Presidential library
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A presidential library, presidential center, or presidential museum is a facility either created in honor of a former president and containing their papers, or affiliated with a country's presidency.
In the United States
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Locations of the NARA-administered (red) and other (blue) U.S. presidential libraries
- The presidential library system, a network of 15 government-run libraries, plus a number of privately-run ones
- Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum in Biloxi, Mississippi, a privately-owned library named after Jefferson Davis, president of the secessionist Confederate States
- Presidential Museum and Leadership Library in Odessa, Texas, about presidents in general
- World's Smallest Presidential Library in Atchison County, Kansas, a museum exhibit about David Rice Atchison, who some have claimed was Acting President of the United States for one day
In other countries
[edit]- Presidential Library [az] in Baku, Azerbaijan, established in 2003
- Presidential Library [be] in Minsk, Belarus, a research library[1]
- Saakashvili Presidential Library [ka] in Tbilisi, Georgia, named after former president Mikheil Saakashvili[2]
- South Korea:
- Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library & Museum [ko] in Seoul, named after former president Kim Dae-jung[3]
- Park Chung-hee Presidential Museum in Gumi, named after former president Park Chung-hee[4]
- Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum in San Cristóbal, Guanajuato, Mexico, named after former president Vicente Fox
- Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, named after former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
- Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg, Russia, named after Boris Yeltsin, first president of the Russian Federation
- J. R. Jayewardene Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, named after Junius Richard Jayewardene, first executive president of Sri Lanka
- Taiwan (Republic of China):
- Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library [zh] in Taipei, named after former president Chiang Ching-kuo[5]
- Presidential and Vice-Presidential Artifacts Museum in Taipei, with archives from various presidents and vice presidents of the country
- Presidential Library in Ankara, Turkey, the largest library in the country
References
[edit]- ^ Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus. "Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus". Official Internet Portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus. President of Belarus. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Man detained for setting fire to former President Saakashvili library in Tbilisi". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Presidential library discloses letters exchanged by Kim Dae-jung, Joe Biden". The Korea Herald. Yonhap News Agency. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Museum honoring former President Park Chung-hee to open in Gumi". Yonhap News Agency. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Chiang Ching-kuo cultural park opens, featuring presidential library". Focus Taiwan. 2022-01-22. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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