Many interesting items here. We were here with our Route 66 club, and were a tiny bit rushed. Hope we get to go back sometime and look in more detail. Most adults would enjoy, not so much for kids.
One of the best historical museums I have ever been in. Beautiful interactive exhibits and the shows in the theater should not be missed.
Skip this museum and go to the Presidential Museum you will be very happy that you did
love this place. I was truly impressed by the exhibits. it really is a" huge jewel in a small town."
The lovely campus of Lincoln College hosts this excellent small museum. While currently open in the McKinstry Library on campus, the Museum is expanding into a much larger location in the newly constructed Lincoln Center.
Went there over a year ago but would go again. Learned a lot that I did not know about Lincoln before. Very good place to take kids, especially of Jr. High and High School age. Even Adults love this place. So very much to learn.
This museum, on the campus of historic Lincoln College, offers one of the best small museum experiences. Due to officially open April 26, the Museum provides several tour options based on your level and age of appropriateness. The Curator and his assistant are extremely knowledgable and cooperative. If you are making the trek to the Abraham Lincoln Library in Springfield, IL, you will want to be sure and stop here, too!
After seeing the Presidential Museum in Springfield, we thought that we were "Lincolned Out", but decide to go and see this place.... It was very nice with a lot of nice little touches that really added to the Lincoln Story. The museum focuses mostly on the time before the Civil War and contains many little artifacts that personalizes the story. Well worth the trip. Allow about 2 hours if you want to really look around downstairs and also see the audio visual presentations upstairs.
This museum, a part of Lincoln College, has already been identified as one of the TOP 30 small museums in the country. When it reopens in its new location spring 2014, it will clearly move up to a higher status. I have been privileged to have a sneak preview of the museum. The facilities are easily accessible, as is parking. The museum is a state-of-the-art hands on museum. Everything is meant to be touched! When touched, the story is told with images and stories about Lincoln's time in Illinois. Don't miss this special place!
This is a very small museum. In fact, it consists of just one room. To be fair, when our tour group visited, the museum wasn't even open; we made special arrangements to be admitted. The museum has been closed for a few months while it relocates to larger quarters.The collection boasts several items that actually belonged to Lincoln family members: a hymnbook and book of poetry that belonged to Mary Lincoln, and my favorite piece -- a small rocking chair onto the back of which Tad Lincoln had carved his name.The museum has a limited gift shop/bookstore selection -- a few books, some postcards, and some souvenirs.