Presidential Libraries

Here are the libraries, in the general order in which they opened:

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES PRESIDENTIAL CENTER LIBRARY

Presidency: 1877-81

Opened: Memorial Day, 1916

Location: Fremont, Ohio

Contains: Documents, 75,000 books and roughly 75,000 photographs. Site also includes the Hayes residence and the tomb of Rutherford and Lucy Hayes.

Admission: $6. Privately run.

Annual visitors: 35,000

Area: 52,640 square feet

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LIBRARY

Presidency: 1933-45

Opened: July 30, 1941

Location: Hyde Park, N.Y.

Contains: Extensive collection of documents, small naval museum, family mementos.

Admission: $4. Run by the National Archives.

Annual visitors: 150,000

Area: 58,750 square feet

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY

Presidency: 1945-53

Opened: July 6, 1957

Location: Independence, Mo.

Contains: Replica of the Oval Office, a large mural and several paintings by Thomas Hart Benton, one of Truman’s favorite artists. Truman is buied there.

Admission: $2. Run by the National Archives

Annual visitors: 170,000

Area: 96,612 square feet

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY

Presidency: 1953-61

Opened: May 1, 1962

Location: Abilene, Kan.

Contains: Presidential papers, memorabilia from the White House and Eisenhower’s military days. Eisenhower and his wife buried there.

Admission: $1.50. Run by the National Archives

Annual visitors: 150,000

Area: 109,254 square feet

HERBERT HOOVER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Presidency: 1929-33

Opened: Aug. 10, 1962

Location: West Branch, Iowa

Contains: Records from Hoover’s long career in public service, rare books, and his fishing tackle. The Hoover grave is also on the 187-acre grounds.

Admission: $1. Run by the National Archives.

Annual visitors: 100,000

Area: 31,734 square feet.

LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON LIBRARY & MUSEUM

Presidency: 1963-69

Opened: May 22, 1971

Location: University of Texas -- Austin.

Contains: Archives with 35 million documents, oral history project, family and political memorabilia, replica of the Oval Office, Vietnam War exhibit.

Admission: Free. Run by the National Archives.

Annual visitors: 335,000

Area: 134,695 square feet.

JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY

Presidency: 1961-63

Opened: Oct. 20, 1979

Location: Dorchester, Mass.

Contains: Housed in a building designed by I.M. Pei on the waterfront, contains exhibits portraying events including the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban missile crisis and the assassination. Admission: $4.50. Run by the National Archives.

Annual visitors: 300,000

Area: 115,254 square feet.

GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY

Presidency: 1974-77

Opened: April 27, 1981

Location: University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor.

Contains: Papers from Ford presidency and years in Congress. A related Ford presidential museum opened in September of 1981, in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Admission: $1.50. Run by the National Archives

Annual visitors: 100,000

Area: 95,964 square feet

JIMMY CARTER LIBRARY

Presidency: 1977-81

Opened: Oct. 1, 1986

Location: Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.

Contains: Originals of the Camp David accords, copies of SALT II treaty, replica of the Oval Office, exhibit depicting the Iran hostage crisis, more than 30,000 gifts received by Carter during his presidency, interactive video in which visitors can ask questions of Carter.

Admission: $2.50. Run by the National Archives

Annual visitors: 80,000

Area: 89,401 square feet.

RICHARD NIXON LIBRARY & BIRTHPLACE

Presidency: 1969-74

Opened: July 19, 1990

Location: Yorba Linda, Calif.

Contains: Selected White House tapes from the Watergate scandal, high-tech interactive displays in which visitors can ask questions of world leaders, a replica of the Lincoln Sitting Room. House where Nixon was born is next door.

Admission: $4.95. Privately run.

Annual visitors: Not available

Area: 52,800 square feet.

RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Presidency: 1981-89

Scheduled Opening: Nov. 4, 1991

Location: Simi Valley, Calif.

Contains: Largest collection of presidential papers of any of the libraries -- over 55 million papers, a replica of the Oval Office, interactive videos, photographs, films and mementos from his acting career. The museum will also house 73,000 thousand gifts including a full section of the Berlin Wall.

Admission: $2. Run by the National Archives.

Area: 153,000 square feet

Source: Individual libraries, National Archives