This book is a ready-reference source giving readers quick and reliable information about all 26 presidential libraries and museums. Each entry contains: Location information and history Information about the endowments Information about opening hours, the number of visitors, and other facts ; details of collections and permanent exhibits.

A brief history of presidential libraries and museums -- Fred W. Smith National Library for the study of George Washington and the Donald W. Reynolds Museum Education Center at Mount Vernon -- John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library -- James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library -- Stone Library at the Adams National Historical Park -- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum -- President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library -- Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library -- Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums -- Research Library at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site -- William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum -- Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum -- Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum at the Forbes Library -- Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum -- Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum -- Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum -- Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home -- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum -- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum -- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum -- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum -- Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum -- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum -- George Bush Presidential Library and Museum -- William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum -- George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum -- Future presidential libraries and museums -- Appendix : Presidential Libraries by State.