Lincoln Bicentennial National Exhibits:
Below is a chronological list of national Lincoln exhibits. Visit the calendar for more details on each exhibit.
February 12 - May 9, 2009
"With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit"
Library of Congress
Washington, DC
(202) 707-3610
- June 22, 2009 – August 22, 2009
The California Museum
Sacramento, CA
(916) 653-7524
- October 10, 2009 – December 19, 2009
Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
(312) 943-9090
- February 22 2010 – April 22, 2010
Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis, IN
(317) 234-1022
- September 4, 2010 – November 6, 2010
Atlanta History Center
Atlanta, GA
(404) 814-4000
- January 8, 2011 – March 5, 2011
Durham Western Heritage Museum
Omaha, NE
(402) 444-5071
Permanent Collection
"Lincoln’s Legacy"
Forbes House Museum
Milton, MA
(617) 696-1815
Permanent Collection
"Louis D. Carman Lincolniana Collection Exhibition"
Albert Pike Room/Library
The House of the Temple Library
The Supreme Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Washington, DC
202-232-3579
March 19, 2010 - April 16, 2010
"Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America" (traveling exhibit)
Albright Memorial Library
Scranton, PA
(570) 348-3000
February 12, 2010 - March 12, 2010
Gilder Lehrman Institute Exhibition "Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Time, a Man for All Times"
Rhode Island State House, Bell Room
Providence, RI
(401) 222-8661
February 1, 2010 - February 26, 2010
"Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator and His Legacy"
C.W. Post’s B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library
Long Island University
Brookville, NY
(516) 299-2334
Through January 18, 2010
"The Honor of Your Company is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball"
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, DC
(202) 633-7970
**November 12, 2009 - January 8, 2010
"Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation"
New Bern-Craven County Public Library
Mineola, NY
(252) 638-7800
November 2, 2009 - December 11, 2009
"Free at Last: A History of the Abolition of Slavery in America" (traveling exhibit)
Pennsylvania Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Historic Gettysburg Railroad Station
Gettysburg, PA
(717) 337-6608
October 20, 2009 - April 16, 2010
"The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion"
Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
(607) 255-3530
October 9, 2009 - March 25, 2010
"Lincoln and New York"
New York Historical Society
New York City, NY
(212) 873-3400
October 10, 2009 - April 12, 2010
"Abraham Lincoln Transformed"
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL
(312) 642-4600
October 10, 2009 - April 12, 2010
"Benito Juárez and the Making of Modern Mexico"
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL
(312) 642-4600
September 1, 2009 - July 11, 2010
"Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America Exhibit"
Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum
Allentown, Pennsylvania
(610) 435-1074
**September 17, 2009 - October 30, 2009
"Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation"
UNC Park Memorial Library
Asheville, NC
(919) 843-8299
**July 23, 2009 - September 4, 2009
"Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation"
West Georgia Regional Library
Carrolton, GA
(770) 836-6711
June 5, 2009 - July 31, 2009
"Portraying Lincoln: Man of Many Faces" (traveling exhibition)
Madden Arts Center
Decatur, IL
(217) 423-3189
June 1, 2009 - June 27, 2009
"Lincoln, Gandhi, and King: Agents of Change"
International Lincoln Center - LSU
Shreveport, LA
(225) 344-3630
**May 28, 2009 - July 10, 2009
"Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation"
Athens-Clarke Co. Public Library
Athens, GA
(706) 613-3650
May 23, 2009 - October 12, 2009
“Lincoln Bicentennial at The Fells - Abraham Lincoln and John Hay Exhibit”
The Fells
Newbury, NH
(603) 763-4789
May 15, 2009 – May 17, 2009
"Lincoln’s Legacy at VA" (traveling exhibit)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Dayton VA Medical Center
Dayton, OH
(937) 262-2165
**April 2, 2009 - May 15, 2009
"Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation"
Vermillion Parish Library
Abbeville, LA
(337) 893-2747
**April 1, 2009 - May 2009
"Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation"
Washington, DC Public Library
(202) 727-0321
March 13, 2009 - January 3, 2010
"BIG - Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives"
National Archives
Washington, DC
(202) 357-5061
March 6-8, 2009
"Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War Exhibition and Lecture"
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Washington, DC
(202) 633-5555
March 1, 2009 - TBD
“The American Paintings”
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
(202) 737-4215
February 19, 2009 - TBD
“Lincoln Exhibit”
Corcoran Gallery
Washington, DC
(202) 639-1700
February 14, 2009 - December 31, 2009
“Manhunt: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer”
Newseum
Washington, DC
Friday, February 13 - June 2009
“Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln's City“
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Washington, DC
(202) 789-0900
- Sunday, June 9 - September 2009
”Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln's City”
Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum
Washington, DC
(202) 789-0900
- Friday, September 11 - December 2009
”Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln's City”
Beth El Hebrew Congregation
Alexandria, VA
(703) 370-9400
February 13, 2009 - TBD
“Abraham Lincoln: The Final Casualty of the War”
The National Museum of Health and Medicine
Washington, DC
(202) 782-2200
February 12, 2009 - December 31, 2009
“My Abraham Lincoln”
President Lincoln's Cottage
Washington, DC
(202) 829-0436
February 12 - Spring 2009
"Rhode Island in the Time of Lincoln"
Woonsocket Museum of Work and Culture
Providence, RI
(401) 222-8661
February 12, 2009 - Ongoing
“From Postmaster to President: Celebrating Lincoln's 200th Birthday Through Stamps & Postal History”
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Washington, DC
(202) 633-5555
February 12 - 16, 2009
“Emancipation Proclamation - Featured Document Display”
East Rotunda Gallery - National Archives
Washington, DC
(202) 357-5061
February 12 - Permanent
"Through Lincoln's Eyes: Grant and Galena"
Galena History Museum
Galena, IL
(815) 777-9129
February 12, 2009
Lincoln and Russia Lecture/Exhibit
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens
Washington, DC
(202) 243-3975
February 8- May 17, 2009
"The Lincoln Project", paintings by Don Pollack
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Springfield, IL
(217) 558-8844
February 3, 2009 - May 1, 2009
"200 Years of Lincoln"
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
(215) 732-6200
February 1 - March 2009
"Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit"
Brown University's John Jay Library
Providence, RI
(401) 863-1515
February 2009 - December 2009
"Lincoln in New Hampshire Exhibit"
New Hampshire Historical Society
Concord, NH
(603) 228-6688
Through February 28, 2009
“Lincoln for all Ages"
Blair County Historical Society
Altoona, PA
(814) 942-3916
January 23, 2009 – March 8, 2009
"Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration Exhibit"
Orange County Regional History Center
Orlando, FL
(407) 836-8595
January 16, 2009 - January 2011
“America's New Birth of Freedom: Documents from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum”
National Museum of American History
Washington, DC
(202) 633-1000
January 16, 2009 - January 2011
“Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life”
National Museum of American History
Washington, DC
(202) 633-1000
January 10, 2009 - January 31, 2009
"Lincoln Art and Photography"
Strawn Art Gallery
Jacksonville, IL
(217) 243-9390
January 6, 2009 - February 27, 2009
“A House Divided: The Legacy of Lincoln Exhibition”
Chase Gallery, Spokane City Hall
Spokane, WA
(509) 326-3136
January 6, 2009 – Indefinitely
“Lincoln and the Quakers”- Online Exhibit - http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/exhibitions/lincoln/
Friends Historical Society and Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
(610) 328-8499
Online Exhibit
"Lincoln at 200" - Online Exhibit - http://lincolnat200.org/
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL
January 2009 - June 2009
“A 19th Century Moment in African American History Commemorating Abraham Lincoln”
The Crusor Family Historical Research Corporation (CFHRC)
Washington, DC
(202) 479-2732
Through January 19, 2009
"Liberty on the Border: A Civil War Exhibit"
Frazier International History Museum
Louisville, KY
(502) 753-5663
**November 28, 2008 - January 23, 2009
“Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation”
Boyle County Public Library
Danville, KY
(859) 236-8466
November 7, 2008 - July 5, 2009
"One Life: The Mask of Lincoln"
National Portrait Gallery
Washington, DC
(202) 633-8300
November 1, 2008 - April 19, 2009
"Lincoln and Alexander: Martyrs to Freedom" (traveling exhibition)
American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Kansas City Union Station Museum
Kansas City, MO
(816) 460-2020
November 2008 - October 2010
“Abraham Lincoln Certified Plate Proofs”
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Washington, DC
(202) 633-5555
October 27, 2008 - January 19, 2009
"Liberty on the Border: A Civil War Exhibit"
Frazier International History Museum
Louisville, KY
(502) 753-5663
October 17, 2008 - January 11, 2009
“Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War”
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cincinnati, OH
(513) 333-7500
July 12, 2008 - October 12, 2008
"Lincoln and Alexander: Martyrs to Freedom" (traveling exhibition)
American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Oshkosh Public Museum
Oshkosh, WI
(920) 236-5761
June 22, 2008 - December 31, 2008
"Torn Asunder and Reunited: The American Past and Lincoln"
Gettysburg College's Musselman Library
Gettysburg, PA
(717) 337-7045
May 16, 2008 - June 1, 2008
"Lincoln and Idaho Exhibit”
Idaho Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Nampa Civic Center
Nampa, ID
(208) 468-5500
February 12, 2008 - Permanent
"Lincoln & Farmington: An Enduring Relationship"
Farmington Historic Home
Louisville, KY
(502) 452-9920
December 12, 2007 - April 27, 2008
"A house Divided: Lincoln in his own Words"
Oregon Historical Society
Portland, OR
(503) 222-1741
Various Dates
Tour Mobile Bicentennial Exhibit
"Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made In America"
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM)
Springfield, Illinois
(217) 782-5764
Various Dates
"Looking at Lincoln: Political Cartoons from the Civil War Era" (traveling exhibit)
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
(646) 366-9666
Various Dates
"Free at Last: A History of the Abolition of Slavery in America" (traveling exhibit)
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
(646) 366-9666
Unknown Dates:
"Abraham Lincoln: The Image" (traveling exhibition)
The Lincoln Museum
Hodgenville, KY
(270) 358-3163
"Discovering Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln" (traveling exhibition)
The Lincoln Museum
Hodgenville, KY
(270) 358-3163
**The “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation” exhibit is a traveling exhibition. Along with the seven listed above, the exhibit will make stops in 56 other cities. A complete list of cities and more details on the exhibit can be found here.
#More information and resources from the Smithsonian Institution's Lincoln Bicentennial celebrations, click here.
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