Overview
- The Obama Foundation, which released Star Wars Day videos Monday featuring Mark Hamill and Barack Obama, announced that museum tickets will go on sale May 6.
- The campus opens to the public June 19 on Juneteenth in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side.
- Only the museum requires paid timed-entry tickets while the grounds, a public library branch, and athletic spaces remain free every day.
- Illinois residents get free museum entry on Tuesdays, and the campus is open daily from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. with posted museum hours.
- The 19.3-acre site includes a 225-foot granite museum tower bearing lines from Obama’s 2015 Selma speech plus parkland, public art, restaurants, and a large basketball complex.