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Shown from an aerial view in May 2026, the Obama Presidential Center dominates the...
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, former U.S. Pres. Barack Obama, and former first lady...
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The main museum building has been criticized as being brutalist; it is meant to evoke...
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Artist Julie Mehretu's stained glass window is embedded in the exterior on the north...
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The large-scale (45 feet tall) collaborative multimedia textile installation by Nick...
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American artist Nick Cave with one of his works, Until. He created it with...
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A full-scale replica of the Oval Office as it appeared during the Obama presidency...
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The exhibit at the Obama Presidential Center features couture gowns and off-the-rack...
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Mark Bradford's City of the Big Shoulders takes its name from a Carl Sandburg...
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Former U.S. presidents, from left, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill...
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Former president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama read Where the Wild...
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The Obama Presidential Center features a playground with slides and a vegetable garden.
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The Obama President Center features a basketball court, a playground, and gardens...
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The top of the Obama Presidential Center includes the carved words delivered by Pres....
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Shown from an aerial view in August 2025, the Obama Presidential Center dominates...
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Maya Lin with her sculpture Blue Lake Pass (2006).
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The Obamas posing for a Christmas portrait in the White House Blue Room in 2009.
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President Barack Obama meeting with chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in the Oval Office...
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