🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL! 🚨 #LincolnUnlocked is HERE! 🎉📲 Explore Lincoln’s legacy like never before with ALPLM’s innovative digital tool! Experience history with AR, interactive tours, animation & more. 📥 Download now on Google Play & App Store! . #ALPLM #AbrahamLincoln

✨ Don’t forget to cast your vote! ✨.We’re thrilled to be nominated for Best Presidential Attraction in the @Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards! 🏛️ . ✅ Vote once a day through August 14:. #ReadersChoice #ALPLM #VisitSpringfield

📚 In honor of #NationalBookLoversDay discover “Lincoln: The Life and Legacy that Defined a Nation in 100 Objects” – a stunning new book of artifacts & stories from our collection. Out Sept 30 from @Rizzoli_Books. 📖 Preorder: #Lincoln100Objects #ALPLM

👀✋🎶 “Lincoln: Sight, Sound & Touch” .Explore Lincoln’s life through touchable 3D images, immersive audio, and a brand-new tactile panel on the Gettysburg Address — all designed with accessibility in mind. #SightSoundTouch #ALPLM #AbeForAll #AbrahamLincoln #VisitSpringfield

Today we welcomed a group from the Educational Center for the Visually Impaired to our "Lincoln: Sight, Sound & Touch" exhibit, which includes features for people with visual impairments. They loved it but also offered valuable advice for future exhibits.

In honor of #InternationalCatDay, here's #AbrahamLincoln as a cat named Old Abe protecting "contraband" (enslaved people who had escaped to freedom) from Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

We’re honored to partner in “3 Hot Days in August: A Citywide Observance of the 1908 Race Riot.” – a pivotal event that helped lead to the founding of the #NAACP. 🗓 August 14-16.📍 Itinerary: #ALPLM #SpringfieldIL #1908RaceRiot #BlackHistory #ILHistory

Not sure which is stranger -- that a goat was wandering through the president's home and resting on random beds or that it could just disappear. Was this the #AbrahamLincoln equivalent of "we sent the dog to live on a farm in the country"? #AbeSays.

Today, on #PurpleHeartDay, we honor Purple Heart recipient 1st Lt. Charles Z. Henkle, whose medal was generously donated to the ALPLM collection by his wife, Rita. We are deeply grateful for Charles’s service – and for all who have served or continue to serve our country. #ALPLM

We recently welcomed the 2025 #MortensonCenter Associates Program from the U of I! 🌍📚. This group of library professionals from 14 countries is part of a global effort to strengthen libraries around the world. We're proud to play a small role in their journey. #ALPLM

RT @JoeCrain: Thank you, @GovPritzker for stopping by to say “Hi” to the @ALPLM Team at our community booth inside the Governor’s Tent! The….

In 1863, #AbrahamLincoln sought to quickly implement a draft in the North because he feared America's volunteer army would be overwhelmed by draftees being conscripted into the Confederate army. #AbeSays #CivilWar. Source:

🎨 Junior Historians: Hands-On Through Art! .Aug 9 - Tour our interactive #SightSoundTouch exhibit, then create your own masterpiece with the Springfield Art Association! #ALPLM.✅ FREE | Grades 1–5 (older kids welcome).⚠️ Space is limited – register now:

Our conservation team has successfully completed a major project to safeguard the history of Illinois’ Civil War veterans by conserving the charters of the Grand Army of the Republic – a national Civil War veterans’ organization founded right here in Illinois!. #ALPLM #CivilWar

Eloquent though he was, #AbrahamLincoln believed saying nothing was often smarter than rambling without purpose (although on this occasion, he went on to minimize the friction between his administration and Gen. George McClellan). #AbeSays. Source:

From feeding the hungry to building homes for families, not-for-profit organizations make a powerful impact on our community. ❤️ To show our appreciation, #ALPLM is offering FREE admission to NFP groups TOMORROW - August 6! ✅ Call (217) 558-8939. #NationalNonprofitDay

#AbrahamLincoln #AbeSays #Emancipation #Slavery. Source:

Two decades of sharing Lincoln’s legacy! Go behind the scenes as we prepare our 20th anniversary exhibit, then see it for yourself before catching “Ghosts of the Library.” Don’t miss this historic milestone! #MuseumMilestone #ALPLM

#OnThisDay in #ILHistory – Aug 4, 1834.At 25, #AbrahamLincoln scored his first political win! Sangamon County voters elected him as one of four representatives to a two-year term in the Illinois General Assembly. He won their support with his warmth, humor, and sharp intellect.

#AbrahamLincoln #AbeSays #WithoutSelfishness. Source:

#OnThisDay in #ILHistory – Aug 3, 1795.The Treaty of Greenville ended the Northwest Indian War and forced Native nations to cede vast homelands – including land at the Chicago River – paving the way for U.S. settlement while forever reshaping Native lives and lands.