Presidential library system

A **presidential library system** is a system of thirteen libraries in the United States. It is created by the Office of Presidential Libraries, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

These are offices for preserving and making available the papers, records, collections and other historical materials of every president of the United States. The presidential library system began with Herbert Hoover's library (31st president, 1929–1933).

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the largest of the thirteen libraries. The most recent presidential library was the George W. Bush Presidential Center which opened in Texas in 2013.

## List of presidential libraries

This is a list of the presidential libraries.

||President|Library name|Location|Operated by|Image|Logo/website|||||
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|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|1|George Washington|Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon Opened to public September 27, 2013|Mount Vernon, Virginia|Mount Vernon Ladies' Association||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|2|John Adams|Stone Library at Adams National Historical Park Opened to public 1870|Quincy, Massachusetts|National Park Service (NPS)||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|3|Thomas Jefferson|Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello Opened to public 1994|Charlottesville, Virginia|Thomas Jefferson Foundation||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: #BDB76B"|4|James Madison|The Papers of James Madison at Shannon Library Opened in 1937, the Papers of James Madison went digital, April 28, 2010.|Charlottesville, Virginia|University of Virginia||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>Montpelier</sub>|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|5|James Monroe|James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library Opened to public 1966|Fredericksburg, Virginia|University of Mary Washington||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|6|John Quincy Adams|Stone Library at Adams National Historical Park Opened to public 1870|Quincy, Massachusetts|NPS||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: #BDB76B"|7|Andrew Jackson|The Papers of Andrew Jackson at Hoskins Library Opened to public 1987|Knoxville, Tennessee|University of Tennessee at Knoxville||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: #BDB76B"|15|James Buchanan|James Buchanan papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Gift of the Buchanan family; transferred to the Historical Society,|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Historical Society of Pennsylvania||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|16|Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Opened to public in 2004|Springfield, Illinois|State of Illinois||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: #BDB76B"|17|Andrew Johnson|President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library Opened to public 1993|Tusculum, Tennessee|Tusculum College||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website </sub>|||
|style="background: #BDB76B"|18|Ulysses S. Grant|Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Opened to public October 15, 1966|Starkville, Mississippi|Mississippi State University Library and Ulysses S. Grant Association||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website </sub>|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|19|Rutherford B. Hayes|Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Opened to public 1916|Fremont, Ohio|Ohio Historical Society and Hayes Presidential Center, Inc.||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website </sub>|||
|style="background: #BDB76B"|22 and 24|Grover Cleveland|Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library Opened to public October 16, 1976|Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton University||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|25|William McKinley|William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum Memorial/Gravesite opened to the public September 1907|Canton, Ohio|Stark County Historical Society||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|26|rowspan="3"|Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library|Medora, North Dakota (planned)|Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||
|style="background: #BDB76B"|26|Houghton Library Collection donated in 1943|Cambridge, Massachusetts|Harvard University||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|style="background: #BDB76B"|26|The Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University Launched in 2009|Dickinson, ND|Dickinson State University||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|28|rowspan="2"|Woodrow Wilson|Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Opened to the public in 1990|Staunton, Virginia|Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||
|style="background: #BDB76B"|28|Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library Opened to public October 16, 1976|Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton University||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|29|Warren G. Harding|Warren G. Harding Presidential Center Opened to the public on May 12, 2021|Marion, Ohio|Ohio History Connection||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website </sub>|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|30|Calvin Coolidge|Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum Opened to the public in 1956|Northampton, Massachusetts|Forbes Library||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|31|Herbert Hoover|Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum Dedication August 10, 1962 Rededicated August 8, 1992|West Branch, Iowa|National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|32|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Dedicated June 30, 1941 Rededicated June 30, 2013|Hyde Park, New York|NARA||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|33|Harry S. Truman|Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum Dedicated on July 6, 1957 Rededicated December 9, 2001|Independence, Missouri|NARA||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website </sub>||||
|34|nowrap|Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home Dedicated on May 1, 1962 Rededicated on October 7, 2019|Abilene, Kansas|NARA||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|35|John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Dedicated on October 20, 1979 Rededicated October 29, 1993|Boston, Massachusetts|NARA||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|36|Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Dedicated on May 22, 1971|Austin, Texas|NARA and The University of Texas at Austin||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|37|Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum Dedicated on July 19, 1990 Rededicated October 14, 2016|Yorba Linda, California|NARA and Richard Nixon Foundation||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|rowspan="2"|38|rowspan="2"|Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Dedicated on September 18, 1981 Rededicated April 17, 1997|Grand Rapids, Michigan|rowspan="2"|NARA||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|
|Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Dedicated on April 27, 1981|Ann Arbor, Michigan||||||||||
|39|Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Dedicated on October 1, 1986|Atlanta, Georgia|NARA||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|40|Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Dedicated on November 4, 1991|Simi Valley, California|NARA||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|41|George H.W. Bush|George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Dedicated on November 6, 1997|nowrap|College Station, Texas|NARA and Texas A&M University||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||
|42|Bill Clinton|William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park Dedicated on November 18, 2004|Little Rock, Arkansas|NARA||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|43|George W. Bush|George W. Bush Presidential Center Dedicated on April 25, 2013|Dallas, Texas|NARA and Southern Methodist University||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|44|rowspan="2"|Barack Obama|Barack Obama Presidential Library|_Digital,_ NARA facilities|NARA||style="text-align:center;"|website|||
|style="background: PaleTurquoise"|44|Barack Obama Presidential Center Scheduled to open in spring 2026|Chicago, Illinois|Obama Foundation and University of Chicago||style="text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||||
|rowspan="2"|45 and 47|rowspan="2"|Donald Trump|Donald J. Trump Presidential Library|_Digital,_ NARA facilities|NARA||style= "text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>||
|Donald J. Trump Presidential Center (in planning)|TBA||||||||||
|style="background: LightGray"|46|Joe Biden|Joseph R. Biden Jr. Presidential Library (in planning)|TBA|||style= "text-align:center;"|<sub>website</sub>|||

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