jimmy carter center

The jimmy carter center is interesting though not nearly as popular as the MLK memorial. It still has a lot of information. Carter is not as popular as MLK but he did accomplish a lot. When visiting you start out going through a theater. The people encourage pictures but no flash so some are blurry because of underexposure. You go through a theater then walk along a wall that has several presidents and the things they accomplished then there is a semi circle area that goes through his life chronologically. Above this is the presidential library which you cannot go in. then there is my favorite area which is the gifts area. There are several cases that have all the things that had been given to carter. There are a lot of dining things, an elephant tusks, vases, and many other things. There is a vase with the graveyard scene from hamlet. There are several wall that are specific to events that carter had to deal with including the middle east and necleur insecurity. There is a lot of information about the panama canal issue. There is also an art area where there are pictures of naval vessels. Carter was in the navy. This was an interesting expeiriencefor me because it made me realize that there are a lot of presidents you don’t know much or anything about but they have done incredible things that because they are not associated with a major event like a war they go unnoticed. A lot of the stuff at the jimmy carter center was completely new to me. There is a tour you can do but the guide is slow and basically is saying what you could read. There is a room that is a replica of the way the oval office was when carter was president. There is a peace arch way as well. And movies do play in the theater but I did not catch it at the right time.