George Herbert Walker Bush - 41st President of the United States (1989–1993)

The building is grand and stately sitting on the edge of a campus where the other major building is a football stadium equal to The Coliseum in Rome.

The design of the rotunda is similar to the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, IL, open welcoming, Presidential. Greeting at the front door by a very friendly woman with the most gracious southern hospitality. A painting of presidents 41 and 43, father and son are smartly placed to the side. After paying for entrance, I enjoy a film about the president’s life. Unlike yesterday at LBJ, which has three major themes they would like me to remember throughout the day, this movie is about family.

Most noticeable about this museum is that the photos and story told is from the perspective of home and family. The audio tour, something absent from the LBJ tour, are excerpts from the president and Barbara, likely from memories and letters, with latter tales told by Dorothy. The story is about a life of service, through the military, congress, party, the CIA, Ambassador, Vice President, President and post Presidential foundations and services. There are no topics that are radically larger than the other, his time in congress, the CIA, China, UN, WWII, and Vice President are about equal size. The largest topic is the Gulf War with a room to itself on decision-making, a room with words from the troops, and a room that talks about the event itself. The shortest topics are running for office in 1988 and 1992.

Before leaving the museum, there is a corridor that encourages visitors to participate in their community in one of several ways (volunteering, education, and a cause devoted to the research to cure cancer which is a personal commitment to their daughter who passed at the age of 3 to leukemia.)