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Nixon Presidential Library to be interactive museum

Xinhua, June 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

A completely-new interactive presidential museum will open at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on October 14, according to the Richard Nixon Foundation which operates the library.

The foundation announced on Thursday a 15 million U.S. dollars project to upgrade it will be on display from coming October. After opening, the Nixon Library will be the newest presidential museum in the United States.

"The new museum will inspire guests to take an unexpected look at the life and legacy of our 37th president utilizing new technology and originally produced interactive media, creating a state-of-the-art learning environment," said the foundation.

The museum announced it will feature the latest in new technology and close to 70 new exhibits, including a replica of the 37th president's Oval Office.

"President Nixon himself offered during the planning of this Library, 'I hope the Nixon Library will be a vital place of discovery and rediscovery, of investigation, of study, debate and analysis'," said David Ferriero, Archivist of the U.S. at recent event honoring Library supporters.

"This Library is living President Nixon's vision and NARA's mission," he added.

The remodeled museum will also have an exhibit on Nixon's trip to China, which ushered in a new era of engagement with the superpower. Officials say the library will also have 30 "unique, multi-media experiences, 11 original films, 12 custom digital interactives, 10 curated archival film sequences, more than 600 photographs, 8,000 square feet of wall murals and more than 300 artifacts."

The opening ceremony will take place on Oct. 14 at 11:00 a.m.. Some of American national, state and local leaders, Nixon family members, representatives from the Nixon Foundation board of directors and the National Archives and Records Administration and many of the dozens of benefactors who made the new museum possible will attend the ceremony.

The foundation also noted that a day of discussion on President Nixon's life, times and legacy will follow the opening on Saturday, Oct. 15. Endit