George W. Bush Presidential Center opening won’t be impacted by sequestration

The much anticipated opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center won’t be impacted by sequestration, even as the federal cuts have forced the National Archives and Records Administration to reduce public hours at its flagship facilities in the Washington area.

Alan Lowe, director of the Bush Center’s library and museum, confirmed Friday that the sequester won’t affect plans to dedicate the complex on April 25 and then open it to the public on May 1. There won’t be any curtailed operating hours, either, he said.

“The opening is proceeding as planned,” he said. “We are just being very careful, as always, with the taxpayers’ dollars. We’re looking at that and making sure we are efficient as we can be in running this place.”

The National Archives and Records Administration announced this week that it would no longer extend public hours at exhibits and research rooms at the National Archives Building in Washington and the research rooms at the National Archives at College Park, Md.

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