Tickets Available
Thank you to everyone who celebrated the grand opening in the rugged Badlands of western North Dakota.
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is open now — and the country that shaped a young T.R. is waiting for you to explore it in person.
Relive the Opening
See the playlist
Featured on CBS Sunday Morning
Lee Cowan and CBS Sunday Morning got an early walk through the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library before its July 4 opening — across the grass-covered roof with its walking paths and big-sky views, into a recreation of the Elkhorn Ranch cabin, and face to face with an AI archive where Participants can hold a real conversation with T.R. himself. Cowan called it a place where it's hard to tell where the prairie ends and the Library begins — exactly the point. This is the landscape that healed a grieving young Roosevelt and forged the leader he became, told not under glass but as a call to adventure.
Additional Coverage
See the playlist
Theodore Roosevelt told his best stories around a fire. Now you can pull up a seat. Campfire is an AI guide that brings Roosevelt's letters, speeches, and photographs — collections from 18 institutions — into one place, built with the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University and Microsoft's AI for Good Lab. Ask a question in your own words, and explore.
The challenge is to build an awe-inspiring, architecturally significant destination that works with, not against, nature.
Gear up, read up, and take a little piece of the Badlands home. Every purchase supports the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.
Theodore Roosevelt was the author of his own life's adventure. He created a new chapter for America, one vast enough to match his vision for the country's place on the world stage.
Become a Founding Member of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and be among the first to experience this landmark institution. Founding Members receive early access and priority admission when the Library opens in July 2026—along with the satisfaction of helping bring Roosevelt’s legacy to life from the very beginning.
Ted Roosevelt V hosts a series of discussions with a range of personalities, all centered around being a good citizen.
The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it.