Public tickets for the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which opens on June 19, 2026, will be available May 6.
“When visitors look up at the Obama Presidential Center’s museum building, they’ll see three simple powerful words: You are America,” former President Barack Obama said in a video shared on X last month.
Spanning 19 acres, the $850 million center in Jackson Park will feature a main building and museum; a forum building that includes an auditorium, media suite, and other programming rooms; a Chicago Public Library branch; and farther south, a 45,000-square-foot multipurpose athletic center.
Tickets will be available at Obama.org. This initial round of ticket sales includes dates between June 19 and Nov. 30. Tickets for future dates will be announced online at obama.org. All museum entries will be time ticketed.
Top Tutors partners with KIPP High School
Top Tutors for Us, a Black owned tutoring and test-prep company, has announced another partnership with an area school.
Top Tutors is working with KIPP St. Louis High School to provide free standardized test preparation to all 10th-grade students throughout the 2026 school year.
Top Tutors was founded by Washington University graduate Angelica Harris, who holds three degrees from the university.
In a November 2025 St. Louis American profile, Harris said participants improve their test scores at twice the rate of traditional prep, “opening doors to top universities and scholarship opportunities.”
Top Tutors also has partnerships with St. Louis Public Schools, Hazelwood, Maplewood Richmond Heights, and multiple charter networks.
I’m from Chicago. My name is Lisa Wimberly and I was born on June 19 and I’m so proud to say that that is a day that I don’t have to go to work, but it will be a blessing if I can get a ticket to the opening of the Obama museum of the southside I would love it so much. If not, I’m still gonna go visit but I’m just putting it out there. I love Michelle Obama just putting it out there.
A group from our community wants to come on June 19th. How can we get group tickets for 60?