Former President Barack Obama’s influence in his presidential museum runs deep, from the Chicago location to the textured stone adorning its dramatic tower, art installations and a striped reading chairs that resemble ones in his own home.

Here’s how to spend a day in the city as the former president would, from legendary restaurants to the new Barack Obama Presidential Library opening in June 2026.

Former President Obama was in the Windy City to check on the progress of the nearly finished Barack Obama Presidential Library. Former President Barack Obama made a holiday pop-up visit to a Chicago library for an impromptu story time. On Dec. 9, Obama ...

The dedication ceremony for the Obama presidential library will be held in June, former President Obama announced on Saturday. Obama thanked residents in the south side of Chicago, the project’s building site, for their support throughout the lengthy ...

Former President Barack Obama answered some of Stephen Colbert's hot-button questions on Chicago while giving a tour of his new presidential library.

Here are photos of the exterior of the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park. The center opens in less than three weeks.