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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
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
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:
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):
Presidential Library in
Ankara , Turkey, the largest library in the country
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