Inside the Vault: Abraham Lincoln's 214th Birthday Celebration
Celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday month with a free behind-the-scenes look at items from inside our Vault - here, the most precious and rare items in the Museum are carefully preserved. Our Director and Archivist will allow you to see these special items up-close and provide you with detailed information, too. Ticketed admission will take place throughout the day on Saturday, February 18. To reserve your place in line, you MUST claim an entrance ticket at the registration below. All entrance tickets are free, but are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Get free tickets here.
Inside the Vault: Abraham Lincoln's 214th Birthday Celebration
Come see our renovated galleries
After a two-year, multimillion-dollar renovation, the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum is open to the public. Visitors are once again welcomed to visit one of the world's largest private collections of Lincoln and Civil War material anywhere in the world, featuring the following exhibits:
Log Walls to Marble Halls, tracing Abraham Lincoln's journey from the frontier to the national stage
Lincoln, the Constitution, and the Civil War, an examination of the difficult constitutional issues President Lincoln faced
The Last Days of Lincoln, a new exhibition on Lincoln's final months in office
The LMU Story, a look at the origins of a living memorial to Lincoln in the Tennessee mountains and how his legacy has inspired the education of generations of students
The Dr. Carroll Rose Collection, featuring rare Confederate weapons and wartime medical instruments.
Tad's Tots
February 7, 2023, 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.
Celebrate Valentine's Day with us as we read "Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass" and make a craft!
February is about friendship, and this month's Tad's Tots event celebrates those friendships. During this month's Tad's Tots event, we'll read Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Following, we'll have a special scavenger hunt and craft!
Tad's Tots is always a free event for children 0-5 and their caretakers, but registration is required.
Register Here.
HOURS
Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Please note that the museum is closed on Sundays fromThanksgiving weekend through February, and during all Lincoln Memorial University holiday closures
ADMISSION
Adults: $6.00
Seniors (60+): $5.00
Children (6-12): $4.00
Children (under 6): Free
Special group and AAA rates
For more information or to schedule a group tour, call (423) 869-6235.
Log Walls to Marble Halls, tracing Abraham Lincoln's journey from the frontier to the national stage
Lincoln, the Constitution, and the Civil War, an examination of the difficult constitutional issues President Lincoln faced
The Last Days of Lincoln, a new exhibition on Lincoln's final months in office
The LMU Story, a look at the origins of a living memorial to Lincoln in the Tennessee mountains and how his legacy has inspired the education of generations of students
The Dr. Carroll Rose Collection, featuring rare Confederate weapons and wartime medical instruments.
Tad's Tots
February 7, 2023, 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.
Celebrate Valentine's Day with us as we read "Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass" and make a craft!
February is about friendship, and this month's Tad's Tots event celebrates those friendships. During this month's Tad's Tots event, we'll read Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Following, we'll have a special scavenger hunt and craft!
Tad's Tots is always a free event for children 0-5 and their caretakers, but registration is required.
Register Here.
HOURS
Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Please note that the museum is closed on Sundays fromThanksgiving weekend through February, and during all Lincoln Memorial University holiday closures
ADMISSION
Adults: $6.00
Seniors (60+): $5.00
Children (6-12): $4.00
Children (under 6): Free
Special group and AAA rates
For more information or to schedule a group tour, call (423) 869-6235.
Education Resources
ALLM Lesson Plans
The ALLM can provide your classroom with a number of lesson plans that adhere to state and national social study standards. In addition to age-appropriate history lessons, teachers will find lesson plans tied to S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) activities, citizenship, and geography. Special interest groups (such as Scouts and adult learners) will also find a variety of lessons.
Flipgrid: Flipgrid is a service from Microsoft that provides free, educational and interactive exploration of a wide range of school subjects. As a Flipgrid partner, the ALLM has provided digital access to a number of artifacts, along with interactive videos. Perfect for classroom and distance learning.
Lincoln Letters for Kids: Newsletter and Lincoln's Army Club
ALLM for Educators Community Page
Tennessee and National History Day:
The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum is a proud district site host for National History Day, a national competition that celebrates student analysis of the past. Each year more than half a million students participate in the annual content. Students choose a historical topic related to the annual theme and then conduct primary and secondary research. Students will look through libraries, archives, and museums, conduct oral history interviews and visit historic sites. After analyzing and interpreting sources, students draw conclusions about the significance of their chosen topic and then be able to present their work in one of five ways: as a paper, an exhibit, a performance, a documentary, or a website. The ALLM also assists student researchers who wish to access the museum’s archives and awards a special Lincoln prize for exemplary research that involves Abraham Lincoln’s life, career, and/or the presidency. Northeast District 2 site competition takes place each October, and the museum hosts an annual teacher workshop on competition and the year’s theme in the summer prior to the competition. To learn more, contact [email protected] or visit Tennessee History Day.