Richard McElhiney Architects LLC

F.D.R. Presidential Library Visitor Center General Services Administration Hyde Park, NY

The new 50,800sf visitor center serves all visitors to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Homesite. It  houses exhibition space, an auditorium, museum shop, café, and ticketing facilities. It also accommodates a conference & education center with four meeting spaces, catering facilities, and offices. Its programs are supported by state-of-the-art audio-visual and telecommunications systems. The 4,000gsf renovation of the north wing of the Library serves as a Temporary Exhibition Gallery.

Richard McElhiney, Project Director at previous firm.

photographs: Cervin Robinson