Clinton Presidential Center

The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park is part of the William J. Clinton Foundation (Foundation ) and involves mainly the presidential library of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States.

The building complex was built for $ 165 million in a park in Little Rock, Arkansas, and on 18 November 2004 in the presence of U.S. President George W. Bush as well as former presidents Carter and Bush senior. opened.

The design of the architect James Polshek and Richard Olcott to reflect the concerns of Clinton, to build a bridge to the 21st century. Accordingly, a structure made of glass was integrated into the system, which is supposed to indicate a bridge over the Arkansas River.

The library, which includes a museum belongs, is home to nearly 2 million photographs, 76 million pages of books and documents, 21 million e- mails and 80,000 gifts or other items of Clinton's presidency. Visitors can obtain detailed information and multimedia about the tenure and the biography of the president and thereby also visit scale replica of the Oval Office and the Cabinet room.

Next to the library and the museum and the offices of the Clinton Foundation and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service are housed on a total of 12 acres of park-like landscaped grounds.

The city of Little Rock brought the ex-president and the construction of acclaimed for its architecture library a strong increase in investments and tourism.