George Bush Library – History
The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and burial site of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.
Later George H. W. Bush was buried on December 6, 2018, following his death on November 30, 2018.
The library is located on a 90-acre (360,000 m2) site on the west campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
The mission of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University is to preserve and make available the records and artifacts of George H.W. Bush.
George Bush Library promote civic literacy and increased historical understanding of our national experience. It foster a community of public service and volunteerism.
George Bush Library – Exhibits
The museum has just under 17,000 square feet (1,600 m2) of permanent exhibit space. The museum also has 3,000 square feet (300 m2) of temporary exhibit space.
Later permanent exhibits draw on the best of the museum collection to visually convey the essence of George Bush’s life and public service career and to illustrate historical events of this period in American history.
Its classroom is the first of its kind in the Presidential Libraries network. The classroom can be used by student groups as a computer learning lab or as a traditional classroom.
It is the Bush Library and Museum’s educational mission to inform and enrich learning for all ages about American history, the role of the presidency in general with special focus on the administration of George Bush.
Soon the permanent exhibit now features (like many other presidential libraries), a replica of the Oval Office.
Unlike those other presidential libraries, visitors are able to fully enter the replica, sit behind the president’s desk, and have a souvenir photo taken
On April 23, 2007, the permanent exhibit closed for complete renovation.
The George Bush Library reopened November 10, 2007, with a ceremony during which the former president arrived via parachute jump.