Only 10 people in American history can be labelled as both the son and the sibling of a president. Neil Bush is one of those.

No matter if your father is the leader of the free world, or if your brother is the commander in chief, first impressions mean a lot. Ten years ago, Neil watched with his family as his dad's presidential library and museum opened, and he beemed with pride.

"As people do go through it and as I went through it, it just struck me that there's a great model to follow, and this museum put that model, puts that life into a wonderful perspective," Neil said.

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The first President Bush has led one of the more remarkable lives in modern American history, one which has been on display since late 1997.

"I was really overwhelmed at how beautiful it was and how well it represented the various stages of my parents' lives," Neil said. "The layout of it was phenomenal, and is going to be phenomenal."

Phenomenal was probably a more apt word ten years ago on a November day when the former president channeled his baseball idol, Lou Gehrig, in saying that he was the luckiest man on the earth.

Though no one would argue with that point, before the $8.3 million renovation of the museum began, "antiquated" might be the better word. The history hasn't changed. The ways to tell it have.

Growing up, the middle child of President George H. W. Bush dealt with dyslexia. It's a big part of the reason Neil helped found an education software company, Ignite, dedicated to new, easier ways of teaching. For Neil, seeing history is believing, especially in his dad's museum.

"To actually see it and to work with things like that, for me personally, is a great thing," Neil said, "so I'm not sure I learn anything new [when I go through the museum], but I have a growing depth of appreciation for his life and for the variety of things he did in his life."

Come the reopening of the museum this November, the interactivity will have grown immensely. More than 100 new displays will put Bush 41's life in people's two hands with things like touch screen technology. It's something library officials say is due, and something Neil believes broadens the Bush Library experience.

"To bring a deeper historical perspective and to have the interactivity that is going to exist there shows to me an amazing commitment, an enlightened commitment to having the best facility in the world for this kind of historical visitor tour," Neil said.

Plus, even more photographs and articles from the family's past will be on display courtesy, in part, of dozens of scrapbooks kept by the family.

"I was, again, kind of amazed at all the artifacts that he has retained throughout his life, and to see those things pop up in the museum and to be preserved forever is just a wonderful thing as a family member," Neil said.

Of course, for this son, on display is not just the life of a father and his family, but also, that of a president.

"He served this country with great distinction in that capacity," Neil said, "and people that go through the museum see that his life was dedicated to service."