George H. W. Bush Presidential Library

The George H. W. Bush Presidential Library opened in 1997 on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, the centerpiece of a complex that includes the university's school of government and public service. Bush chose the site for the institution he hoped would carry his belief in public service forward, and he remained an active presence there until his death.

His was a single, eventful term lived at the hinge of an era. The collections document the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, the Persian Gulf War that drove Iraq from Kuwait, and the signing of NAFTA and the Americans with Disabilities Act. They also reach back across one of the fullest résumés in American politics — congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, envoy to China, director of the CIA, and vice president.

The museum reflects Bush's reserve and his emphasis on duty over showmanship, with exhibits on his service as a young Navy pilot shot down in the Pacific in the Second World War. George and Barbara Bush, along with their daughter Robin, are buried in a family plot on the library grounds, marking the campus as the final resting place of a presidential couple.