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Nixon Foundation Hosts Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Within Weeks of Announcing Major Civics Education Initiatives
On Wednesday evening the Nation’s leading advocate for education freedom today, The Honorable Betsy DeVos, joined Jim Byron, President & CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, for an interview about her new book, Hostages No More: The Fight for Education and Freedom...
Cold War Close-up: Doom Town Mannequins
Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets features a family of mannequins, on loan from the National Atomic Testing Museum. At first glance, the mannequins replicate a typical living arrangement from the 1950s but their purpose was actually quite grim. These mannequins...
Dr. Kissinger Pays Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II at the Nixon Library
Dr. Henry Kissinger visited the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, CA, on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 and signed a personal message expressing condolences at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in a book that will be delivered to the Royal...
Evening Honoring Dr. Henry Kissinger at Nixon Library will Enable Major Expansion of American Civics Education and Programming
On Wednesday, September 14, the Richard Nixon Foundation welcomed one of the foremost visionaries of our time, Dr. Henry Kissinger, back to the Nixon Library to receive its highest honor, the Architect of Peace Award, and share reflections from his latest book,...
Statement on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
September 8, 2022 - The Board of Directors and everyone at the Richard Nixon Foundation extends sincere condolences to the British people and to those across the Commonwealth on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen was a leader of unparalleled...
Cold War Close-up: Gorbachev Wrestling Jacket
In the special exhibit Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets visitors can view a jacket made for Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, who passed away this week at the age of 91 and is credited with helping bring an end to the Cold War. The blue satin wrestling jacket...
Announcing the Grand Strategy Summit
Fifty years have passed since President Nixon’s historic trip to China and the great power competition between the United States, Russia and China has returned. This time, Moscow and Beijing are banded together in an alliance that President Nixon’s strategic diplomacy...
Cold War Close-up: Launch a Missile from a Nuclear Sub
3-2-1….Launch. Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets features a unique interactive experience that simulates the intensity of launching a ballistic missile. Visitors are able to stand at a submarine console, turn a key to arm the system and countdown as a missile test...
Cold War Close-up: KGB Spy Tools
During the Cold War, espionage was raised to an art form by both the United States and the Soviet Union. Advances in technology expanded beyond centuries old spying techniques, such as the use of coded messages, double agents, and invisible ink to raise the art of spy...
Cold War Close-up: CIA Spy Tools
First glance at the spy section in Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets might have visitors thinking they are looking at props straight from the movie screen as maybe the creative work of Q, the gadget inventor for the fictional spy James Bond, but they are actual...