Presidents showing off the White House

For over 200 years, the White House has been a place for U.S. presidents to live, a place for them to work -- and place they love showing off to visitors.

Here, President Donald Trump poses with Kid Rock, Sarah Palin and others in the Oval Office in 2017.

Showing off the residence

President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan have tea with Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the White House residence in 1985.

Showing off the Cabinet Room

President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali in the Cabinet Room in 1980.

Showing off the South Lawn

President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House with participants in a mentoring program and résumé workshop in October 2014. 

Showing off the White House to tourists

President Donald Trump plays tour guide in 2017, surprising visitors during the official reopening of public tours at the White House.

Showing off the Blue Room

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India admire the Blue Room of the White House in 2009. 

Showing off the Rose Garden with a wedding

President Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia Nixon, and her husband, Ed Cox, walk down the aisle at their White House wedding in the Rose Garden in 1971.

Showing off the East Room

President George W. Bush escorts Queen Elizabeth II into the East Room before a musical performance in 2007.

Showing off the Christmas tree

President George H.W. Bush shows his grandson, Walker, the Oval Office Christmas tree in 1991. 

Showing off the Blue Room

President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with Donald Trump and Ivana Trump during a reception in the Blue Room in 1985. 

Showing off the Oval

President Richard Nixon shakes hands with Elvis Presley in the Oval Office in 1970.

Just plain showing off

President Ronald Reagan rides a wooden horse in the Oval Office as White House aide Shirley Moore looks on in 1982. 

Showing off the Red Room

President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush and their family pose in the Red Room during a 60th wedding anniversary celebration for former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush in 2005.

Showing off the office

President Bill Clinton greets David Bowie and his band in the outer Oval Office area in 1995. 

Showing off a special painting

President Barack Obama shows Ruby Bridges a Norman Rockwell painting featuring her as a child that was on display outside of the Oval Office in July 2011.

Bridges is the little girl depicted in the painting called "The Problem We All Live With." In it, she is being escorted to school on the first day of court-ordered integrated schools in New Orleans in 1960.

Showing off the White House to the pope

President Jimmy Carter walks with Pope John-Paul II around the White House in 1979. 

Showing off the Gaming Room

President Ronald Reagan shows a piece of art to Barbara Walters and Nancy Reagan in the Gaming Room in 1986. 

Showing off the South Lawn

President Bill Clinton poses with Buddy the dog for a portrait photo on the South Lawn.

Showing off the horseshoe pit

George H.W. Bush and John Denver pitch horseshoes at the White House horseshoe pit in 1989. 

Showing the Oval to stars

President John F. Kennedy shows the Oval Office to Danny Kaye, Judy Garland, Carol Burnett and Richard Adler in 1962.

Showing off the East Room

President Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon lead actress Debbie Reynolds and her daughter, Carrie Fisher, through the East Room in 1973.

Showing off the Resolute Desk

President George W. Bush points to the carved seal on the Resolute Desk during a meeting with the Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in 2003.

Showing off the Christmas tree

President Barack Obama shows military officials the White House Christmas tree in the Blue Room in 2011.

Showing the White House to the pope

President George W. Bush walks with Pope Benedict XVI along the Colonnade in 2008. 

Showing off the kitchen

President Barack Obama holds a live interview in the White House kitchen with Savannah Guthrie in 2015. 

Showing off the tennis court

President George H.W. Bush plays doubles tennis with Pete Sampras in 1990.

Showing off the Music Room

President Bill Clinton practices his saxophone in the newly decorated Music Room in the residence in 1996.

Showing off the decorations

President Barack Obama admires Halloween decorations as he enters the South Portico of the White House in 2013. 

Showing the Oval to "Idols"

President George W. Bush poses in the Oval Office with the top 10 "American Idol" finalists in 2006. 

Showing off the Red Room

President Ronald Reagan hosts Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the Red Room in 1983. 

Showing off the kitchen garden

President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama host a harvesting event in the White House kitchen garden in 2016. 

Showing off the grounds

President George W. Bush shows Russian President Vladimir Putin around the grounds of the White House in 2001.  

Showing off the Lincoln Bedroom

President Barack Obama shows Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the Lincoln Bedroom in 2016. 

Showing off the whole White House

President Gerald Ford and his family pose for a picture on the South Lawn of the White House in 1976.

Showing off the residence

Luci Johnson Nugent, Patrick Lyndon Nugent, Lady Bird Johnson, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lynda Johnson Robb and Lucinda Robb pose for a family Christmas portrait in the residence in 1968. 

Showing off the swimming pool

President Gerald Ford takes a dip in front of the press to show off the new White House swimming pool in 1975.

Showing off the grounds

President George W. Bush shows the White House grounds to the leadership of Rolling Thunder, a non-profit organization, in 2007.  

Showing off the White House with a wedding

President Grover Cleveland loved the White House so much that he chose to have his 1886 wedding to Frances Folsom there.

Showing off the White House with a portrait

President Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt pose in 1933 with their thirteen grandchildren in Roosevelt's White House study. 

Showing off the White House with a party

President Herbert Hoover holds a New Year's Day reception at the White House in 1930.

Showing off repairs

President Harry S. Truman holds up a gold key in the newly renovated White House after three years of repair and reconstruction ended in 1952.

Showing off a renovation

President Harry S. Truman admires a newly renovated White House with the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion in 1952. 

Showing off the White House to the press

President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with columnist Drew Pearson in the White House Garden in 1964.

Showing off the White House with a wedding

President Lyndon B. Johnson escorts his daughter, Lynda Bird Johnson, to the East Room of the White House during her wedding ceremony in 1967. 

Showing off the decor

President Ronald Reagan shows bronze Remington saddles in the Oval Office to King Juan Carlos I of Spain in 1981.

Showing off the pictures

President George W. Bush shows Lyudmila Putina, the wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin, around the White House in 2002. 

Showing off the White House with a family wedding

Decor for the wedding of Jessie Woodrow Wilson, the daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, is shown in the East Room in 1913.