Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Grand opening on July 4, 2026

Jun 14, 2025

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is being built near Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which preserves sites associated with Roosevelt's travel in North Dakota between 1883 and 1887. A site in the Badlands of Medora was selected in 2020

Read the latest report: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library-Annual Report

“topping out” of the main building structure on October 9, 2024.

Thanks to your support, the vision of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is becoming a reality. As construction continues in the heart of the Badlands, we remain committed to ensuring that this one-of-a-kind library embodies the bold spirit and enduring legacy of our 26th president.

Free Books written by TR:

Theodore Roosevelt was a prolific reader and writer from a young age, maintaining journals as a boy and writing speeches, articles, and books as an adult. The following is a chronological list of some of his published works:

1877The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N.Y. (with H.D. Minot)

1882 The Naval War of 1812

1887Thomas Hart Benton

1888Essays on Practical Politics

1889The Winning of the West, Volumes 1 and 2

1891New York

1894The Winning of the West, Volume 3

1895Hero Tales from American History (with Henry Cabot Lodge)

1896The Winning of the West, Volume 4

1897American Ideals and Other Essays

1899The Rough Riders

1900Oliver Cromwell