Only 11 presidents have them, so we went to College Station Texas, home of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and museum, to see what goes on inside and out, and give you an idea of what to expect here in Little Rock.

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"It's a hot-bed of activity." A library is probably not where you'd expect to hear a description like this. But that's how the people who run the George Bush Presidential Library think of it.

It's a place where if you blink, you might miss something. Think of it as a lesson in pop culture history, mixed with what the president was doing and thinking at the time. In this president's case, there's a fighter plane, exactly like the one he was shot down in during World War II.

But you can also read the letters he sent home to his parents at the time, and much of it, in the president's own words.

Bush Library Curator Patricia Burchfield says, "If they have things they want to add to the exhibits, we will certainly take that into consideration and in most cases add those things."

Burchfield says a presidential library should be an extension of the Commander in Chief's personality.

"It reflects him," she explains. "Where you come from really does mold and shape your character."

She says his family shapes President Bush's character. And of the two million photos in the library, many of them are family pictures, helping prove her point.

But, you also get a picture of the president's White House. You can go inside a replica of Air Force One or see exactly what his office at Camp David looked like.

But a presidential library is more than just a snapshot of the past.

"We collect for the future. For 200 years from now, what people will want to see about George and Barbara Bush," Burchfield says.

And part of that means telling new stories about their lives through temporary exhibits, like the one on Barbara Bush's life.

Bush Library Director Dr. Douglas Menarchik explains, "The temporary exhibits allow us to bring in something fresh every three to five to six months, so the visitors in our local area can come back, bring their friends, and see something different, something very interesting."

But that's not the only advantage to living in a city with a presidential library.

"Heads of state come here on a regular basis, the national political leaders come here on a regular basis," Menarchik says. "Those kinds of opportunities simply would not be available without a presidential library in the midst of the local community."

And when the guest speakers come, so does the former president. The Bushes are there several times a year.

"When they're in Houston they come up here three or four times a month," Menarchik says. "And our patrons can be walking around on the grounds, around the presidential fishing pond, they can see Mrs. Bush walking Sadie." So, you may run into the first family at the library.

The archives and record center at the Bush Library is closed to the public because it's home to about 30 million presidential documents from his time in office. Archivists will go through and certify every piece of paper so it can be made public. It'll take decades.

Down the hall is another storage room. This for all the gifts the president has been given since being elected. President Bush has everything from beans to paintings.

These things, are all a part of the White House and all here now in Little Rock.

"So we have large collections, we have very deep collections, and our artifacts and photos and documents allow you to tell a story in a way you wouldn't get just on a TV," Burchfield explains.

"The presidential library will be the biggest thing to happen to Little Rock in the decade," Menarchik says. "It will have an effect that will go on for years. But, the first five or six years will be very, very special."

About 200,000 people visit College Station each year to go to the library. And because Little Rock is a much bigger city, that number is expected to be much higher here at the Clinton Presidential Center.