Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

<h2 id="history">History</h2>

Early in his administration, Carter indicated interest in having his presidential library be built in Georgia.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> The site chosen was in the <a href="/facts/Poncey%E2%80%93Highland/xlftCtBg">Poncey–Highland</a> neighborhood of Atlanta, on land that had been acquired by the state of <a href="/facts/Georgia_Department_of_Transportation/bwmwsaTF">Georgia Department of Transportation</a>, for an <a href="/facts/Highway_interchange/QMSHwNhF">interchange</a> between two redundant highways that were cancelled by Carter when he was <a href="/facts/Governor_of_Georgia/64AIhSph">governor of Georgia</a>, in response to the <a href="/facts/Atlanta_freeway_revolts/A6wbx14T">Atlanta freeway revolts</a>. (See <a href="/facts/Interstate_485_(Georgia)/x2H0cFC2">Interstate 485</a>, <a href="/facts/Georgia_400/JpULGTea">Georgia 400</a>, <a href="/facts/Interstate_675_(Georgia)/41sR610D">Interstate 675</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Stone_Mountain_Freeway/1l7XKCDe">Stone Mountain Freeway</a>.)
The Atlanta firm of <a href="/facts/Henri_Jova/Ur6nbgbx">Jova</a>/Daniels/Busby was selected as architects, in cooperation with Lawton/Umemura/Yamamoto of Hawaii. During design and construction, Carter's papers were temporarily housed at the former post office building in downtown Atlanta.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> Construction commenced on October 2, 1984, and the library was opened to the public on Carter's 62nd birthday, October 1, 1986. Construction cost $26 million, funded by private contributions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>
A $10 million renovation of the museum began in April 2009 with completion on President Carter's 85th birthday in October 2009.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>
The first director of the library and museum was Dr. Donald Schewe, who originally assisted with the transfer and processing of the Carter Administration materials at the end of Carter's term in early 1981.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>
Since 2015, the current director is Dr. <a href="/facts/Meredith_Evans_(archivist)/SxLQEhos">Meredith Evans</a>, an Atlanta native who had held various leadership positions in special collections and libraries in institutions such as <a href="/facts/Washington_University_in_St._Louis/GmIT8zU6">Washington University in St. Louis</a> and <a href="/facts/George_Washington_University/RBAg9f0r">George Washington University</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a>
The library and museum offers free admission to all students 16 and under. They can either go on a docent or self-guided tour. Together the library and The Coca-Cola Foundation have established funding for the library to provide transportation funds for all Georgia schools to use when bringing students to the museum for education activities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>
Following her death, <a href="/facts/Rosalynn_Carter/5zScNlFk">Rosalynn Carter</a> laid in repose at the library on November 27, 2023.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a> A year later, Jimmy Carter was also laid in repose at the library from January 4 to 7 before being sent to Washington, D.C. for the <a href="/facts/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Jimmy_Carter/SDc50XPx">state funeral</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Presidential_memorials_in_the_United_States/na6uNadH">Presidential memorials in the United States</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Applebome, Peter (May 30, 1993). <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/30/travel/carter-center-more-than-the-past.html?pagewanted=all">"Carter Center: More Than the Past"</a>. <a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a>. Retrieved March 19, 2015.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:5">History of the Jimmy Carter Library, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, archived from the original on April 13, 2017, retrieved April 25, 2017 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170413160035/https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/libhist.phtml" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170413160035/https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/libhist.phtml</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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Jimmy Carter Library and Museum