Obama Presidential Center Museum
Obama Presidential Center Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Quintessence, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.6 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Barack Obama Presidential Center is a museum, library, and education project in Chicago to commemorate the presidency of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. The center includes a museum, community and conference facilities and houses the nonprofit Obama Foundation. Also included within the Center is a branch of the Chicago Public Library, and a community athletic facility, within a broad expanse of landscaped public park, gardens, and playground. A dedication ceremony was held on June 18, 2026, before opening to the public the next day, on June 19th, Juneteenth. The center's work includes digitizing the Barack Obama Presidential Library with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), to create the first fully digitized presidential library. Though NARA, which administers the library, will loan many documents and artifacts to the Presidential Center for display, they will be archived and preserved at a separate facility. The center is located on a 19.3-acre (7.8 ha) campus in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago, adjacent to the University of Chicago campus. The center's main entry point is located at John Lewis Plaza. The university provides planning, support, engagement and programming. In May 2026, it was projected that the Presidential Center would get over 700,000 visitors each year.
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What to expect
- Operated by
- Obama Presidential Center
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quintessence: 0.0 mi
- Seeing Through the Universe: 0.0 mi
- Torch Song: 0.0 mi
- Bending the Arc: 0.1 mi
- Book Bird: 0.1 mi
- The First Automobile Race in America: 0.0 mi
- Cheney-Goode Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Memorial: 0.2 mi
- The Norway Building: 0.4 mi
- Frederick Douglass Commemorative Marker: 0.4 mi
- Ann Dunham Water Terrace: 0.0 mi
- Entry Grove: 0.0 mi
- Woman's Garden: 0.0 mi
- Wetland Walk: 0.2 mi
- Great Lawn: 0.2 mi
- Hadiya Pendleton Winter Garden: 0.0 mi
- The Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit & Vegetable Garden: 0.1 mi
- Hydy Park Academy Environmental Studies Nature Park: 0.4 mi
- The Woodlawn: 0.5 mi
- Brickyard Garden: 0.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 0.2 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 1.9 mi
- Al Capone's House: 2.4 mi
- Doane Observatory: 5.6 mi
- Beluga: 5.8 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 10: 0.2 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 7: 0.2 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 8: 0.2 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 6B: 0.3 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 9: 0.3 mi
- South Shore Nature Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes: 2.8 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes South Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 4.0 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 4.3 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 0.5 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 0.7 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 1.4 mi
- South Shore Beach: 1.7 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 2.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 0.1 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 5.0 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 5.2 mi
- Players Hill: 11.2 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 13.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 20.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 14.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.1 mi
- Tedens: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Obama Presidential Center Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ESE 123° | 214 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 339° | 204 m | 17.5 mi |
| Chanute Hill | SE 125° | 195 m | 20.2 mi |
| Players Hill | WNW 303° | 187 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 0 mi
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 2 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 3 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 5 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 6 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 6 mi
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