Barack Obama Presidential Center
The Barack Obama Presidential Center is a planned museum, library, and education project in Chicago to commemorate the presidency of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Construction
- Description: Presidential library in Chicago, Illinois
- Also known as: “Obama Presidential Center”
- Address: South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Science and Industry Chicago and 59th Street/University of Chicago station.
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Museum
59th Street/University of Chicago station
Railway station
Photo: LHOON, CC BY-SA 3.0.
59th Street/University of Chicago is a railway station that serves the Metra Electric Line in Chicago, Illinois. The station is on 59th street, originally the University of Chicago's southern border, and the Midway Plaisance. 59th Street/University of Chicago station is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Barack Obama Presidential Center.
Jackson Park
Photo: Jcrocker, Public domain.
Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago. Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods, the park was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and remodeled in 1893 to serve as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition. Jackson Park is situated 700 feet northwest of Barack Obama Presidential Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyde Park and Woodlawn.
Hyde Park
Photo: Urbanrules, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…
Woodlawn
Suburb
Woodlawn is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. It is one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas, bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King…
Jackson Park Highlands District
Neighborhood
The Jackson Park Highlands District is a historic district in the South Shore community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district was built in 1905 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 25, 1989.
Barack Obama Presidential Center
- Category: museum
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.78543° or 41° 47′ 8″ northLongitude
-87.58538° or 87° 35′ 7″ westOperator
Barack Obama Foundation (planned)Open location code
86HJQCP7+5ROpenStreetMap ID
way 437640431OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=constructionWikidata ID
Q15975388
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Barack Obama Presidential Center” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Barack Obama Presidensiële Sentrum”
- Arabic: “مركز باراك أوباما الرئاسي”
- Azerbaijani: “Barak Obama Prezident Mərkəzi”
- Chinese: “奥巴马图书馆项目”
- Chinese: “奧巴馬圖書館專案”
- Chinese: “奧巴馬圖書館項目”
- Chinese: “巴拉克·歐巴馬總統中心”
- Czech: “Prezidentské centrum Baracka Obamy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مركز باراك اوباما الرئاسى”
- French: “Barack Obama Presidential Center”
- German: “Obama Presidential Center”
- Hebrew: “המרכז הנשיאותי על שם ברק אובמה”
- Italian: “Barack Obama Presidential Center”
- Japanese: “オバマ大統領センター”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum”
- Norwegian: “Barack Obama Presidential Center”
- Portuguese: “Barack Obama Presidential Center”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca y Museo Presidencial de Barack H. Obama”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chicago Public Library and Presedent Obama Museum.
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