The Clinton First Home Museum, built upon the former president’s childhood residence in Hope, Arkansas, will gain status as a national historic site after the holiday season.
The museum, a two-and-a-half story house built in 1917, was the home for Clinton and his biological parents’ home since his birth in 1946, until his mother married Roger Clinton in 1950.
The house, along with a few other locations in Hope previously utilized by the president, was purchased by The Clinton Birthplace Foundation.
The organization aims to “to preserve and promote the history of the birthplace and boyhood homes of President William Jefferson Clinton” and has welcomed visitors from over 193 countries since the museum opened in 1997, according to its official website.
With the status of a national historic site, the museum is expected to further help tourism in the region.
“They [international visitors] are not concerned with politics of Democrat or Republican, they only see the results of his diplomacy. It was in this house and from this family that President Clinton learned such effectiveness,” Berryman, the head of the museum, told the Associated Press.
The museum, a two-and-a-half story house built in 1917, was the home for Clinton and his biological parents’ home since his birth in 1946, until his mother married Roger Clinton in 1950.
The house, along with a few other locations in Hope previously utilized by the president, was purchased by The Clinton Birthplace Foundation.
The organization aims to “to preserve and promote the history of the birthplace and boyhood homes of President William Jefferson Clinton” and has welcomed visitors from over 193 countries since the museum opened in 1997, according to its official website.
With the status of a national historic site, the museum is expected to further help tourism in the region.
“They [international visitors] are not concerned with politics of Democrat or Republican, they only see the results of his diplomacy. It was in this house and from this family that President Clinton learned such effectiveness,” Berryman, the head of the museum, told the Associated Press.
