Events and Exhibits
Explore the history of our nation at the Presidential Libraries! See, hear, and participate in the events that changed our lives and made us who we are as a nation.
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November 18 Monday
Boston, MA - 06:00pm to 07:30pm EST
A Conversation with Ash Carter
Ash Carter, former Secretary of Defense and director of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, discusses his distinguished career and new book, Inside the Five-Sided Box. -
Yorba Linda, CA - 06:00pm to 10:30pm PST
Meet Admiral James Stavridis, Former Supreme Allied Commander
Admiral James Stavridis, United States Navy, Retired, offers an intimate, human account of the lessons of leadership and character contained in the lives and careers of history’s most significant naval commanders. -
November 20 Wednesday
Boston, MA - 06:00pm to 07:30pm EST
Creating a Sweet World of White House Desserts
Roland Mesnier, White House executive pastry chef from 1979 - 2004, discusses his distinguished career and new book, Creating a Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Pastry Chef’s Secrets. -
November 23 Saturday
Little Rock, AR - 09:00am to 06:00pm CST
Exhibit Opens: ...Like It’s 1999: American Popular Culture in the 1990s
This exhibit will relive the golden, hopeful years that came after the fall of the Berlin Wall and before 9/11. -
November 25 Monday
Boston, MA - 06:00pm to 07:30pm EST
Great Lives Worth Reliving with Mo Rocca
Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and frequent panelist on NPR’s Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, discusses his new book, Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving. -
December 01 Sunday
Grand Rapids, MI - 01:00pm to 04:00pm EST
Holiday Open House and Train Opening!
Kick off the Holiday Season at the Ford Presidential Museum with holiday music, a visit with Santa and his reindeer. -
December 03 Tuesday
Boston, MA - 06:00pm to 07:30pm EST
A Conversation with Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams, bestselling author, nonprofit CEO, former GA House Democratic Leader and 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of GA, discusses her career and continuing work on voting rights and social issues. -
December 06 Friday
West Branch, IA - 05:00pm to 09:00pm CST
Christmas Past
Annual celebration throughout the town of West Branch with special events inside the Museum. -
December 10 Tuesday
Boston, MA - 06:00pm to 07:30pm EST
The Constitution: Changes and Challenges in US History
Akhil Amar, professor of law and political science at Yale, and Eric Foner, professor emeritus of history at Columbia, discuss constitutional changes and challenges throughout our nation’s history. -
December 12 Thursday
Grand Rapids, MI - 07:00pm to 09:00pm EST
Season's Greetings from the White House
Join Mary Evans Seeley as she documents nearly a century of presidential Christmases. Her new book, tells the stories of Christmas at the White House from Calvin Coolidge through Donald J. Trump. -
January 05 Sunday
West Branch, IA - 09:00am to 06:00pm CST
Christmas with the Hoovers Closes
Learn about how and where the Hoovers celebrated the holidays. -
College Station, TX - 09:00am to 06:00pm CST
Exhibit Closes: Wit and Humor: American Political Cartoons
From the earliest days of our nation, political cartoons appeared as powerful tools of expression for both the powerful and powerless. -
January 12 Sunday
Yorba Linda, CA - 10:00am to 08:00pm PST
Special Exhibit: Apollo 11: One Giant Leap for Mankind
Special Exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The exhibit opens April 29, 2019, and runs through January 12, 2020. -
February 15 Saturday
Grand Rapids, MI - 09:00am to 05:00pm EST
Exhibit Opens: Wounded War Dogs
James Mellick’s “Wounded Warrior Dogs” includes six wood-carved dogs, all wounded or rehabilitated and representing wartime service. They circle a small coffin draped in an American flag. -
February 19 Wednesday
Grand Rapids, MI - 09:00am to 05:00pm EST
Exhibit Opens: The Continual Struggle
Artist Brian Washington’s ongoing body of artwork documenting the Civil Rights Movement and America’s historical struggle against segregation and other forms of race-based disenfranchisement. -
May 10 Sunday
Grand Rapids, MI - 09:00am to 05:00pm EDT
Exhibit Closes: Wounded War Dogs
James Mellick’s “Wounded Warrior Dogs” includes six wood-carved dogs, all wounded or rehabilitated and representing wartime service. They circle a small coffin draped in an American flag. -
May 25 Monday
Little Rock, AR - 09:00am to 06:00pm CDT
Exhibit Closes: ...Like It’s 1999: American Popular Culture in the 1990s
This exhibit will relive the golden, hopeful years that came after the fall of the Berlin Wall and before 9/11. -
May 31 Sunday
Grand Rapids, MI - 09:00am to 05:00pm EDT
Exhibit Closes: The Continual Struggle
Artist Brian Washington’s ongoing body of artwork documenting the Civil Rights Movement and America’s historical struggle against segregation and other forms of race-based disenfranchisement.