Orange County

Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace


The Richard Nixon Museum and Birthplace offers a large dose of pop culture mixed with foreign affairs exhibits, the incredible Pat Nixon Rose Garden and the quaint birthplace of Richard Nixon, built by his father Frank in 1912. Also included in the tour: A replica of the Lincoln Sitting Room in the White House's family quarters as it was decorated during President Nixon's time in office, an exploration of the space program during the Nixon presidency, featuring an astronaut's space suit, the telephone President Nixon used to call Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, and an actual Moon rock, the 1967 Lincoln Continental limousine used by Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, a replica of the East Room of the White House and the opportunity to step aboard Army One – the helicopter used by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford.