The Lincoln Museum

Designated Kentucky's official Lincoln Museum in 1991.

 

 

 

 

The Exhibits

The Lincoln Museum's exhibits are historically correct displays of a dozen scenes from the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Wax figures are set in historically accurate three-dimensional displays, or dioramas. The scenes depict various times in Lincoln's lifes, from his days as a boy in Kentucky, to the night of his assassination in Ford's Theater.

In addition to the main exhibits, the upstairs portion of the museum features a variety of exhbiits, including: rare newspaper clippings, campaign posters, and Lincoln memorabilia. A Lincoln art gallery on the second floor is filled with paintings, drawings and other artworks portraying Lincoln.

Here's a rundown on the main exhibits displayed in the Lincoln Museum.

  • SCENE 1: The Cabin Years. Depicts young Abe with his parents, Tom and Nancy Hanks Lincoln.

  • SCENE 2: THE BERRY-LINCOLN STORE: Scene depicts Lincoln waiting on a customer.

  • SCENE 3: THE RAILSPLITTER. Lincoln splits rails.

  • SCENE 4: MARY TODD'S HOME. Lincoln approaches the home of Mary Todd, his wife-to be.

  • SCENE 5: FARMINGTON. Lincoln visits friend Joshua Speed at Farmington in Lexington, Ky.

  • SCENE 6: The LINCOLN-DOUGLASS DEBATES: Lincoln in political debate with adversary Stephen Douglass.

  • SCENE 7: EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. Lincoln struggles over drafts of the famous document.

  • SCENE 8: PORTRAIT STUDIO. Lincoln and son Tad sit for a photo in the studio of Matthew Brady, a famous Civil War photographer.

  • SCENE 9: INAUGURATION. Lincoln is sworn in to his second term in March 1865.

  • SCENE 10: GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. Lincoln delivers his immortal "Gettysburg Address."

  • SCENE 11: CIVIL WAR ENDS. Generals Lee and Grant meet to sign documents to end the Civil War.

  • SCENE 12: FORD'S THEATRE. President and Mrs. Lincoln seated in box 7 of Ford's Theatre.

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