Current Exhibit

Here I Have Lived: Home in Illinois

Through their stories and objects, we invite you to explore our shared roots and what it means to truly find a place of belonging.

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Past Exhibit

The State of the Sound

The State of Sound explores music in Illinois through an online exhibit, The State of Sound, created by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum.

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Lincoln's Life in Letters

Explore documents from our collection that provide glimpses of critical moments in Lincoln’s story.

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Current Exhibit

Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt

Freedom in Form will allow visitors to view Hunt’s work from a uniquely informed perspective as pillars of Black history provide a contextual foundation, augmenting form, shape and structure. The presence of voice and struggle through figures such as Frederick Douglass, Emmett Till, and Ida B. Wells will permeate and frame the experience – freedom takes many forms.

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