Looking for something fun, exciting and different during your visit to Aggieland? Come visit the George H.W. Bush Library and Museum!
The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University is a premier destination for visitors from around the world.
Museum highlights include:
The Bush Center grounds have much to offer. Visitors can:
The Bush Library and Museum is excited to welcome Mandela: The Official Exhibition, detailing the life of one of the world's most famous freedom fighters. The epic story of Nelson Mandela is told in a series of experiential galleries, from his rural childhood home through years of turbulent struggle against the apartheid regime, to his eventual vindication and final years as South Africa's first democratically elected president. The Exhibition is open now through April 23, 2023.
Learn about President Bush's leadership and public service. For more information visit Bush41.org or call 979-691-4000.
The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University is a premier destination for visitors from around the world.
Museum highlights include:
- Actual film footage of Bush's submarine rescue after his plane was shot down over the island of Chichi Jima in September 1944
- An interactive study of the timeline leading up to the Gulf War
- Examples of gifts given to President Bush when he met with foreign heads of state
- A 1925 film of Bush in Kennebunkport
- Records and memorabilia from his tenure as the 41st president
- Bush's Camp David office
- White House Situation Room
- Have your picture taken in our replica Oval Office.
The Bush Center grounds have much to offer. Visitors can:
- View the sculpture "The Day the Wall Came Down," a composition of five bronze horses leaping over a reproduction of Berlin Wall rubble, signifying the long-awaited freedom of the East German people
- In the center of the plaza is a statue of George Bush, which is eight feet tall and composed of granite and bronze. The Barbara Bush Rose Gardens and the Presidential Pond provide an area to relax and reflect, and have been the backdrop for countless marriage proposals, family and group photos, picnics and peaceful strolls.
- Fishing is allowed in the pond, provided it is catch-and-release with barbless hooks only
The Bush Library and Museum is excited to welcome Mandela: The Official Exhibition, detailing the life of one of the world's most famous freedom fighters. The epic story of Nelson Mandela is told in a series of experiential galleries, from his rural childhood home through years of turbulent struggle against the apartheid regime, to his eventual vindication and final years as South Africa's first democratically elected president. The Exhibition is open now through April 23, 2023.
Learn about President Bush's leadership and public service. For more information visit Bush41.org or call 979-691-4000.