Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Virtual-reality features, film, theater and lifelike dioramas add techie touches to this museum in Springfield, Ill. They set off the museum's artifacts, such as Abraham Lincoln's iconic stovepipe hat, to make this one of the country's most engaging history museums about the 16th president, one of America's most revered leaders.
Don't miss:
- "Team of Rivals: Lincoln's Cabinet at the Crossroads of War" exhibit runs through Aug. 15, 2011.
- Go see the "Ghosts of the Library" theatrical presentation and a four-minute cinematic recap of the Civil War's military campaigns and mounting casualties.
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