Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Presidential library and museum in Simi Valley, United States.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is a presidential library and museum complex in Simi Valley, California, built in Spanish Mission style with pale sand-colored walls and red tile roofs. It opened in 1991 at approximately 153,000 square feet (14,200 m²), then the largest of the presidential libraries. A cylindrical section and a pillared block stand at the rear, and the Air Force One Pavilion adjoins the complex.
The building opened in 1991 with a ceremony attended by five presidents: Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. The aircraft in the pavilion served as Air Force One from 1973 until 2001 for seven presidents.
Visitors read the original names painted on the presidential aircraft fuselage, where Ronald Reagan's signature is also preserved. At several locations on the grounds, memorial stones carry engraved lines from his speeches.
A visit typically takes three to four hours to see all the main exhibitions, including the aircraft pavilion and the replica of the Oval Office. The facility sits on a hillside with multiple terraces, so stairs and ramps are part of the site.
A section of the Berlin Wall stands on the outdoor grounds and still carries traces of graffiti from before the fall. The collection includes around 50 million presidential documents and over 1.6 million photographs stored in the archive spaces.
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