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 2 of "The Carter Chronicle," the quarterly newsletter of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum is now available on line.
[ Winter Newsletter ]THE 2011 JIMMY CARTER LIBRARY & GEORGIA GEOGRAPHIC ALLIANCE SUMMER (June 20-June 24, 2011) GEOGRAPHY INSTITUTE: The President’s Travels - The all-new Jimmy Carter Library & Museum (JCL) and the Georgia Geographic Alliance at Kennesaw State University (GGA) are happy to be sponsoring this standards-based institute, which will focus on developing geographic literacy and the process of teaching with documents. Participants will leave the institute with GPS-correlated classroom-ready geography lessons, as well as new ideas for teaching geography & social studies using primary sources.
[ 2011 JCL GGA Geography Institute Application Information ]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 ]***Please see below for more information on the Upcoming Events***
| Exhibits & Events |
- NOW OPEN!!!!Mixing Metaphors: the Aesthetic, the Social and the Political in African American Art - Exhibit - Saturday, March 19, 2011 - Sunday, July 31, 2011 -Free with Paid Admission to the Museum; Children 16 and under are always FREE
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum and Bank of America present this exhibit. Mixing Metaphors is composed of more than 90 paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sculptures and mixed media works from the Bank of America collection. It draws its inspiration from the artists' visions and their use of technique to convey compelling stories. Body politics, race, class and gender are a few of the topics that surface in these works of art, which depict moments from the extraordinary to the mundane. more...
- David Zierler- "The Invention of Ecocide" - Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 7:00pm - Discussion/Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public
U.S. State Department historian David Zierler takes you into the world of Ecocide, Agent Orange, Vietnam and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think About the Environment....altering the world's ecology for the worse. more...
- BOOK NOOK WILL RESUME JUNE 6, 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 an outdoor Garden Safari. Best for ages 2-5. more...
- Stephanie Cooke - "In Mortal Hands" - Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 7:00pm – Discussion/Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater – Free & Open to the Public
She has covered the nuclear industry for almost 30 years, beginning her reporting career in 1977 at the Associated Press. In 1980 she moved to McGraw-Hill in New York as an associate editor for the industry newsletters Nucleonics Week, NuclearFuel and Inside N.R.C., later becoming chief editor. In 1984 she transferred to London and two years later covered the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident for Business Week and NucleonicsWeek. She is currently an editor of Uranium Intelligence Weekly, and a contributor to The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. more...
- Jerome Lawrence - "Big Picture Book of Art" - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 7:00pm - Discussion/Book Signing - Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater - Free & Open to the Public
Local Atlanta artist will discuss his art and his struggle with mental illness. His vibrant, cheerful painting titled "Tulips are People II," was featured on the Carter Center's 2008 holiday card. Lawrence was selected not only for his artistic skill, but also because his life of recovery with schizophrenia is a message of hope for others struggling with mental illness. Personalized copies of the Book will be available for purchase. more...
