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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Explore the objects in FDR’s private Study.

The FDR Library and Museum is the only Presidential library ever used by a sitting president. When it opened to the public in June 1941, President Roosevelt was beginning his third term. He used his private Study in the Library building as a place to conduct government business, receive visitors, and work with his books and papers during his many visits to Hyde Park (totaling over 250 days) during World War II.

FDR designed the Study for his own use. He selected and arranged the furniture, pictures, and other objects. Many are personal treasures—gifts from friends and relatives, family pieces, or mementos from his travels. They reflect his varied interests, including his love of family history and his passion for sailing and the United States Navy. The Study remains almost precisely as the President left it on his last visit on March 28, 1945.

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Argenta Earthenware Vase
MO 1941.8.31
Algot Wilhelm Kåge
1931
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USS Dyer Painting
MO 1942.237.1
Charles Edwin Ruttan
1919
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Mt. Vesuvius and Naples
MO 1943.54.1
Unknown
ca. 19th century
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Greek Ruins in Italy
MO 1943.54.2
Unknown
ca. 19th century
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Porta Venezia, Milan, Italy
MO 1943.54.3
Federico Lose
ca. 1840
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Belvoir Castle
MO 1943.54.4
Unknown
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Chippendale Chair
MO 1943.57.1
Unknown
ca. 1760
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Tea Urn
MO 1943.57.2
Unknown
ca. 1796
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Maté Cup
MO 1943.62.1
Unknown
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Maté Cup Sipper
MO 1943.62.2
Unknown
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Sanctuary Lamp
MO 1943.70.1
John Linwood
ca. late 18th - early 19th century (?)
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Connecticut State Capitol Key
MO 1943.70.2
Unknown
1929
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