Presidential library explained

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

• 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

• in Baku, Azerbaijan, established in 2003
• in Minsk, Belarus, a research library^[1]
• in Tbilisi, Georgia, named after former president Mikheil Saakashvili^[2]
• South Korea:
  • 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):
  • 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . . 4 December 2022.
2. News: Man detained for setting fire to former President Saakashvili library in Tbilisi . 4 December 2022 . Agenda.ge.
3. News: Presidential library discloses letters exchanged by Kim Dae-jung, Joe Biden . . . 9 November 2020 . en . 4 December 2022.
4. News: Museum honoring former President Park Chung-hee to open in Gumi . 4 December 2022 . . 27 September 2021 . en.
5. News: Chiang Ching-kuo cultural park opens, featuring presidential library . 4 December 2022 . . 2022-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220122110647/https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202201220015 . 2022-01-22.