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Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
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Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is located in Michigan
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Location in Michigan
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is located in the US
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Location in Michigan
Location 42°58′00″N 85°40′38″W / 42.966779°N 85.677341°W / 42.966779; -85.677341Coordinates: 42°58′00″N 85°40′38″W / 42.966779°N 85.677341°W / 42.966779; -85.677341
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States
Construction start January 7, 1976
Completion date September 5, 1982
Dedicated September 6, 1982
Named for Gerald Ford
Architect Marvin DeWinter Associates; Jordan Sheperd
Size 44,000 sq. feet
Cost $11 million
Management National Archives and Records Administration
Website www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is the presidential museum and resting place of Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States (1974–1977), and his wife Betty Ford, located near the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ford's presidential museum is the only such facility under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration to be separate from the presidential library, which is located approximately 130 miles (210 km) to the east in Ann Arbor. Despite the separation, the library and museum are a single institution with one director.

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) was born on July 14, 1913. Ford served nearly 25 years as a Representative of Michigan's 5th congressional district, eight of them as the Republican Minority Leader. Serving from 1973 to 1974 as the 40th Vice President of the United States, Ford was the first person appointed to the vice-presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment. He then became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, and served until January 20, 1977 as the 38th President of the United States. Ford is the only President of the United States who was not elected by ballot for his terms as either President or Vice-President.


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