125th Anniversary and 213th Birthday Celebration: Inside the Vault

120 Mars/DeBusk Parkway,Harrogate TN 37752

12 February, 2022

Description

Celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday month and the 125th anniversary of LMU with a free behind-the-scenes look at the Museum's rarest items! Celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday month and the 125th anniversary of Lincoln Memorial University 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 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 12. 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. In addition to a special peek of items like the Lincoln family hair and Sherman's written account of what happened at the First Battle of Bull Run, all visitors, whether they have a ticket or not, can also experience special guided tours of the galleries by our curator throughout the day. Our education programmer will be reading stories and assisting with crafts for the children in the auditorium. If you have any questions, please contact Programmer Natalie Sweet at [email protected]. Located on the beautiful campus of Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum houses one of the most diverse Lincoln and Civil War collections in the country. Exhibited are many rare items - the cane Lincoln carried that fateful night at Ford's Theatre, two life masks, the tea set he and Mary Todd used in their home in Springfield, and numerous other artifacts. Approximately 30,000 books, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, paintings and sculptures tell the story of President Lincoln and the Civil War period in America's history.