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Presidential libraries: from Boston to Honolulu ... or maybe Chicago

Presidential libraries can be found coast to coast, and may even go beyond that once a site is selected for President Obama's future repository of documents and artifacts. To quickly hopscotch around to the 13 official presidential libraries and museums overseen by the National Archives, plus that of Abraham Lincoln, check out this library list.

7. Nixon Presidential Library & Museum

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Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, and President Richard M. Nixon are pictured after Kissinger was sworn is as the 56th secretary of state in the East Room of the White House in Washington in this Sept. 22, 1973 file photo.

  • By Ross Atkin Staff writer

Website: www.nixonlibrary.gov/index.php

Location: Yorba Linda, Calif. (also Nixon's birthplace, 1913)

Opened: 1990

Attendance: 100,000

Admission: 11.95 adults; $8.50 seniors

Bestselling gift shop biography: Richard Nixon Centennial Legacy 10-book collection

Hot-selling souvenir item: "What Would Nixon Do?" mug; T-shirts with photographic image of Elvis Presley's impromptu visit to the White House in 1970; and Richard Nixon Centennial commemorative collection lapel pins, apparel, and mugs

Lesser-known facts: The library and museum are just 15 minutes from Disneyland. The president’s helicopter and birthplace are among the attractions.

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