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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is located in Illinois
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Location in Illinois
Location 39°48′12″N 89°38′50″W / 39.8032°N 89.6473°W / 39.8032; -89.6473Coordinates: 39°48′12″N 89°38′50″W / 39.8032°N 89.6473°W / 39.8032; -89.6473
Springfield, Illinois, United States
Dedicated April 2005
Named for Abraham Lincoln
Architect HOK
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Dr. Thomas H. Schwartz
BRC Imagination Arts, Exhibit Designer
Management The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
Website Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum documents the life of the 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln, and the course of the American Civil War. Combining traditional scholarship with 21st-century showmanship techniques, the museum ranks as one of the most visited presidential libraries. Its library, in addition to housing an extensive collection on Lincoln, also houses the collection of the Illinois State Historical Library, founded by the state in 1889. The library and museum is located in the state capital of Springfield, Illinois, and is overseen by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, an agency of state government. It is not affiliated with the U.S. National Archives and its system of Presidential Libraries.

The museum contains life-size dioramas of Lincoln's boyhood home, areas of the White House, the presidential box at Ford's Theatre, and the settings of key events in Lincoln's life, as well as pictures, artifacts and other memorabilia. Original artifacts are changed from time to time, but the collection usually includes items like the original hand written Gettysburg Address, a signed Emancipation Proclamation, his glasses and shaving mirror, Mary Todd Lincoln's music box, items from her White House china, her wedding dress, and more. The permanent exhibits are divided into two different stages of the president's life, called "Journey One: The Pre-Presidential Years", and "Journey Two: The Presidential Years", and a third, the "Treasures Gallery". Temporary exhibits rotate periodically. Past exhibits have dealt with the Civil War and Stephen A. Douglas, . As of February 2014, a collection of Annie Leibovitz's photography, including photos of Lincoln's items, is on display.


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