Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum

My family thoroughly enjoyed the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. The museum have interesting artifacts and displays of the history of Lincoln Memorial University at the beginning. The museum also displays a chronology of Lincoln's heritage and life, humanizing the 16th President of the United States. The museum has a lot of authentic US Civil War surgical kits and weapons. There are displays discussing the history of Harrogate area at the time of the US Civil War along with army and naval historical information. Very affordable even for a family of 6 like us. For littles, there is a large discovery room with dress up clothes, Lincoln Logs, theme books, and hands on cabinets for fun learning history. I highly recommend a visit!

Great place to learn all things Abraham Lincoln. The museum really flows and allows you to move at your own pace. The admission is $5.00 but the knowledge is priceless. Beautiful views of the mountains and countryside can also be seen from the museum. Definitely worth a stop if your in the area.

I was excited to go (one of my favorite presidents) but couldn't get in because they were closed during winter break which was not updated on their Google page. Promised to be a cool little find on my back roads journey through Tennessee to Kentucky but alas.

Bonus points for the festive red tie on the Lincoln statue

Third largest private Lincoln collection in the world. Artifacts include a corner cabinet made by Lincoln's father, scales used by Lincolin while  he was a grocer in New Salem, the Lincoln family Springfield tea set, White House items, and actual funerary ornaments. Also, a wide selection of Civil War artifacts, including weapons, uniforms, naval history, and medical history. Areas within the museum for children to explore history is the Lincoln Learning Lab, a place where they can interact with replicas, dress-up, make crafts, and explore the past.

Nice museum of Abraham Lincoln.  Busts, statues, pictures, portraits, memorabelia displayed.  Lincoln's story, political history on display.  Second floor, was not as organized, displays showed age.  A very liberal art wall could have been eliminated.

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Pretty busy. You can likely find a desk on the 5th floor but in that section you can only bring your items without their cases and no food or liquids, you can leave your belongings in a locker for free.  Good luck finding a plug.

If you aren't a local bring a passport and prepare to go through half a dozen security check points, it's probably less of a hassle to enter Fort Knox.

For visitors floors 1,3, 5 are accessible. Floor 1 has some information on library but Floors 3 and 5 literally have nothing to see. 5th floor is also separated into where visitors can only be in a small part. Theres really nothing interesting about it other than the architecture which could us a washing , I don’t recommend.

It is really not a tourist attraction.  You can visit as long as you present a document at the reception desk.  When I visited July 2024, only available for visitors was the 1st, 3rd and lobby of the 5th floor. There is a cafeteria on the first floor with an outside patio where you can buy drinks and small snacks to enjoy.  The security guy mentioned that unfortunately, there is work being done and most of the floor is just empty cases as they are working on the new exhibit.  The 3rd floor is mostly offices and a corridor with prints from one of the argentinian authors of the collection "Alpargatas".  Finally, the lobby portion of the 5 floor is the reading hall with a window covered side which offers some views.  The other half of the floor is behind a security desk which is there probably to avoid visitors/tourist from wondering into they section of the floor.  I think it is worth visiting the inside if you are into architecture, the 1st, 2nd and 3 floor stairways were really low head clearance and all of the sudden 4th. And fifth floors grow higher with no apparent reason. That and the unusual stairways features, I am just not sure what they were the reason for the way they were designed.

Brutalist architecture is a crime against humanity.

Don’t come here as a tourist, just look at the outside. You need a passport to get in, there’s not a single book, and the security are a pain in the butt. Spend your time elsewhere

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