In this photograph, taken by Eric Draper on January 21, 2001, White House Curator Betty Monkman leads a tour in the Green Room of the White House. The tour was held the day after George W. Bush was sworn-in as the 43rd President of the United States. Betty Monkman joined the White House Office of the Curator in 1967, and served there until her retirement in 2002. She became the sixth White House Curator upon the retirement of Rex Scouten in 1997. A regular contributor to the White House Historical Association's award-winning journal “White House History Quarterly,” Betty Monkman is also the author of the White House Historical Association publications “The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families,” and “The Living White House.”

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman in the State Dining Room was taken by Matthew D’Agostino on April 27, 2015, during the Barack Obama administration. At a press preview ahead of the State Dinner held in honor of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe of Japan, Allman discussed the Obama’s recently revealed state china service. The Japan State Dinner would be the first official occasion where the Obama state service was used. The service included 11 pieces per setting and was designed with a modern aesthetic that was compatible and interchangeable with other historic services in the White House Collection. In a nod toward President Obama’s upbringing in Hawaii, several pieces in the service are complimented with bands of “Kailua blue”. Allman served as curator from 2002-2017.

This photograph of Dale Haney, superintendent for the White House Grounds, leading Bo and Sunny, the Obama family's Portuguese Water Dogs, was taken by Matthew D'Agostino for the White House Historical Association on April 6, 2015. The presidential pooches joined President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Bo and Sunny were also represented on some of the official White House Easter Eggs for 2015. While vibrantly colored wooden eggs had facsimiles of the president and first lady's signatures on the back, paw prints representing Bo and Sunny's signatures appeared on the back of plain American birch wood official White House Easter Eggs. In addition to his work on the grounds, Dale Haney has looked after every president's dog since King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter.

This photograph of Dale Haney, superintendent for the White House Grounds, leading Bo and Sunny, the Obama family's Portuguese Water Dogs, was taken by Matthew D'Agostino for the White House Historical Association on April 6, 2015. The presidential pooches joined President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Bo and Sunny were also represented on some of the official White House Easter Eggs for 2015. While vibrantly colored wooden eggs had facsimiles of the president and first lady's signatures on the back, paw prints representing Bo and Sunny's signatures appeared on the back of plain American birch wood official White House Easter Eggs. In addition to his work on the grounds, Dale Haney has looked after every president's dog since King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter.

This photograph of Dale Haney, superintendent for the White House Grounds, leading Bo and Sunny, the Obama family's Portuguese Water Dogs, was taken by Matthew D'Agostino for the White House Historical Association on April 6, 2015. The presidential pooches joined President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Bo and Sunny were also represented on some of the official White House Easter Eggs for 2015. While vibrantly colored wooden eggs had facsimiles of the president and first lady's signatures on the back, paw prints representing Bo and Sunny's signatures appeared on the back of plain American birch wood official White House Easter Eggs. In addition to his work on the grounds, Dale Haney has looked after every president's dog since King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter.

This photograph of Dale Haney, superintendent for the White House Grounds, leading Bo and Sunny, the Obama family's Portuguese Water Dogs, was taken by Matthew D'Agostino for the White House Historical Association on April 6, 2015. The presidential pooches joined President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Bo and Sunny were also represented on some of the official White House Easter Eggs for 2015. While vibrantly colored wooden eggs had facsimiles of the president and first lady's signatures on the back, paw prints representing Bo and Sunny's signatures appeared on the back of plain American birch wood official White House Easter Eggs. In addition to his work on the grounds, Dale Haney looked after every president's dog since King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter.

This photograph of Dale Haney, superintendent for the White House Grounds, leading Bo and Sunny, the Obama family's Portuguese Water Dogs, was taken by Matthew D'Agostino for the White House Historical Association on April 6, 2015. The presidential pooches joined President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Bo and Sunny were also represented on some of the official White House Easter Eggs for 2015. While vibrantly colored wooden eggs had facsimiles of the president and first lady's signatures on the back, paw prints representing Bo and Sunny's signatures appeared on the back of plain American birch wood official White House Easter Eggs. In addition to his work on the grounds, Dale Haney looked after every president's dog since King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter.

This photograph, taken by Joseph J. Scherschel on December 19, 1969, shows Traphes Bryant in the White House Library with Pasha, a Yorkshire Terrier belonging to Tricia Nixon, Vicki, a French Poodle owned by Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter. Bryant was an electrician with the General Services Administration from 1948 to 1972 and served as the unofficial presidential dog keeper for several first families beginning with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.

This photograph, taken by Joseph J. Scherschel on December 19, 1969, shows Traphes Bryant in the White House Library with Pasha, a Yorkshire Terrier belonging to Tricia Nixon, Vicki, a French Poodle owned by Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter. Bryant was an electrician with the General Services Administration from 1948 to 1972 and served as the unofficial presidential dog keeper for several first families beginning with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.

This photograph, taken by Joseph J. Scherschel on December 19, 1969, shows Traphes Bryant in the White House Library with Pasha, a Yorkshire Terrier belonging to Tricia Nixon, Vicki, a French Poodle owned by Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter. Bryant was an electrician with the General Services Administration from 1948 to 1972 and served as the unofficial presidential dog keeper for several first families beginning with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.

This photograph, taken by Joseph J. Scherschel on December 19, 1969, shows Traphes Bryant in the White House Library with Pasha, a Yorkshire Terrier belonging to Tricia Nixon, Vicki, a French Poodle owned by Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter. Bryant was an electrician with the General Services Administration from 1948 to 1972 and served as the unofficial presidential dog keeper for several first families beginning with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.

This photograph, taken by Joseph J. Scherschel on December 19, 1969, shows Traphes Bryant in the White House Library with Pasha, a Yorkshire Terrier belonging to Tricia Nixon, Vicki, a French Poodle owned by Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter. Bryant was an electrician with the General Services Administration from 1948 to 1972 and served as the unofficial presidential dog keeper for several first families beginning with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.

This photograph, taken by Joseph J. Scherschel on December 19, 1969, shows Traphes Bryant in the White House Library with Pasha, a Yorkshire Terrier belonging to Tricia Nixon, Vicki, a French Poodle owned by Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and King Timahoe, President Richard M. Nixon's Irish Setter. Bryant was an electrician with the General Services Administration from 1948 to 1972 and served as the unofficial presidential dog keeper for several first families beginning with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.

This photograph of White House curator William G. Allman was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on October 14, 2016. Allman was speaking at a reception celebrating 20th century art in the White House. The event took place in the East Room of the White House and included remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama. The event brought college art history and fine arts students to the Executive Mansion to participate in a workshop with representatives of the White House Historical Association, the White House Office of the Curator, and the Committee for Preservation of the White House. In addition to the reception, a panel was held in the Family Dining Room, a room decorated with 20th century art during the Barack Obama administration.