museums

Archival photographs and text describe the history of Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C., focusing on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, which occurred there.

Discusses the establishment of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, which opened to the public in 1979 next to Dorchester Bay, in Boston, Massachusetts, and provides information about his life, family, and administration, as well as the work of his wife, Jacqueline.

Discusses Franklin Delano Roosevelt's establishment of the first presidential library, which opened to the public in 1941 in his hometown of Hyde Park, New York, and provides information about his life and administration, as well as the work of his wife, Eleanor.

Discusses the establishment of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which opened to the public in 1991, in Simi Valley, California, and provides information about Reagan's life, family, and administration, as well as the work of his wife, Nancy.

Discusses the establishment of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, which opened to the public in Atlanta, Georgia in 1986, and provides information about Carter's life, family, and administration, as well as the work of his wife, Rosalynn.

Describes former President George Bush's life, presidency, family, and presidential library, which is located in College Station, Texas.

Discusses the establishment of the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and provides information about Ford's life, family, and administration, as well as the work of his wife, Betty.

Explores different types of museums, tracing their development from private collections to public exhibits and describing directors, curators, trustees, conservators, public relations people, and others who keep a museum running smoothly.