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Location
Parking
Parking information available; directions and parking and transit information provided for visitors
Best time
Plan your visit for weekdays only - the museum is closed all weekend (Saturday-Sunday), which is unusual for most museums. Weekday visits are your only option.
Visitor tip
Use the interactive touchscreen exhibits to explore Grant's life in depth, and take advantage of the electronic postcard feature to send yourself interesting facts. The staff are highly knowledgeable and willing to discuss the exhibits in detail.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Presidential Library & Museum
- Collection Size
- 15,000 linear feet of Grant-related materials
- Focus
- Ulysses S. Grant (18th U.S. President) and Abraham Lincoln collections
What visitors say
This is a suggestion for an hours change only. My husband and I were not able to visit this museum as it was not open on Saturdays or Sundays. Typically, in my experience, museums are closed on Mondays. Sometimes Sunday and Monday,…
This was an excellent showcase for the minimal floorspace taken on the 4th floor. Interactive, fun life size statues, and gilded age memorabilia that really paints the picture of the era. Staff at the library were extremely helpful as…
Had wonderful time with my president loving child. Staff were friendly. So much information in a small space. We parked in the metered parking lot about 2 blocks from the library beside the steak n shake restaurant.
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Did You Know?
- Houses 15,000 linear feet of correspondence, research notes, artifacts, and memorabilia documenting Ulysses S. Grant's life from early years through his presidency
- Also contains the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, making it a dual presidential library housing both Grant and Lincoln historical materials
- Located on the 4th floor of a university library in Starkville, MS, making it an unexpectedly located presidential library that reviewers describe as a 'hidden gem'
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