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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
112 North Sixth Street
Springfield IL, 62701
Phone: 219.558.8844
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The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is the premier repository for materials relating to the history of the Prairie State. The Illinois State Historical Library was created in 1889 by the Illinois General Assembly, which charged the new library with collecting and preserving "books, pamphlets, manuscripts, monographs, writings, and other materials of historical interest and useful to the historian, bearing upon the political, religious, or social history of the State of Illinois from the earliest known period of time."
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Specialty: Presidential Library
Neighborhood: Springfield, IL (200 from Chicago)
Features: Campaign 1860
Tickets: $10.00 for adults
Hours: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily
Parking: public garage at Sixth and Madison Streets, a block north of the Library
ADA: Wheelchair accessible
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More than a century later the mission is continued at the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. The Library is a public, non-circulating research facility that contains material on all aspects of Illinois' history. Particularly noteworthy are the Library's holdings in published resources, manuscripts, newspapers, audiovisual, and Lincolniana.
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