Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Presidential library and museum in Freedom Park, Atlanta, United States.
The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is a presidential library and museum in the Poncey–Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, next to John Lewis Freedom Parkway. The building covers 69,750 square feet (6,480 square metres), with 15,269 square feet for exhibits and 19,818 square feet for archives and storage. Its low, symmetrical front carries the name in large cut letters above a recessed entrance behind round columns, with a shallow pool and jets on the paved forecourt.
The facility opened in 1986 as part of a network of presidential archives managed by the national archives authority. It preserves records from Carter's term from 1977 to 1981 and adds material from his later peace initiatives.
Visitors walk through a replica of the Oval Office and see how presidential decisions were made. Displays show Carter's work in human rights and peaceful conflict resolution, continuing well beyond his time in office.
The library and museum stand next to John Lewis Freedom Parkway in Atlanta's Poncey–Highland neighborhood. Students 16 and under enter free, either on a docent-led or self-guided tour, and the library and The Coca-Cola Foundation fund transport for Georgia school groups. Carter's papers were stored in a former downtown Atlanta post office while the building was under construction.
A huge collection holds millions of pages of government correspondence and hundreds of thousands of images from the years in office. The Nobel Peace Prize medallion Carter later received is also on display here.
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