The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, was designed by HOK, with exhibits by BRC Imagination Arts. The State of Illinois owns it. The library opened on October 14, 2004, and the museum on April 19, 2005. The article names no style, materials or height.
The two main buildings are linked by an enclosed walkway over a street, and each building covers one city block. Each entrance has a rotunda that echoes the dome of the Old State Capitol. The former Springfield Union Station holds an exhibit called Lincoln: History to Hollywood.
Visitors find life-size dioramas, two special-effects theater shows, a Steve Neal Reading Room and artifacts such as a handwritten Gettysburg Address. The article reports more than 3 million visitors by August 2012. It gives no hours or fees.
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