George Bush Presidential Library, Presidential library and museum on Texas A&M University campus in College Station, US.
The George Bush Presidential Library is a light tan stone building with a curved, stepped roofline rising to a low dome, located on the west campus of Texas A&M University in College Station. Its recessed entrance, framed by dark glass panels and metal letters reading "GEORGE BUSH LIBRARY AND MUSEUM," is reached by a broad staircase above a circular stone fountain. The library, museum, and archive occupy a 36-hectare (90-acre) site that also includes a pavilion for historic vehicles.
The library opened in 1997 and has since preserved millions of documents, photographs, and objects from the presidency of George H.W. Bush. It is one of thirteen presidential libraries managed by the National Archives and Records Administration.
The complex honors the 41st president through displays of objects and gifts received during his time in office from foreign leaders and dignitaries. Visitors walk through a replica of the Oval Office that recreates the workspace as it appeared during those years in Washington.
Access to the grounds is through the university campus, and visitor signs guide the way to the main museum entrance. The indoor spaces are air-conditioned, and several galleries offer seating for longer visits.
Union Pacific donated its EMD SD70ACe locomotive #4141 to the library on November 8, 2019; it had been unveiled in 2005 in honor of Bush and pulled his funeral train on December 6, 2018. The locomotive returned to the library on March 12, 2021, and its pavilion exhibit, between the library and the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, opened in 2024. A life-size bronze statue of Sully, Bush's service dog, was unveiled on December 2, 2019.
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