Sightseeing
IconicLincoln Home National Historic Site
FreeTour the only home Abraham Lincoln ever owned and walk the restored four-block neighborhood around it.
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is a museum in Springfield, IL. Cost: under $25.
212 N Sixth St · Springfield, IL
Why you should go…
This downtown Springfield museum tells Abraham Lincoln's story in two walk-through journeys, one covering the years before the presidency and one covering the White House years. Life-size dioramas recreate his boyhood home and other settings from his life. The Treasures Gallery shows original artifacts, and an animated map called The Civil War in Four Minutes traces the course of the fighting. Theater presentations such as Lincoln's Eyes round out a visit.
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Lincoln Tomb
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