THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM FACT SHEET

 

 

40 Presidential Drive

Simi Valley, CA  93065

(800) 410-8354

 

 

 

 

 

Significant Dates

                                                                                                            The Library’s courtyard.

 

Ground breaking                                           November 21, 1988

Archives moves into building                       April 1991

Dedication                                                     November 4, 1991

Opening for research                                    November 12, 1991

 

 

Original Building

 

Architect                                 The Stubbins Associates, Boston, MA

Style                                        Spanish mission, with red tile roof and central                                                                                   courtyard

General Contractor               Peck/Jones, Los Angeles, CA

Size                                        153,000 square feet total

            National Archives - 124,000 feet

            Ronald Reagan Foundation - 29,000 feet

Cost                                        $40.4 million (Peck/Jones construction contract)

$57 million total

Fundraising, and      

  construction by                    The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

 

Location

 

Ventura County:                     Simi Valley/Thousand Oaks, California

Site:                                        29 acres (NARA area) on a 100 acre tract

Donated by:                           Blakeley-Swartz development partnership

 

Operations

 

Museum hours                       10am - 5pm  Monday-Sunday

Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day,

New Year’s Day

 

 

Research Room:                   Open Monday-Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm

 

Library Holdings

 

Records/Papers                    50 million pages (24,500 feet)

 

Audiovisual                            1,623,000 still photographs

670,000 feet of motion picture film

20,500 video tapes  

25,500 audio recordings

 

Gifts/Artifacts                         100,000 objects

 

Printed Material                     16,000 volumes of books

58,000 serials and other items

 

 

 

Storage Conditions

 

Records                                 Temperature (70º) and humidity (45%) control

Transfer material to acid lignin free boxes and folders

Separate high security vault

 

Audiovisual                            Separate cold storage (62º and 35º) for black & white negatives, color negatives, and motion picture film prints

 

Museum                                 Separate secure area for head of state and other objects

Special museum object storage units for general conservation and earthquake protection

 

Library Operations

 

The Library is a federal government historical research facility with a public museum.  It is one of ten presidential libraries and two presidential projects operated and maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.

 

Co-located with the Library are the offices of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and the Ronald Reagan Center for Public Affairs.

 

 

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