Events for 2008

Times and dates are subject to change, please check the website as the event approaches or call (501) 244-2701 for information.

2008 Exhibits

February 16 to July 13, 2008

On display from mid-February through mid-July, the exhibit provides visitors with a look into the rooms and grounds of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The model of the White House, done by John and Jan Zweifel, is 60-feet long and 25-feet wide and was constructed in a one-inch-to-one-foot scale.

The replica, which took 32 years to complete, is a faithful recreation of the president’s home that opens up rooms seldom seen by the public. Details include hand-carved furniture; tiny paintings that match the exact colors of the original works of art; working miniature televisions and clocks; and hundreds of tiny lights which illuminate the chandeliers.

The top floor of the three-story model includes the Lincoln Bedroom, which served as President Lincoln’s office where he signed The Emancipation Proclamation. The second floor includes The Green Room, which Thomas Jefferson used as a dining room; and the bottom floor includes the Map Room, in which President Franklin Roosevelt followed the course of World War II.

The replica of the White House took 32 years to create and measures 60-feet long and 25-feet wide and was constructed in a one-inch-to-one-foot scale.

A view of the Blue Room.

A replica of the Lincoln bedroom.

A replica of a table in the Lincoln bedroom. It stands just 2 1/2 inches tall.

The Long Struggle:

Presidential Actions and African-American Civil Rights

September 8, 2007- May 18, 2008