Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum

The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum houses one of the largest and most complete Lincoln and Civil War collections in the country. Exhibited are many rare items - the silver-topped cane Lincoln carried the night of his assassination, a lock of his hair clipped as he lay on his death bed, two life masks made of Lincoln, and numerous personal belongings. Approximately thirty thousand books, manuscripts, paintings, and sculptures tell the story of President Lincoln and the Civil War period in America.