Donald Trump Isn’t Invited to Obama Center’s Grand Opening, but George W. Bush Will Be

There will be more than one former president at the opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center, just not the one who’s currently in office.

The center — which is located on the South Side of Chicago, in the city’s Jackson Park neighborhood — will officially open to the public on June 19, and it is bookended by various celebrations running from June 18 to June 21, the Obama Foundation announced on Saturday, March 7.

The dedication ceremony for the community-based center will be held June 18, and it will feature “legendary performances by global icons and powerful remarks from today’s most prominent voices,” the foundation said in a press release obtained by PEOPLE.

PEOPLE can confirm that President Donald Trump is not invited to the grand opening, but former President George W. Bush will be.

The White House did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Trump’s attendance on Saturday, March 7.

Former President Barack Obama, 64, and former first lady Michelle Obama announced the opening of the Obama Presidential Center — which features a museum, new library branch and more on its sprawling campus, which intends to expand on the couple’s legacy of public service — in several social media posts.

“When visitors look up at the Obama Presidential Center’s Museum building, they’ll see three words: ‘You are America.’ Those words come from a speech I gave in Selma on the 50th anniversary of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge,” the former president wrote a video of the center on Instagram. “They’re meant to honor the men and women who came before us, and to inspire the next generation to be messengers of hope.”

“That hope will have a home at the Obama Presidential Center,” he continued. “Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th. We can’t wait for you to visit.”

Michelle, 62, meanwhile, wrote, “Chicago will always be home. It’s where Craig and I grew up. Where Barack and I met and fell in love. Where we taught our girls to tie their shoes and reach for the stars. Where the ride of a lifetime took root — and took off. So when it came time to decide where we’d build the Obama Presidential Center, Barack and I knew exactly where it had to be: Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago.”

The center, the Chicago native continued, is “a way of giving back to the community that has given us so much. But it’s more than that, too. It’s a tribute to the big-hearted, open-armed people and communities who have defined this city — and buoyed our family through thick and thin. It’s a launchpad for the next generation of young leaders who are going to change the world.”

The Obama Presidential Center has been in the works for years, with the Obamas first celebrating the groundbreaking of the project in September 2021.

Barack previously said he opted to build the center instead of a presidential library in order to bolster the Jackson Park neighborhood on the city’s South Side, which is both where his wife grew up and where he began his political career, first being elected as a state senator there in 1996.

Tickets to the museum will be available starting in May, and “pricing will be in line with other Chicago cultural institutions,” per the Obama Foundation. All other areas of the 19.3-acre campus are free and do not require a ticket to enter.

There will be more than one former president at the opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center, just not the one who’s currently in office.

The center — which is located on the South Side of Chicago, in the city’s Jackson Park neighborhood — will officially open to the public on June 19, and it is bookended by various celebrations running from June 18 to June 21, the Obama Foundation announced on Saturday, March 7.

The dedication ceremony for the community-based center will be held June 18, and it will feature “legendary performances by global icons and powerful remarks from today’s most prominent voices,” the foundation said in a press release obtained by PEOPLE.

PEOPLE can confirm that President Donald Trump is not invited to the grand opening, but former President George W. Bush will be.

The White House did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Trump’s attendance on Saturday, March 7.

Former President Barack Obama, 64, and former first lady Michelle Obama announced the opening of the Obama Presidential Center — which features a museum, new library branch and more on its sprawling campus, which intends to expand on the couple’s legacy of public service — in several social media posts.

“When visitors look up at the Obama Presidential Center’s Museum building, they’ll see three words: ‘You are America.’ Those words come from a speech I gave in Selma on the 50th anniversary of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge,” the former president wrote a video of the center on Instagram. “They’re meant to honor the men and women who came before us, and to inspire the next generation to be messengers of hope.”

“That hope will have a home at the Obama Presidential Center,” he continued. “Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th. We can’t wait for you to visit.”

Michelle, 62, meanwhile, wrote, “Chicago will always be home. It’s where Craig and I grew up. Where Barack and I met and fell in love. Where we taught our girls to tie their shoes and reach for the stars. Where the ride of a lifetime took root — and took off. So when it came time to decide where we’d build the Obama Presidential Center, Barack and I knew exactly where it had to be: Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago.”

The center, the Chicago native continued, is “a way of giving back to the community that has given us so much. But it’s more than that, too. It’s a tribute to the big-hearted, open-armed people and communities who have defined this city — and buoyed our family through thick and thin. It’s a launchpad for the next generation of young leaders who are going to change the world.”

The Obama Presidential Center has been in the works for years, with the Obamas first celebrating the groundbreaking of the project in September 2021.

Barack previously said he opted to build the center instead of a presidential library in order to bolster the Jackson Park neighborhood on the city’s South Side, which is both where his wife grew up and where he began his political career, first being elected as a state senator there in 1996.

Tickets to the museum will be available starting in May, and “pricing will be in line with other Chicago cultural institutions,” per the Obama Foundation. All other areas of the 19.3-acre campus are free and do not require a ticket to enter.