Significant Dates
Ground breaking: November 21, 1988
Dedication: November 4, 1991
Original Building
Architect - The Stubbins Associates, Boston, MA
Style - Spanish Mission (with Red Tiled Roof and Central Courtyard)
General Contractor - Peck/Jones, Los Angeles, CA
Size - 150,000 square feet total
Cost - $40.4 million (Construction Contract) $57 million total
Fundraising and Construction Costs Provided by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
Location
40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065
Ventura County, Simi Valley/Thousand Oaks, CA
Site: 29 acre campus on 100 acres|
Donated by Blakeley-Swartz Development Partnership
Library Operations
The 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 Holdings
Records/Papers - 63.6 million pages (25,677 feet)
Audiovisual - 1,623,000 still photographs
670,000 feet of motion picture film
20,500 video tapes
25,500 audio recordings
Gifts/Artifacts - 62,317 objects
Printed Material
16,000 volumes of books
58,000 serials and other items
Storage Conditions
Textual records - Temperature (63º) and Humidity (45%) Controlled; Earthquake Bracing and Restraints
Audiovisual - Cold Storage (62º and 35º) for Negatives and Motion Picture Film Prints; Earthquake Restraints
Museum - Museum object storage units for general conservation and earthquake protection