World Libraries: Work to begin on George W. Bush Presidential library in the United States

On November 16 2010 in Texas (USA) were launched works on erection of the George W. Bush Presidential library that will showcase the 43rd president's eight years in office.

On more than 20 acres on the edge of the Southern Methodist University campus the presidential complex will include a library, museum and policy institute.

Presidential libraries "all stand out in a very unique way in that they represent the personalities of the president they represent," said Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation.

The 225,000-square-foot complex of the George W. Bush Presidential Center will include a three-story building. It will house the Freedom Hall, a Freedom Plaza, exhibits, a restaurant, classrooms, research rooms, offices, seminar rooms, an auditorium and a presidential suite. The George W. Bush Institute will be also housed there.

Bush's library will be the third in Texas, joining libraries for George H.W. Bush at Texas A&M University in College Station and the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library at the University of Texas at Austin.