Barack and Michelle Obama opened the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park, a 19.3-acre campus combining museum features with community spaces. The ceremony drew former presidents, foreign leaders and major musical performers.
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The Obama Presidential Center was dedicated Thursday in Chicago’s Jackson Park with performances, dignitaries and a public watch party. The campus opens its museum to the public Friday and includes exhibits on American history, the Obamas’ lives and the 2008 campaign.
The Obama Presidential Center opens on Chicago’s South Side with an eight-story museum, public library branch, basketball court, gardens and public art. The nearly 20-acre campus opens on Juneteenth, with museum tickets sold out for opening weekend.