An Exact Replica Of Trump's Oval Office Has Been Built In The U.S. For Tourists
- 7.10.2026, 15:53
Small and gold.
A replica of the Oval Office is located in the “House of the People” museum next to the White House. Since the actual Oval Office is off-limits to visitors, this is the only place where they can see the U.S. president’s workplace.
The Oval Office has now been redecorated in the style of Donald Trump, who hung huge portraits in gilded frames and added numerous gold accents, according to AP.
In Washington, you can see an exact replica of Trump’s office
Under the direction of Executive Director Luke Buradi, the museum in Washington has recreated replicas of the gleaming vases, golden ornaments, trinkets, and 24 portraits, for which exact replicas of the frames were made.
“Despite the political nature of the Oval Office, it is also the office of the American people. And we want visitors who come here to feel more connected to this place,” said Luke Buradi.
Public tours of the White House do not include a visit to the West Wing. That’s why the White House Historical Association undertook the task of recreating the Oval Office, opening an exhibition in September 2024. It’s the same size as the real one, and visitors are often surprised by just how small it is.
A team of skilled designers worked on the exhibit’s redesign, visiting Trump’s Oval Office while the Republican president was away. Experts from North Carolina worked on recreating Trump’s numerous wall appliqués, while a specialist from Indianapolis handled the 3D scanning and printing of other specialized objects. Artisans from California hand-carved gold frames for the 24 portraits selected by Trump, while teams from Canada and Virginia worked on replicas of vases and other tableware.
There are also two mirrors and a copy of the Declaration of Independence, just as in Trump’s actual office.
Trump, who was a real estate developer before entering politics, remodeled the White House to suit his extravagant tastes as part of his effort to leave his mark on the nation’s capital while he is still in office.
Last week, when *Time* magazine asked Trump what he would miss most about the White House after leaving office, he replied, “This beautiful room, which no one should be allowed to tear down. The Oval Office.” He also said he had asked his chief of staff to turn his remodeled office into a “federal landmark.”
In addition to decorating the Oval Office with luxurious items, Trump also paved the lawn near the Rose Garden to create a terrace reminiscent of the one at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. He also placed a series of presidential portraits along the colonnade between the White House and the West Wing.
He erected tall flagpoles on the north and south lawns, renovated the Palm Room and the bathroom that is part of Lincoln’s famous bedroom, and ordered the restoration of the columns in front of the North Portico.
But Trump seems most proud of the $400 million ballroom he is building after ordering the demolition of the East Wing.
Trump’s sense of the White House as his personal fiefdom has reached such a degree that, while defending his attempt to ban CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from the premises, the U.S. president momentarily slipped up. “I’m not obligated to let them into my… the people’s house,” he said.
When the White House Historical Association first opened its replica of the Oval Office, it replicated the design of Democratic President Joe Biden’s office. After the 2024 election, the association updated the display to reflect the style of Trump’s first term.
Buradi said that Biden was the first president to hang portraits in two rows above the fireplace in the Oval Office, but Donald Trump outdid him by covering all the empty walls in the office with portraits.
As Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan write in their book *Regime Change*, Trump was once caught trying to glue gold ornaments to the fireplace in the Oval Office using superglue.
Many items in Trump’s Oval Office have stood the test of time: a beige carpet with a pattern from the Ronald Reagan era, gold drapes from the Bill Clinton era, as well as sofas and armchairs from the White House of George W. Bush.
Of course, there is a replica of the “Resolute” desk. Visitors to the People’s House are allowed to sit in the chairs and at the recreated desk, which has been used by Trump and most presidents since it was presented to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.
The White House Historical Association declined to disclose how much it cost to recreate the replica of the Oval Office. The organization, founded in 1961 by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, receives no government funding and raises funds through private donations and the sale of souvenirs. Last August, Trump himself paid a visit to the museum, and now he is expected to return.