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).
This is a list of the presidential libraries. Denotes libraries outside the NARA Presidential Library Office (most of these Presidents pre-date the administration of Herbert Hoover). Denotes Presidential sites without libraries. Denotes library without Presidential site.
No. |
President |
Library name |
Location |
Operated By |
Image |
Logo/Website |
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 |
![The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.jpg](/images/thumb/c/cd/The_Fred_W._Smith_National_Library_for_the_Study_of_George_Washington.jpg/175px-The_Fred_W._Smith_National_Library_for_the_Study_of_George_Washington.jpg) |
website |
2 |
John Adams |
Stone Library at Adams National Historical Park
Opened to public 1870 |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
National Park Service (NPS) |
![Old House, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG](/images/thumb/d/d3/Old_House%2C_Quincy%2C_Massachusetts.JPG/175px-Old_House%2C_Quincy%2C_Massachusetts.JPG) |
website |
3 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello
Opened to public 1994 |
Charlottesville, Virginia |
Thomas Jefferson Foundation |
![Monticello 2010-10-29.jpg](/images/thumb/5/55/Monticello_2010-10-29.jpg/175px-Monticello_2010-10-29.jpg) |
website |
4 |
James Madison |
Montpelier
Opened to public 1984 |
Montpelier Station, Virginia |
National Trust for Historic Preservation |
![KROW7037.jpg](/images/thumb/f/fc/KROW7037.jpg/175px-KROW7037.jpg) |
Montpelier |
James Madison Museum
Opened to public 2013 |
Orange, Virginia |
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation |
![James Madison Museum, Orange VA.png](/images/thumb/8/86/James_Madison_Museum%2C_Orange_VA.png/175px-James_Madison_Museum%2C_Orange_VA.png) |
museum |
5 |
James Monroe |
James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library
Opened to public 1966 |
Fredericksburg, Virginia |
University of Mary Washington |
![James Monroe Museum, Fredericksburg, VA IMG 4002.JPG](/images/thumb/4/48/James_Monroe_Museum%2C_Fredericksburg%2C_VA_IMG_4002.JPG/175px-James_Monroe_Museum%2C_Fredericksburg%2C_VA_IMG_4002.JPG) |
website |
5 |
Highland
Opened to public 1931 |
Simeon, Virginia |
College of William and Mary |
![AshLawnHighland.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6a/AshLawnHighland.jpg/175px-AshLawnHighland.jpg) |
website |
6 |
John Quincy Adams |
Stone Library at Adams National Historical Park
Opened to public 1870 |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
NPS |
![Old House, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG](/images/thumb/d/d3/Old_House%2C_Quincy%2C_Massachusetts.JPG/175px-Old_House%2C_Quincy%2C_Massachusetts.JPG) |
website |
7 |
Andrew Jackson |
The Hermitage
Opened to public 1894 |
Nashville, Tennessee |
Andrew Jackson Foundation |
![The Hermitage by Jim Bowen.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c9/The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg/175px-The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg) |
website |
8 |
Martin Van Buren |
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Opened to public October 26, 1974 |
Kinderhook, New York |
NPS |
![Lindenwald2006.jpg](/images/thumb/7/71/Lindenwald2006.jpg/175px-Lindenwald2006.jpg) |
website |
9 |
William Henry Harrison |
Berkeley Plantation
Opened to public 1940s |
Charles City, Virginia |
Berkeley Plantation |
![Berkeley plantation harrison home.jpg](/images/thumb/6/62/Berkeley_plantation_harrison_home.jpg/175px-Berkeley_plantation_harrison_home.jpg) |
website |
10 |
John Tyler |
Sherwood Forest Plantation
Opened to public 1970s |
Charles City, Virginia |
Sherwood Forest Plantation Foundation |
![Sherwood Forest-1961.jpg](/images/thumb/0/04/Sherwood_Forest-1961.jpg/175px-Sherwood_Forest-1961.jpg) |
website |
11 |
James K. Polk |
President James K. Polk Home & Museum
Opened to public 1929 |
Columbia, Tennessee |
James K. Polk Memorial Association |
![PolkHome.jpg](/images/thumb/9/9d/PolkHome.jpg/175px-PolkHome.jpg) |
website |
12 |
Zachary Taylor |
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery
Opened to public 1928 |
Louisville, Kentucky |
National Cemetery Administration |
![ZacharyTaylorNationalCemetery.jpg](/images/thumb/7/7c/ZacharyTaylorNationalCemetery.jpg/175px-ZacharyTaylorNationalCemetery.jpg) |
website |
13 |
Millard Fillmore |
Millard Fillmore House
Opened to public 1975 |
East Aurora, New York |
Aurora Historical Society |
![Fillmore Home 2.jpg](/images/thumb/7/7e/Fillmore_Home_2.jpg/175px-Fillmore_Home_2.jpg) |
website |
14 |
Franklin Pierce |
Franklin Pierce Homestead
Opened to public 1920s |
Hillsborough, New Hampshire |
NPS |
![Pierce Homestead.jpg](/images/thumb/1/1d/Pierce_Homestead.jpg/175px-Pierce_Homestead.jpg) |
website |
15 |
James Buchanan |
James Buchanan House
Opened to public 1930s |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
NPS |
![2008-05-04 Amish Country 033 Lancaster City, Wheatland.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b5/2008-05-04_Amish_Country_033_Lancaster_City%2C_Wheatland.jpg/175px-2008-05-04_Amish_Country_033_Lancaster_City%2C_Wheatland.jpg) |
website |
16 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Opened to public in 2004 |
Springfield, Illinois |
State of Illinois |
![2013-08-04 AbrahamLincoln PresidentialLibrary and Museum.JPG](/images/thumb/3/3f/2013-08-04_AbrahamLincoln_PresidentialLibrary_and_Museum.JPG/175px-2013-08-04_AbrahamLincoln_PresidentialLibrary_and_Museum.JPG) |
website |
17 |
Andrew Johnson |
President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
Opened to public 1993 |
Tusculum, Tennessee |
Tusculum College |
![Historic American Buildings Survey, Ray Moody, Photographer January 21, 1958 BACK ELEVATION. - Tusculum College, State Route 107, Greeneville Vicinity, Tusculum, Greene County, HABS TENN,30-TUSC,2A-1.tif](/images/thumb/0/01/Historic_American_Buildings_Survey%2C_Ray_Moody%2C_Photographer_January_21%2C_1958_BACK_ELEVATION._-_Tusculum_College%2C_State_Route_107%2C_Greeneville_Vicinity%2C_Tusculum%2C_Greene_County%2C_HABS_TENN%2C30-TUSC%2C2A-1.tif/175px-Historic_American_Buildings_Survey%2C_Ray_Moody%2C_Photographer_January_21%2C_1958_BACK_ELEVATION._-_Tusculum_College%2C_State_Route_107%2C_Greeneville_Vicinity%2C_Tusculum%2C_Greene_County%2C_HABS_TENN%2C30-TUSC%2C2A-1.tif.jpg) |
website |
18 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
Opened to public November 30, 2017 |
Starkville, Mississippi |
Mississippi State University Library
and
Ulysses S. Grant Association |
|
website |
19 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Opened to public 1916 |
Fremont, Ohio |
Ohio Historical Society
and
Hayes Presidential Center, Inc. |
![HayesLibrary.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f6/HayesLibrary.jpg/175px-HayesLibrary.jpg) |
website |
20 |
James A. Garfield |
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
Opened to public 1998 |
Mentor, Ohio |
NPS
and
Western Reserve Historical Society |
|
website |
21 |
Chester A. Arthur |
Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site
Opened to public 1950s |
Fairfield, Vermont |
State of Vermont Historic Sites Section |
![Fairfield ChesterArthur Nov2007.JPG](/images/thumb/1/18/Fairfield_ChesterArthur_Nov2007.JPG/175px-Fairfield_ChesterArthur_Nov2007.JPG) |
website |
22 and 24 |
Grover Cleveland |
Grover Cleveland Birthplace
Opened to public March 18, 1913 |
Caldwell, New Jersey |
NPS and Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association |
![Grover Cleveland birthplace01.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5d/Grover_Cleveland_birthplace01.jpg/175px-Grover_Cleveland_birthplace01.jpg) |
website |
22 and 24 |
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Opened to public October 16, 1976 |
Princeton, New Jersey |
Princeton University |
![Mudd Library Princeton.JPG](/images/thumb/0/0b/Mudd_Library_Princeton.JPG/175px-Mudd_Library_Princeton.JPG) |
website |
23 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
Opened to public 1970s |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Arthur Jordan Foundation |
![Benjamin Harrison Home.jpg](/images/thumb/4/40/Benjamin_Harrison_Home.jpg/175px-Benjamin_Harrison_Home.jpg) |
website |
25 |
William McKinley |
William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum
Opened to public September 1907 |
Canton, Ohio |
Stark County Historical Society |
![Mckinley museum wiki.jpg](/images/thumb/e/ef/Mckinley_museum_wiki.jpg/175px-Mckinley_museum_wiki.jpg) |
website |
26 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Opened to public 1923 |
Manhattan, New York City, New York |
NPS |
![Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e3/Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace.jpg/175px-Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace.jpg) |
website |
27 |
William Howard Taft |
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
Opened to public 1970s |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
NPS |
![Taft NHS 1.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a1/Taft_NHS_1.jpg/175px-Taft_NHS_1.jpg) |
website |
28 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Opened to the public in 1990 |
Staunton, Virginia |
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation |
![Wilson Birthplace Jan 2007.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f2/Wilson_Birthplace_Jan_2007.jpg/175px-Wilson_Birthplace_Jan_2007.jpg) |
website |
29 |
Warren G. Harding |
Warren G. Harding Home & Memorial
Opened to the public in February 1926 |
Marion, Ohio |
NPS |
![Home of Warren G. Harding 2011.jpg](/images/thumb/0/09/Home_of_Warren_G._Harding_2011.jpg/175px-Home_of_Warren_G._Harding_2011.jpg) |
website |
30 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum
Opened to the public in 1956 |
Northampton, Massachusetts |
Forbes Library |
![1899 Northampton Forbes public library Massachusetts.png](/images/thumb/6/6b/1899_Northampton_Forbes_public_library_Massachusetts.png/175px-1899_Northampton_Forbes_public_library_Massachusetts.png) |
website |
30 |
President Calvin Coolidge State Historical Site
Opened to the public in 1957 |
Plymouth Notch, Vermont |
State of Vermont |
![Coolhouse.jpg](/images/thumb/9/92/Coolhouse.jpg/175px-Coolhouse.jpg) |
website |
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) |
![Herbert Hoover Presidential Library 003.jpg](/images/thumb/d/d5/Herbert_Hoover_Presidential_Library_003.jpg/175px-Herbert_Hoover_Presidential_Library_003.jpg) |
![Official logo of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.png](/images/thumb/d/d1/Official_logo_of_the_Herbert_Hoover_Presidential_Library_and_Museum.png/100px-Official_logo_of_the_Herbert_Hoover_Presidential_Library_and_Museum.png)
website |
32 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Dedicated June 30, 1941
Rededicated June 30, 2013 |
Hyde Park, New York |
NARA |
![Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f1/Franklin_D._Roosevelt_Presidential_Library.jpg/175px-Franklin_D._Roosevelt_Presidential_Library.jpg) |
![Official logo of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/a/aa/Official_logo_of_the_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_Presidential_Library.svg/75px-Official_logo_of_the_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
33 |
Harry S. Truman |
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Dedicated on July 6, 1957
Rededicated December 9, 2001 |
Independence, Missouri |
NARA |
![Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum July 2007.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0a/Harry_S._Truman_Presidential_Library_and_Museum_July_2007.jpg/175px-Harry_S._Truman_Presidential_Library_and_Museum_July_2007.jpg) |
![Official logo of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/e/ee/Official_logo_of_the_Harry_S._Truman_Presidential_Library.svg/100px-Official_logo_of_the_Harry_S._Truman_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
34 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home
Dedicated on May 1, 1962 |
Abilene, Kansas |
NARA |
![Eisenhower library.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6c/Eisenhower_library.jpg/175px-Eisenhower_library.jpg) |
![Official logo of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/f/fb/Official_logo_of_the_Dwight_D._Eisenhower_Presidential_Library.svg/70px-Official_logo_of_the_Dwight_D._Eisenhower_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
35 |
John F. Kennedy |
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Dedicated on October 20, 1979
Rededication October 29, 1993 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
NARA |
![JFK library Stitch Crop.jpg](/images/thumb/1/16/JFK_library_Stitch_Crop.jpg/175px-JFK_library_Stitch_Crop.jpg) |
![Official logo of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/f/f3/Official_logo_of_the_John_F._Kennedy_Presidential_Library.svg/100px-Official_logo_of_the_John_F._Kennedy_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
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 |
![Johnson library.jpg](/images/thumb/d/da/Johnson_library.jpg/175px-Johnson_library.jpg) |
![Official logo of the LBJ Presidential Library.png](/images/thumb/0/0e/Official_logo_of_the_LBJ_Presidential_Library.png/75px-Official_logo_of_the_LBJ_Presidential_Library.png)
website |
37 |
Richard Nixon |
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
Dedicated on July 19, 1990
Rededicated on October 14, 2016 |
Yorba Linda, California |
NARA and
Richard Nixon Foundation |
![Nixon Library and Gardens.jpg](/images/thumb/b/bf/Nixon_Library_and_Gardens.jpg/175px-Nixon_Library_and_Gardens.jpg) |
![Official logo of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/1/12/Official_logo_of_the_Richard_Nixon_Presidential_Library.svg/75px-Official_logo_of_the_Richard_Nixon_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
38 |
Gerald Ford |
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Dedicated on September 18, 1981
Rededicated April 17, 1997 |
Grand Rapids, Michigan |
NARA |
![GRFord-Presidential.jpg](/images/thumb/1/1d/GRFord-Presidential.jpg/175px-GRFord-Presidential.jpg) |
![Official logo of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/d/db/Official_logo_of_the_Gerald_R._Ford_Presidential_Library.svg/75px-Official_logo_of_the_Gerald_R._Ford_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
Dedicated on April 27, 1981 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
![Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, spring..jpg](/images/thumb/9/91/Gerald_R._Ford_Presidential_Library%2C_spring..jpg/175px-Gerald_R._Ford_Presidential_Library%2C_spring..jpg) |
39 |
Jimmy Carter |
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
Dedicated on October 1, 1986 |
Atlanta, Georgia |
NARA |
![Carter lib1.JPG](/images/thumb/9/9a/Carter_lib1.JPG/175px-Carter_lib1.JPG) |
![Official logo of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/8/8e/Official_logo_of_the_Jimmy_Carter_Presidential_Library.svg/100px-Official_logo_of_the_Jimmy_Carter_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
40 |
Ronald Reagan |
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Dedicated on November 4, 1991 |
Simi Valley, California |
NARA |
![View of the Reagan Library from the south.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0f/View_of_the_Reagan_Library_from_the_south.jpg/175px-View_of_the_Reagan_Library_from_the_south.jpg) |
![Seal of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/c/c4/Seal_of_the_Ronald_Reagan_Presidential_Library.svg/75px-Seal_of_the_Ronald_Reagan_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
41 |
George H. W. Bush |
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
Dedicated on November 6, 1997 |
College Station, Texas |
NARA
and
Texas A&M University |
![BushLibrary.JPG](/images/thumb/b/ba/BushLibrary.JPG/175px-BushLibrary.JPG) |
![Official logo of the George Bush Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/a/a2/Official_logo_of_the_George_Bush_Presidential_Library.svg/100px-Official_logo_of_the_George_Bush_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
42 |
Bill Clinton |
William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park
Dedicated on November 18, 2004 |
Little Rock, Arkansas |
NARA |
![William J. Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, Arkansas (exterior view - 2007).jpg](/images/thumb/3/37/William_J._Clinton_Presidential_Library%2C_Little_Rock%2C_Arkansas_%28exterior_view_-_2007%29.jpg/175px-William_J._Clinton_Presidential_Library%2C_Little_Rock%2C_Arkansas_%28exterior_view_-_2007%29.jpg) |
![Official logo of the Bill Clinton Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/c/cf/Official_logo_of_the_Bill_Clinton_Presidential_Library.svg/100px-Official_logo_of_the_Bill_Clinton_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
43 |
George W. Bush |
George W. Bush Presidential Center
Dedicated on April 25, 2013 |
Dallas, Texas |
NARA
and
Southern Methodist University |
![George W. Bush Presidential Center 07 - jpfagerback - 2013-04-26.JPG](/images/thumb/a/ab/George_W._Bush_Presidential_Center_07_-_jpfagerback_-_2013-04-26.JPG/175px-George_W._Bush_Presidential_Center_07_-_jpfagerback_-_2013-04-26.JPG) |
![Official logo of the George W. Bush Presidential Library.svg](/images/thumb/3/3b/Official_logo_of_the_George_W._Bush_Presidential_Library.svg/100px-Official_logo_of_the_George_W._Bush_Presidential_Library.svg.png)
website |
44 |
Barack Obama |
Barack Obama Presidential Center
Scheduled to open in the early 2020s |
Chicago, Illinois |
Obama Foundation and the University of Chicago |
|
![Obama Foundation logo.svg](/images/thumb/6/66/Obama_Foundation_logo.svg/100px-Obama_Foundation_logo.svg.png)
website |