Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Library & Museum

Home to the world's largest collection of Lincoln-related documents, artifacts and books.

Combining scholarship and showmanship, the ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM uses twenty-first century technology to immerse visitors in a world of gas lamps and hoop skirts – Lincoln’s world. This state-of-the-art facility was designed with exacting historical detail to provide a lifelike experience for visitors.

Open since April 2005, this thought-provoking and entertaining permanent exhibition presents the life of Abraham Lincoln through a series of stories richly illustrated with personal memorabilia, fascinating documentary material of the Lincoln family, and engaging interactive activities for children. You will be immersed in the sights and sounds of the past and introduced to the people, places and events that shaped the life of our 16th president.

Unlike any museum in the United States, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum features hi-tech exhibits, interactive displays, multimedia programs, as well as a reproduction of the White House as it looked in 1861. The holographic and special effects theatres will entertain, educate and mesmerize you with ghostly images, live actors and high action. Witness the 1860 Presidential Election as though it were happening today, complete with television news coverage and campaign commercials. View an original hand-written copy of the Gettysburg Address, the evening gloves in President Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated and the quill pen he used to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.

In Mrs. Lincoln’s Attic, kids can play with a model of the Lincoln Home, try on period clothing, perform chores from the 1800s, and play with reproduction historic toys. They can also have their photos taken with life-size models of Abraham Lincoln as a boy and an adult, as well as with Mary Todd and the Lincoln children.

Both the Presidential Library and the Museum are excellent special event venues.