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Museum Tour: Permanent Galleries
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, features nine acres of magnificent gardens, fascinating galleries, archives and Richard Nixon's faithfully restored Birthplace. Built and operated entirely without Federal funds, museum visitors begin their tour by viewing a 27-minute movie entitled "Never Give Up: Richard Nixon in the Arena" and then proceed through the 52,000 square foot main gallery.
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The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
1823 Engraved Facsimile
In 1820 John Quincy Adams, then Secretary of State, commissioned William J. Stone to make a facsimile engraving of the original Declaration of Independence, which was beginning to show signs of decay. Stone completed his work three years later. On July 4, 1823, a limited edition of 200 facsimiles engraved on parchment were issued from Stone’s copper plate. These were presented to Government departments and to specific individuals, including the President, the Vice President, the Governors of the States and of the Territories of the United States, and surviving Signers of the Declaration. Only 32 copies are presently known to exist.
This engraving was presented to the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace by Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Wright and Family.
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Road to the Presidency
Road to the Presidency features dramatic presentations on Richard Nixon's public life including his service as Congressman, Senator and Vice-President - and his growth from the "greenest congressman in town" to the best known statesman in the nation.
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The Vice Presidency
The Vice Presidency presentation takes visitors around the world with one of our nation's most active and successful Vice Presidents (1953-61), Richard Nixon.
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World Leaders
World Leaders presentation features priceless gifts presented to President and Mrs. Nixon by heads of state and government from all over the world, and ten life-size statues of world leaders who met President Nixon's criterion for great leadership: "Did they make a difference?"
The world leaders represented are:
Mao Tse-Tung and Chou En-lai, China
Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, USSR
Anwar el-Sadat, Egypt
Golda Meir, Israel
Winston Churchill, Great Britain
Konrad Adenauer, West Germany
Shigeru Yoshida, Japan
Charles deGaulle, France
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Structure of Peace Gallery
Structure of Peace Gallery features presentations about President Nixon's strategy for the opening of the Peoples Republic of China, his travels to the Soviet Union and successful efforts to "bring the boys home" from Vietnam. President Nixon was the first American President to visit Moscow for summits with the Soviet leaders.
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Berlin Wall Freedom Presentation
Berlin Wall Freedom Presentation: An authentic 12-foot high section of the historic and once formidable Berlin Wall. On display in the Museum's Structure of Peace Gallery as a permanent reminder of the struggle against communism in which Richard Nixon was engaged for nearly half a century. A gift from the Carl N. and Margaret M. Karcher Foundation.
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The Ambassador of Goodwill
The Ambassador of Goodwill gallery is dedicated to the inspiring life of one of our most popular modern First Ladies, Pat Nixon. Born in Ely, Nevada and raised during the Depression on a hardscrabble California farm, after college Pat traded promising teaching and possibly even movie careers for the political life as Richard Nixon's indispensable partner. She was his most trusted advisor and, as First Lady, a globe-trotting ambassador of peace to 78 nations (including becoming the first First Lady to visit a war zone). Experts say she did as much to refurbish the White House as any First Lady in history. She promoted volunteerism and "parks for the people," inaugurated the White House candlelight tours, and raised the funds to light the mansion at night. Don't miss the Treasures case containing everything from her personal gifts from the President to lavish gifts from heads of state.
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AREA 37: Richard Nixon and the History of America in Space
Our newest permanent gallery, "AREA 37: Richard Nixon and the History of America in Space," features more than 50 photos, documents, and space-age artifacts describing RN's role in the space program beginning with his 1957 suggestion to President Eisenhower that NASA be established. The show features a moon rock, a recording of the conversation between the President and the Apollo 11 astronauts when they landed on the moon in July 1969, a full-size Apollo space suit, and the text of the speech the RN would have given if Armstrong and Aldrin had been stranded forever at Tranquility Base.
Click here for the audio of President Nixon’s conversation with the Apollo 11 astronauts.
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The Lincoln Sitting Room
The Lincoln Sitting Room is a historically accurate re-creation of one of President Nixon's favorite rooms in the White House family quarters. Furnishings include the actual brown armchair and ottoman used by the President.
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The Gowns
The Gowns gallery features wedding gowns worn by Julie Nixon on occasion of her marriage to David Eisenhower (President Eisenhower's grandson), and by Tricia Nixon on the occasion of her Rose Garden wedding at the White House to Edward Cox. A bridesmaid dress is also displayed next to Julie's gown as well as a light blue garter worn by Julie as "something old" passed down to her by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Pat Nixon's mother-of-the-bride dress worn during Tricia's wedding is also on display, as well as her second inaugural turquoise gown. The red coat with fur trimming she wore during the President's historic trip to China in 1972 is also on display.
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Domestic Affairs Gallery
Domestic Affairs Gallery, reminiscent of the Capitol rotunda in Washington, features Richard Nixon's achievements in Space, Civil Rights, the Environment, Energy, Urban Affairs, Crime, the Economy, Health and other issues. President Nixon's Presidential Limousine, a gift of the Ford Motor Company, has been recently added to the Domestic Affairs Gallery as a permanent exhibit.
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The Watergate Gallery (Currently Closed)
The Watergate Gallery is our largest exhibit dedicated to a single subject. It describes Watergate as a political struggle between President Nixon and a Democratic Congress which had strongly opposed the Administration's policies in Vietnam during his first term. The exhibit also outlines the other issues with which the President was contending during Watergate, including U.S.-Soviet relations and Mideast peace. Visitors can listen to the key portions of the so-called "smoking gun" conversation from June 23, 1972, in which the President is first given John Dean's idea for covering up Watergate.
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President Nixon's Private Study
President Nixon's Private Study - a part of the room from his New Jersey home, exhibited as it was on April 18, 1994, the day the President suffered the stroke that lead to his death. Handwritten letters and speech notes are on the desk and tables; the briefcase was a gift from King Hassan of Morocco. Made possible by the Nixon family and the President's friend, Charles G. Rebozo.
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President and Mrs. Nixon's Memorial
President and Mrs. Nixon's Memorial - America's 37th President rests beside his First Lady, Pat, just a few steps from the small white house where he was born 81 years before. President Nixon's gravestone reads: "The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker." Mrs. Nixon's gravestone reads: "Even when people can't speak your language, they can tell if you have love in your heart."
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President's Day
Free admission all day. Program includes a panel discussion on the EFFECTIVE USE OF THE PRESIDENT'S TIME, a look at how the White House insiders organized the Office of the President for efficient management.
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Meet Bruce Herschensohn
Author, commentator, filmmaker and former assistant to RN Bruce Herschensohn will be at the Nixon Library on April 19 at 7pm to discuss and sign his new book American Amnesia, the story of how the U.S. Congress forced the surrenders of South Vietnam and Cambodia.
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School House to the White House
On March 13, 2010, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library will unveil "School House to the White House," an exhibition on the early education of American Presidents.
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