The day before the official dedication of the museum portion of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, museum officials talked about the museum and resources ...

The idea for the museum first emerged in the 1960s, says Litterst—the brainchild of a Republican Congressman from Iowa, Fred Schwengel, who thought the undercroft could be dedicated to the life of ...

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The collection’s original owner is “appalled.” ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum opened in 2005 with the purpose of the telling the life story and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Museum director Alan Lowe gave a tour of the museum ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield celebrates the 16th president's life. On Saturday, it also examined his death.

On a rainy Tuesday morning, I stood under Abraham Lincoln for the first time. “Those reinforced concrete beams are actually where Abe is sitting right now,” said Sam Meyerhoff, a senior ...

I'm Fred Martino, at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. As you enter the museum in this grand plaza, you see entrances to various permanent exhibits ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, which formed in 2000 with the express goal of opening and fundraising for the museum, borrowed $23 million in 2007 to buy the hat and 1,400 ...

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The collection’s original owner is “appalled.” ...

Tour Lincoln's largest 'museum' – Sheldon's outdoor sculpture collection. L. Kent Wolgamott Jul 27, 2022 Jul 27, 2022 Updated Sep 1, 2023; 0; 1 of 4 ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has reached a milestone on the road to national accreditation: verification of all its core policy documents by the American Alliance of Museums.