Ford Presidential Library as we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a Brown Bag Lecture on Japan and Japanese-Americans during President Ford’s administration. Japan and Japanese-Americans during the Ford Administration Brown Bag Lunch This exhibition showcases some of the unique memorabilia of Gerald Ford’s sporting life-as a player, as a fan, and as the nation’s athlete-in-chief. From the football teams of his youth to playing across the political aisle in the cutthroat congressional baseball league to discussing politics in the pool with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Ford believed that athletics built more than muscle. Ford throughout his life, shaping the belief in hard work, the value of teamwork, and the sense of fair play that became hallmarks of his political career. The Library is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the North Campus of the University of Michigan, while the Museum is in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 130 miles west of Ann Arbor.Īll programs are held at the Library unless stated otherwise

Unlike other Presidential libraries, the Ford library’s library and museum components are geographically separate. The Library is part of the Presidential libraries system of the National Archives and Records Administration, a Federal agency. And, in addition to the permanent timeline exhibit on the lives of Gerald and Betty Ford, the Library mounts several small temporary exhibits each year. It also offers a wide variety of special events, speakers, book signings, forums, educational workshops, films, and other programs. domestic issues, foreign relations, and political affairs during the Cold War era, focusing on the Ford administration. Over time, water leaking through the Capitol Dome and into the building caused.

Ford Library collects, preserves, and makes accessible to the public a rich body of archival materials on U.S. Other former presidents commemorated with statues in the U.S. Ford Library Collections Exhibits Events Education Plan an Event Volunteer/Interns

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