The center which includes a presidential library, museum, institute and the offices of the George W. Bush Foundation was dedicated on April 25, 2013, in a ceremony which featured all living former U.S. Presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
The library and museum are privately administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, while the university holds representation on the institute board.
The project raised over $500 million for the construction and endowment of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

The previous time that George W. Bush (then the outgoing president), Obama (then the president-elect), Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Carter all met took place in the White House in 2009, just days ahead of Obama's first inauguration.

Also in attendance were current and former US politicians and over 10,000 other invited guests, including dignitaries and ambassadors from about 50 countries.
They included :
 Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen from NATO
 Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia
 Prince Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain
 President Mikheil Saakashvili and Mrs. Sandra E. Roelofs from Georgia
 Former Prime Minister José María Alfredo Aznar López from Spain
 Former Prime Minister and Mrs. Ehud Olmert from Israel
 Former Prime Minister and Mrs. John Howard from Australia
 Former President Lee Myung-bak and Mrs. Kim Yoon-ok from South Korea
 Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Mrs. Cherie Blair from United Kingdom
 Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from Italy
 Former President John Kufuor from Ghana
 Former President Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez and Mrs. Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez from El Salvador
The center which includes a presidential library, museum, institute and the offices of the George W. Bush Foundation was dedicated on April 25, 2013, in a ceremony which featured all living former U.S. Presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. The library and museum are privately administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, while the university holds representation on the institute board. The project raised over $500 million for the construction and endowment of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
The previous time that George W. Bush (then the outgoing president), Obama (then the president-elect), Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Carter all met took place in the White House in 2009, just days ahead of Obama's first inauguration.
Also in attendance were current and former US politicians and over 10,000 other invited guests, including dignitaries and ambassadors from about 50 countries. They included :
 Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen from NATO
 Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia
 Prince Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain
 President Mikheil Saakashvili and Mrs. Sandra E. Roelofs from Georgia
 Former Prime Minister José María Alfredo Aznar López from Spain
 Former Prime Minister and Mrs. Ehud Olmert from Israel
 Former Prime Minister and Mrs. John Howard from Australia
 Former President Lee Myung-bak and Mrs. Kim Yoon-ok from South Korea
 Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Mrs. Cherie Blair from United Kingdom
 Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from Italy
 Former President John Kufuor from Ghana
 Former President Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez and Mrs. Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez from El Salvador
George W. Bush Presidential Center