Center to browse the museum with interactive displays, photos, documents and memorabilia. Step into a life-size replica of the Oval Office, watch the Day in the Life of the President movie on a big screen, and visit the Camp David exhibition with its realistic looking meeting cabin.
Take a seat at the table that allows you to track all the big decisions made by Carter as president. Listen to his inaugural speech as a governor, in which he declared that: "the time for racial discrimination is over.”
The museum store sells embroidered caps, embossed coins and jewelry, chinaware decorated with “First Lady Flowers” and other collector’s items.
The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is located along the Freedom Parkway, just northeast of Downtown Atlanta. The museum is open daily, except on Sunday mornings and on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. The research library is closed on weekends and also during the federal holidays.
The entrance fee can be paid online via the museum’s official website. There are ample parking spots on site.
