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 Old State Capitol © Springfield Illinois CVB Attractions  Lincoln Presidential Library Lincoln Library and Museum The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library opened in October 2004, with the Museum opening on 19 April 2005. They are part of a $115 million complex dedicated to the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln and form the largest presidential library complex in the nation. The Library houses the world's largest collection of Lincoln material, with more than 46,000 items. Included in this collection are nearly 1,500 documents written or signed by Lincoln, including handwritten copies of the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address. The collection also contains important family documents and artefacts, including the Lincoln's marriage license, a tablecloth from their wedding reception, the nameplate from their front door, and Mr. Lincoln's shaving mirror. The museum has been designed to be an amazing experience, using creative 'immersive' exhibits taking visitors through phases of the president's life from his boyhood cabin in Indiana to his 'homecoming' funeral in Springfield.Address: 212 North Sixth Street; Website: www.alplm.org; Telephone: (217) 558 8844; Opening time: Library: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9am to 4.30pm, Wednesday 9am to 8.30pm, Saturday 8.30am to 3.30pm. Museum: daily 9am to 5pm, Wednesday 9am to 8.30pm; Admission: Library: free. Presidential Museum: $7.50 (adults), $3.50 (children 5-15)  Lincoln's home Lincoln's Home The pretty two-storey home of Abraham and Mary Lincoln was the only home the lawyer/president ever owned. He and his wife lived in the house between 1844 and 1861 when he was elected President. The home has been restored and stands as it was in 1860 in the midst of a four-block historic neighbourhood, which the National Park Service is restoring. The neighbourhood, like the house, will also soon appear much as Lincoln would have remembered it.Address: 413 South Eighth Street; Website: www.nps.gov/liho; Telephone: (217) 492 4241, ext. 221; Opening time: Daily 8.30am to 5pm; Admission: Free  Lincoln's Tomb, Oakridge Cemetery Oak Ridge Cemetery Abraham Lincoln was buried in Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery after his assassination in 1865. Today it is the second most visited cemetery in the United States, being the resting place not only of Lincoln but several other notable historic figures as well. Lincoln's tomb monument was designed by Larkin Mead and is one of the highlights of the Historic Monument Tour by guided audio cassette, obtainable from the Oak Ridge Cemetery office. A Civil War Retreat Ceremony is held at Lincoln's tomb each Tuesday evening during the summer.Website: www.state.il.us/HPA/hs/Tomb.htm; Telephone: (217) 782 2717; Opening time: Daily 9am to 4pm; closed on public holidays  Old State Capitol © Springfield Illinois CVB Old State Capitol The Capitol building in the Downtown Mall, Springfield, was where Abraham Lincoln tried several hundred cases in the Supreme Court, borrowed books from the state library, and read and swapped stories with other lawyers and politicians in the law library. On May 3 and 4 in 1865 Lincoln’s body laid in state in the Capitol’s Representatives Hall as a crowd of more than 75,000 people filed past to pay their final respects to this beloved historic figure.Address: 5th and Adams Streets; Website: www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/old_capitol.htm; Telephone: (217) 785 7960; Opening time: Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm (November to 15 April); open daily between 16 April and 4 September; Admission: Free |
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