The Museum and Library is the centrepiece of the Library complex. The complex is made up of two striking buildings, the Arrival Pavilion, designed and built by Nigerian contractors, and the Museum building itself, a white magnificent edifice that faces north, the gleaming steel and concrete structure housing exhibits that illustrate the life and times of Olusegun Obasanjo.

The presidential library complex is strategically located at the intersection of two major roads that lead into the city of Abeokuta from two different directions, namely, The Presidential Boulevard and The MKO Abiola Way. The first leads to Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, and the second leads to Ibadan, formerly the largest city in Nigerian and West Africa.