[3] Located at Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope Drives,[2] the property has been the vacation site of numerous celebrities and public officials.

[3] When the Annenbergs were in residence, the main house hosted a significant art collection acquired by the couple, with about 50[6] works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Andrew Wyeth, and Monet.

[7] Other notable people who have visited the property include Frank Sinatra (who was married there),[5] Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, Gregory Peck, Ginger Rogers, Bing Crosby, Truman Capote, Mary Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.[5] Presidential visitors include Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George W. Bush, and Obama.

First ladies such as Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Mamie Dowd Eisenhower, Rosalynn Carter, Laura Bush, Nancy Reagan, and Hillary Clinton have also visited Sunnylands.

Other notable visitors include John Kerry, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elizabeth Dole, Colin Powell, along with a number of celebrities such as Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Merv Griffin, Rosalind Russell, Red Skelton, Helen Hayes, Mary Martin, Bob Hope, Kitty Carlisle, Hal Wallis, Art Linkletter, Mike Nichols, Truman Capote, Oscar de la Renta, and Eppie Lederer.

The collection also includes works by Pablo Picasso, Andrew Wyeth, and Romare Bearden, as well as important works of Chinese porcelain, Meissen vases, Chinese cloisonné objects and furniture, Tang dynasty funerary sculpture, Flora Danica china, Steuben glass, and English silver-gilt objects.

[12] Several sculptures, including Auguste Rodin's Eternal Spring and Giacometti's Bust of Diego on Stele III, are on permanent display at Sunnylands Center.

The Annenbergs envisioned Sunnylands becoming the "Camp David of the West,"[13] a place for national and foreign dignitaries and diplomats to gather for summit meetings and retreats in a relaxed setting, available to leaders from all political parties.

[4] President Reagan also delivered one of his final radio addresses to the nation and signed the intent to pursue NAFTA from Sunnylands in January 1989.