The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum

The US Presidential Library and Museum is a place to store and display artifacts and documents related to the life and activities of the presidents. In California, there are two libraries, the museum of US presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. Each library and museum is built and displayed in a different style. This is not only a place for tourists to visit and commemorate but also a place of study and study for people who love American culture and history.

Although all libraries and museums are built with private funding, they are managed by the federal government and the artifacts displayed here are controlled by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

In the fall of 2021 Viet Linh visited the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum (1911-2004). He was the 40th president of the United States with 2 terms from 1981 to 1989. It is known that the Ronald Reagan presidential library and museum stores tens of millions of pages of documents, more than 83,000 artifacts, gifts, more than 1 0.6 million photos, 22,000 videos, 20,000 audio recordings and 600,000 video clips related to the lives of President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan.

Photo: Lynn V

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum is located at 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, in Ventura County, California. This library and museum is designed in the style of the Spanish Missions with a red brick roof and a central courtyard, measuring 40 hectares, located on top of a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This is the largest presidential library and museum today. Libraries, museums display pictures and memorabilia from when he was a child, then as a student, lifeguard, broadcaster, Hollywood movie star, film actor union president, military service, to the position of Governor of California (1967-1975), President of the United States (1981-1989) and activities after he left the White House.

Life-size statue of President Ronald Reagan and his wife – Nancy Reagan.

The stage recreates the image of the President.

Thousands of pictures, memorabilia along with notebooks and diaries, as well as gifts of the President and his wife received during his tenure…

Visitors can also review artifacts such as a coat, a lung film, a gun and documents from the day the President was shot at him by an alleged mentally ill person in 1981.

Visitors can participate in interactive activities such as trying out his role in a Warner Bros movie, reading and recording a famous speech and can also try standing on the podium taking the oath of office as President. system. You can also press the button to vote on a debated issue in the White House simulator or ride a horse next to the President in the exhibit about his activities at Camp David and Rancho del Cielo – a small farm of his family near Santa Barbara (California).

Nancy Davis Reagan (1921-2016) – The President’s wife: social activities pictures, display of costumes, gifts…

Replica of the Oval Office – the President’s workplace in the White House is designed and displayed in life-size like when the President was in office.

Air Force One – Air Force One, the Boeing 27000 aircraft, is a special aircraft used by US presidents. Air Force One is also known as “Flying White House” – “Flying White House” for President Reagan and six other presidents of the United States from 1973-2001. Visitors can board the plane to see the office, press room, rest room, utensils, kitchen…

Marine One Helicopter

The motorcade with the President’s Cadillac limousine with the license plate GIPPER. Gipper, according to Viet Linh’s research, has been the nickname of the President since he played the character George “The Gipper” Gipp in the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American.

The aircraft’s engines are on display separately for visitors to learn the details

The Ronald Reagan Pub and Snack Bar – is O’Farrell’s pub in Ballyporeen (Ireland – the President’s hometown) where the President and his wife visited in 1984. Now moved to the Library for display and restoration. Serving visitors in the same Irish style that the restaurant has served the President.

A corner of the scene next to the building, where the President can be seen riding a horse and in the distance is the rolling hills of the American West. The courtyard also displays a piece of the Berlin Wall sent to the US from Germany, an F-14 Tomcat fighter, F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter…

Next to the rose garden modeled after the rose garden in the white house, is the grave of the President and his wife. On the marble slab of the memorial is engraved the words: “I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.” – “I know in my heart that people are good, that what is right in the end will always be successful and that there is purpose and value to each and every life.”