Richard Nixon Presidential Library, Museum, and Birthplace

"Fun with the Family"

Be sure to schedule at least half a day to let your family experience a view of political and world history depicted at this nine-acre site. This was the first presidential library and museum built using no tax dollars. The user-friendly, well-thought-out facility was first opened and dedicated on July 19, 1990. It features a self-guided tour, beginning with the twenty-eight-minute film Never Give Up: Richard Nixon in the Arena. Propaganda? You decide! Continue through galleries focusing on “The Road to the Presidency” and “The Wilderness Years,” life-size statues of world leaders, a portion of the Berlin Wall, a recreation of the White House’s Lincoln sitting room, gifts from supporters, the Watergate years, and personal memorabilia. The exhibits portray America’s thirty-seventh commander in chief right up until his death on April 22, 1994.
Both President and Mrs. Nixon are buried here in the tranquil First Lady’s Garden. You may visit the grave site, the reflecting pool, and the white clapboard farmhouse where Nixon was born on January 9, 1913. It remains precisely as it was when Nixon and his family lived there, right down to the bed where he was born. The intimate museum store on the premises contains commemorative souvenirs, postcards, and a selection of Nixon’s books.
The Katherine B. Loker Center includes a full-size replica of the White House East Room, a 4,100-square-foot rotating exhibit gallery, an entrance court, and staff offices. The Presidential Sikorsky Sea King helicopter (used by Kennedy, Johnson,
Nixon, and Ford) is a permanent exhibit.