Significant DatesGround breaking: November 21, 1988Dedication: November 4, 1991 Main Courtyard of the Reagan Library Original BuildingArchitect - The Stubbins Associates, Boston, MAStyle - Spanish Mission (with Red Tiled Roof and Central Courtyard)General Contractor - Peck/Jones, Los Angeles, CASize - 150,000 square feet totalCost - $40.4 million (Construction Contract) $57 million totalFundraising and Construction Costs Provided by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Location40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065Ventura County, Simi Valley/Thousand Oaks, CASite: 29 acre campus on 100 acres|Donated by Blakeley-Swartz Development Partnership Library OperationsThe Library is a federal government historical research facility and public museum. It is one of thirteen presidential libraries and one presidential project operated and maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.The Library shares the campus space with the offices of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Library HoldingsRecords/Papers - 63.6 million pages (25,677 feet)Audiovisual - 1,623,000 still photographs670,000 feet of motion picture film20,500 video tapes25,500 audio recordingsGifts/Artifacts - 62,317 objects Printed Material16,000 volumes of books58,000 serials and other items Storage ConditionsTextual records - Temperature (63º) and Humidity (45%) Controlled; Earthquake Bracing and RestraintsAudiovisual - Cold Storage (62º and 35º) for Negatives and Motion Picture Film Prints; Earthquake RestraintsMuseum - Museum object storage units for general conservation and earthquake protection