{"id":1566,"date":"2026-06-04T12:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:41:18","slug":"in-photos-a-preview-of-the-obama-presidential-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=1566","title":{"rendered":"In photos: a preview of the Obama Presidential Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An exterior view of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.\" class=\"wp-image-1555\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/840faf138754627d2cc33777dd494db5-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/840faf138754627d2cc33777dd494db5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/840faf138754627d2cc33777dd494db5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/840faf138754627d2cc33777dd494db5.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                An exterior view of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=1541\">Senate to start debate on ICE funding. And, Israel and Lebanon agree to ceasefire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Later this month, the Obama Presidential Center will open on the South Side of Chicago. In a preview for the press, NPR and other media toured the building and grounds showcasing the Obama presidency.<\/p> <p>It isn&#8217;t a presidential library. It&#8217;s a campus, with basketball courts, gardens, ball fields, a playground for kids, a Chicago public library branch and an eight- story museum that towers over it all.<\/p> <p>The first thing visitors see when they walk into the museum is the word &#8220;hope.&#8221; It&#8217;s one of numerous art installations throughout the facility.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Visitors sit in front of Mark Bradford\u2019s\" class=\"wp-image-1556\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a4f8729526e96a225c37f29ea615d218-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a4f8729526e96a225c37f29ea615d218-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a4f8729526e96a225c37f29ea615d218-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a4f8729526e96a225c37f29ea615d218.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Visitors sit in front of Mark Bradford&#8217;s &#8220;City of the Big Shoulders&#8221;, a colorful multimedia piece that extends from the mezzanine to the first floor.  LUCY HEWETT FOR NPR\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Visitors pass through the center; artist Nick Cave\u2019s\" class=\"wp-image-1557\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f304664e096b536a2491d24cddfacf27-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f304664e096b536a2491d24cddfacf27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f304664e096b536a2491d24cddfacf27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f304664e096b536a2491d24cddfacf27.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Visitors pass through the center; artist Nick Cave&#8217;s &#8220;This Land, Shared Sky&#8221; (in collaboration with Marie Watt) is on display.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Visitors can catch glimpses of Julie Mehretu's layered glass artwork while riding the escalators between floors.\" class=\"wp-image-1546\" src=\"None\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Visitors can catch glimpses of Julie Mehretu&#8217;s layered glass artwork while riding the escalators between floors.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hope and change were guiding themes of former President Barack Obama&#8217;s improbable 2008 presidential campaign that led to two terms in office.<\/p>\n<p>There are floors of exhibits that tell not just the story of the former president and first lady, but also the story of the nation, starting with the Declaration of Independence.<\/p> <p>&#8220;It begins with the history of our country, the Declaration of Independence, the suffrage movement, slavery, reconstruction, the civil rights movement, all of the different ways in which ordinary people brought about the change that led to his presidency,&#8221; said Valerie Jarrett, CEO of the Obama Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>In the Obama Presidential Center Museum, the story of America is that of a nation striving to become a more perfect union, a phrase Obama returned to often in his speeches.<\/p> <p>One floor up, the museum details Obama&#8217;s first presidential campaign, including the bruising primary election. There&#8217;s a whole section of campaign buttons; there are campaign signs, both homemade and mass produced. A documentary-style video with swelling music brings visitors back to the emotion of that time, the promise many felt with the election of America&#8217;s first Black president.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"One exhibit in the center recalls Obama's improbable 2008 victory against John McCain.\" class=\"wp-image-1558\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f8b1ed8266ea80fac73d1b81e64a9935-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f8b1ed8266ea80fac73d1b81e64a9935-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f8b1ed8266ea80fac73d1b81e64a9935-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f8b1ed8266ea80fac73d1b81e64a9935.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                One exhibit in the center recalls Obama&#8217;s improbable 2008 victory against John McCain.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The second level of the museum chronicles the movements that inspired the Obamas and their political rise. LUCY HEWETT FOR NPR\" class=\"wp-image-1559\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/375e0abce3cf5936035b4b036a63d453-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/375e0abce3cf5936035b4b036a63d453-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/375e0abce3cf5936035b4b036a63d453-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/375e0abce3cf5936035b4b036a63d453.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                The second level of the museum chronicles the movements that inspired the Obamas and their political rise.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=1539\">National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The museum&#8217;s exhibits include artifacts from Obama&#8217;s early life and time in office. Items on display include everything from Obama&#8217;s Nobel Peace Prize to a handprint art project he made in elementary school. There&#8217;s a replica of the Oval Office, decorated as it was when Obama was there and a display of first lady Michelle Obama&#8217;s dresses. And it&#8217;s not just couture ballgowns and inauguration attire. There&#8217;s also a basic sleeveless dress from Target.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Level four of the Obama Presidential Center includes a replica of the Oval Office and pieces from Michelle Obama's wardrobe.\" class=\"wp-image-1560\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7375acd908f426b6ef92aaa563ab47eb-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7375acd908f426b6ef92aaa563ab47eb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7375acd908f426b6ef92aaa563ab47eb-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7375acd908f426b6ef92aaa563ab47eb.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Level four of the Obama Presidential Center includes a replica of the Oval Office and pieces from Michelle Obama&#8217;s wardrobe.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One item that&#8217;s missing from the museum is Obama&#8217;s tan suit, which he was criticized roundly for wearing. It was unserious, and not befitting the office, critics said. But it became a running joke for Obama supporters and members of his administration.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently it wasn&#8217;t as memorable for the former president.<\/p> <p>&#8220;I asked him about the tan suit and he said, &#8216;I think I gave it away,'&#8221; recalled Jarrett in an interview with NPR. &#8220;He wasn&#8217;t even positive where it ended up, but he did give it away. So we just have photos, beautiful photos of that tan suit.&#8221;<\/p> <p>It&#8217;s been nearly a decade since President Obama left office but in terms of politics and policy, it&#8217;s been several lifetimes. Yet, in the museum, the vibes are very much from that earlier time.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Center also features an indoor basketball facility.\" class=\"wp-image-1561\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/63aa28efe1e0d4876196ede50ae7571d-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/63aa28efe1e0d4876196ede50ae7571d-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/63aa28efe1e0d4876196ede50ae7571d-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/63aa28efe1e0d4876196ede50ae7571d.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                The Center also features an indoor basketball facility.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"In The Sky Room visitors can look out to Chicago's South and West Side neighborhoods.\" class=\"wp-image-1562\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f99f73cbf56760356c1b07dee1fe55a0-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f99f73cbf56760356c1b07dee1fe55a0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f99f73cbf56760356c1b07dee1fe55a0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f99f73cbf56760356c1b07dee1fe55a0.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                In The Sky Room visitors can look out to Chicago&#8217;s South and West Side neighborhoods.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\/NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\/NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s a timeline of President Obama&#8217;s accomplishments while in office. The raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The passage of the Affordable Care Act. A number of those listed have since been reversed by President Trump: the Iran nuclear deal, the Paris climate agreement and lifting the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military.<\/p> <p>Jarrett said she&#8217;s hoping visitors will come away not just nostalgic for what was but motivated to make change, again. <\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Obama Center features displays that tell not only the Obamas' story but also the story of the country, according to Jarrett: \u201cIt begins with the history of our country, the Declaration of Independence, the suffrage movement, slavery, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement, all of the different ways in which ordinary people brought about the change that led to his presidency.\" class=\"wp-image-1563\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b85ac436a5ec94392ee2df49016fd173-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b85ac436a5ec94392ee2df49016fd173-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b85ac436a5ec94392ee2df49016fd173-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b85ac436a5ec94392ee2df49016fd173.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                The Obama Center features displays that tell not only the Obamas&#8217; story but also the story of the country, according to Jarrett: &#8220;It begins with the history of our country, the Declaration of Independence, the suffrage movement, slavery, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement, all of the different ways in which ordinary people brought about the change that led to his presidency.&#8221;\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\/NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\/NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Level five of the center inspires visitors to examine their own role in inspiring change; Idris Khan\u2019s\" class=\"wp-image-1564\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c644fbe3028415b94988031f5e081a4a-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c644fbe3028415b94988031f5e081a4a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c644fbe3028415b94988031f5e081a4a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c644fbe3028415b94988031f5e081a4a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Idris Khan&#8217;s &#8220;Sky of Hope&#8221;, a massive ceiling painting that overlaps thousands of hand-stamped words; level five of the center inspires visitors to examine their own role in inspiring change.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A new branch of the Chicago Public Library has been built near the entrance to the campus.\" class=\"wp-image-1565\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55e6d811da65264e0908d74e7faae748-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55e6d811da65264e0908d74e7faae748-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55e6d811da65264e0908d74e7faae748-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55e6d811da65264e0908d74e7faae748.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                A new branch of the Chicago Public Library has been built near the entrance to the campus.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Lucy Hewett for NPR\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=1537\">The $13 billion carrier with a plumbing problem is home. Now come the costly repairs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Lucy Hewett for NPR\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama Presidential Center opens later this month in Chicago. 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