Inside Obama’s ‘first of its kind’ presidential museum with life-sized Oval Office replica and personal touches - This roughly $850 million project explores both the political and personal realms of t

A museum dedicated to the career of former US president Barack Obama is set to open in Chicago on June 19, the US holiday Juneteenth commemorating the liberation of the African-American population

CHICAGO (AP) — The Obama Presidential Center will open June 19, more than a decade after the former president chose his hometown of Chicago for the project. The museum displays campaign memorabilia and presidential artifacts,

The presidential center that opens this month seems out of step with the zeitgeist of the moment and produces emotional reactions among the discontented of the Trump era.

More than nine years after leaving office, former President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that tickets to his long-delayed presidential library, museum and community hub in

Tickets for the highly anticipated Obama Presidential Center museum will officially go on sale in early May, offering the public its first chance to explore the landmark cultural site in Chicago—Founding Members of the Obama Foundation will be able to ...

In Chicago, the $850 million Obama Presidential Center aims to remake a neighborhood with a 19.3-acre community hub and a brooding 225-foot museum.

Obama museum tickets on sale Wednesday, May 6 The museum at the Obama Presidential Center includes a replica of the Oval Office that former President Barack Obama toured recently. Courtesy of Christopher Dilts, The Obama Foundation

(NOTE: This story has been updated to correct the location of the Obama Presidential Center. The new center is in Jackson Park in Chicago.) Illinois residents and visitors will soon get the opportunity to explore the life and career of former President ...

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Towering over a low-income area of Chicago, and wrapped in a speech that’s hard to decipher, this controversial monolith feels like a menacing sci-fi HQ. Is it a monument – or a mausoleum?