The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is a repository located on the north campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

While a member of the United States Congress, Ford began donating his congressional papers to the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, his alma mater (B.A.

[3] As his presidency drew to a close, Ford offered to donate his presidential materials to a presidential library that would be built on the university's campus and administered by the National Archives.

[3] Construction of the library started on January 15, 1979, and it was opened to the public on April 27, 1981.

The Gerald R. Ford Museum is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ford's old congressional district and hometown, 130 miles west-northwest of Ann Arbor.