Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
Several Springfield stories featured in ‘Here I Have Lived: Home in Illinois’ ALPLM exhibit
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 212 N 6th St, Springfield, IL, United StatesSPRINGFIELD – A major new exhibit opening next week at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will explore the elusive idea of “home” and the many different ways Illinoisans have made this state their home over the centuries. “Here I Have Lived: Home in Illinois” will also introduce visitors to Black Hawk, the Sauk leader…
ALPLM to celebrate Juneteenth by displaying Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 212 N 6th St, Springfield, IL, United StatesSPRINGFIELD – As America celebrates Juneteenth, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will give everyone a chance to see a rare copy of the document that played a key role in this historic day of freedom, the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation, which bears the signature of Abraham Lincoln, will be displayed June 19-23 and…
Lincoln, Race and American Freedom Free Event July 26 at ALPLM
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 212 N 6th St, Springfield, IL, United StatesSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 presidential campaign was more than one man’s run for higher office. It was also an attempt to block a political scheme threatening to spread slavery to new corners of America, as historian Lucas Morel will explain July 26 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Lincoln’s opponents included…
Buckminster Fuller: Inventor of the Future
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 212 N 6th St, Springfield, IL, United StatesThe Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum celebrates the unbridled imagination of R. Buckminster Fuller this month with a display of his Dymaxion concept car, a chance for children to be inventors and a biographer’s take on Fuller’s career. Fuller, who spent part of his career at Southern Illinois University and designed a house there,…
Illinois’ First Lady to Discuss Governor’s Mansion at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 212 N 6th St, Springfield, IL, United StatesSPRINGFIELD – Illinois has one of the oldest and most historic governor’s mansions in America, and First Lady MK Pritzker has led efforts to give it an appropriately warm, welcoming interior. On Oct 4, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum welcomes the first lady as she discusses the mansion and her new book about it.…