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Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

1 January 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General, House of the Month Reading Time: 5 minutes

The 44th President of the United States Barack Obama © NASA/White House/Pete Souza

The Barack Obama Presidential Center is a museum, library, and education project in Chicago to commemorate the presidency of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. The center will also include community and conference facilities and will house the nonprofit Obama Foundation. Construction on the 19.3-acre (7.8 ha) campus began in 2021, the tower topped out in mid-2024, and the center is expected to open in June 2026. read more…

Tags: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Presidential Center, Barack Obama Presidential Library, Chicago, Chicago Public Library, Illinois, Jackson Park, NARA, National Archives and Records Administration, United States of America, University of Chicago, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Presidential library system in the United States

1 May 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General, House of the Month Reading Time: 14 minutes

The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, Mount Vernon, Virginia © mountvernon.org/cc-by-sa-4.0

In the United States, the presidential library system is a nationwide network of 16 libraries administered by the Office of Presidential Libraries, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). These are repositories for preserving and making available the papers, records, collections and other historical materials of every president of the United States since Herbert Hoover, the 31st president from 1929–1933. In addition to the library services, museum exhibitions concerning the presidency are displayed. read more…

Tags: NARA, National Archives and Records Administration, Nationalarchiv, Nationale Verwaltungsstelle für Archivgut und Unterlagen, Präsidentenbibliothek, Presidential library system, United States of America, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

George W. Bush Library Gets a ‘Climate Hero Award’ for Achieving LEED Platinum Status

1 October 2013 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General, House of the Month, Museums, Exhibitions, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time: 6 minutes

The George W. Bush Presidential Center, which opened on April 25, 2013, is a complex that includes former President George W. Bush‘s presidential library and museum, the George W. Bush Policy Institute, and the offices of the George W. Bush Foundation. It is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. read more…