A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article says the Lincoln library in Springfield, Ill., remains the most popular among the presidential libraries.
A side note worth following up:
While Lincoln’s has prospered, some other presidential museums haven’t fared so well over the past few years, according to attendance figures from the National Archives. Attendance at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock, Ark., is down nearly 50 percent from its first year. The museum drew 233,345 visitors in the last fiscal year, down from 447,788 in 2005.
Still, a 2009 National Archives report said the Clinton museum had provided “the catalyst for the rebirth of downtown Little Rock.”
UPDATE: Jordan Johnson, a spokesman for the Clinton Library, disputes the numbers reported in the article. His statement: