As my children get older I look for education venues for us to visit together   While we enjoy sporting events and movies, I want them to also enjoy learning new things.  One of things we have done is start to visit each of the Presidential Libraries.

While they each contain information about the President and the years he was in office, they also document the events of those time periods.   They are a lot of fun to learn through interactive displays and lessons on history.

 

Woodrow Wilson Museum and Birthplace (Staunton, VA)

The house he was born in is next to the museum.    It is kept in the time period and was great to learn how people lived 100 years ago.He did have a nice Rolls Royce limo that still is works today.

 

 

Woodrow Wilson museum

 

 

Harry Truman Library (Independence, MO)

A few minutes outside of Kansas City is Harry Truman Library and birthplace.   The oval office was as it was during his administration.  Back then his secretary shared the presidential desk with him!  A great display here of the cold war years that we learned from.

 

    

The famous photo of him with the paper announcing Dewey has won, prior to the full count coming in.

 

A time before mobile phones.

    

 

 

Jimmy Carter Library (Atlanta, GA)

Right outside of city this library has great displays on the continued efforts for Jimmy Carter on his humanity outreach.

    

Interactive displays on world issues which allow people to make decisions during that time to see the outcomes.

     

 

George Bush Library (Dallas,TX)

At SMU one of the newer libraries which has a very moving 9-11 display.

   

The oval office here allows you to walk through it and even sit at the Presidential desk.

 

Father and Son Presidents.

 

We hope to continue to visit the other libraries as we travel more.

 

Let me know if you have any recommendations on which one to do next.