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According to the National Archives, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois is still the country's most popular, attracting more than 400,000 visitors in 2009.

The following is the complete list of presidential museum attendance:

Abraham Lincoln 410,825 Springfield, Ill.

Ronald Reagan 336,647 Simi Valley, Calif.

Lyndon B. Johnson 234,974 Austin, Texas

William J.Clinton 233,345 Little Rock, Ark.

John F. Kennedy 206,485 Boston

Dwight D. Eisenhower 177,333 Abilene, Kan.

George Bush 142,142 College Station, Texas

Gerald R. Ford 116,014 Grand Rapids, Mich.

Franklin D. Roosevelt 115,205 Hyde Park, NY

Harry Truman 76,909 Independence, Mo.

Richard M. Nixon 69,612 Yorba Linda, Calif.

Herbert Hoover 65,432 West Branch, Iowa

Jimmy Carter 51,812 Atlanta

 

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