Welcome to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum Website

The Resurrection of Richard Nixon – Our Elder Statesman
Kasey Pipes
Thursday, December 10, 2020
7PM
Virtual Program - Reservations

Wine and the White House: A History
presented by Frederick Ryan Jr.
with guest sommelier, Adam Fortuna
Friday, December 18, 2020
7PM
Virtual Program - Reservations

Virtual Tours

Click the link above to step inside the Ford Museum and take a virtual tour with the Museum's Curator Don Holloway.  Walk through the Core Exhibits, learn about Gerald R. Ford’s childhood and early years in Grand Rapids.  Continue the tour as Mr. Holloway explains how Ford’s time as a student at the University of Michigan helped shape the man who becomes a Congressman, Vice President and eventually, President. The tour concludes with the final gallery honoring the funeral services of both President and Mrs. Ford.

Bonus tours include an inside look at the Cabinet Room and Oval Office displays. 

View our Temporary Exhibits:
The Continual Struggle: The American Freedom Movement and the Seeds of Social Change    
Hear from the artist Brian Washington as he introduces his artwork documenting the Civil Rights Movement and America’s historical struggle against segregation and other race-based injustices.  The exhibit opened in February in honor of Black History Month, which President Ford instituted in 1976.  Exhibit sponsors include the Frey Foundation and Fifth Third Bank.

Wounded Warrior Dog Project & K9 War Stories
Comprised of two installations, the exhibit shows true stories of courage and sacrifice of canines and their human handlers during the Global War on Terror.