Inside the Obama Presidential Center: The Hidden Details Behind Every Room
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Step inside the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago and discover the stories behind one of America's most anticipated cultural landmarks. From the soaring museum tower and recreated Oval Office to Michelle Obama's iconic fashion collection and deeply personal artifacts from the Obama campaign and presidency, President and Mrs. Obama, Valerie Jarrett, and the team behind the Center reveal how it's redefining what a presidential library can be. More than a monument, it's an immersive experience tracing the memories, milestones, and grassroots movement that shaped a historic presidency, and the future it hopes to inspire. As Michelle Obama says, "It's a home away from home. And even though it has our names on it, it's all for you."
How exceptionally beautiful!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😭😭😭
Explore not just the museum, but the original artworks and vibrant spaces built to serve the community, including a new Chicago Public Library branch, a regulation basketball court, an expansive playground, the Eleanor Roosevelt fruit and vegetable garden and Tafari's Kitchen, where family recipes approved by President Obama celebrate the power of food, memory, and connection. Woven together with the deeply personal stories that shaped the Obama family and presidency, the Obama Presidential Center was designed as a gathering place for Chicago's South Side and visitors from around the world.
Special thanks to The Obama Foundation for Obama Presidential Center B-roll.
He's either Non-Human or dying sick.
0:00 Inside the Obama Presidential Center
0:56 Home Court
I love everything about the center
1:18 Sledding Hill
1:38 Tafari’s Kitchen (Forum Building)
I visited the outside of the museum this weekend. Glad to have his video so I can see what I have to come back for someday.
2:36 Museum Building
3:35 Campaign History
Beautiful.
4:22 The President’s Lucky Charms
5:24 The First Lady’s Fashion
What a heritage. Mr. President, we miss you around the world - your intelligence, your humor, your dignity. If you are in Switzerland just let me know 🙂
6:38 Oval Office Replica
8:03 Chicago Public Library
It was partially funded by trash like Bezos
it also increased rent prices around the area
8:57 Original Artworks
10:10 Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit & Vegetable Garden
I miss him so much...
10:43 Playground
11:46 Marriage Equality
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful video! I’m from Canada and I am waiting a good time to come to visit this beautiful place.
12:23 Ten Letters a Day
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Back when politics were civil. Top of the list to visit when we make it back to Chicago.
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Even though I’m a republican, this is objectively really cool!
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I live 10 minutes from Ford's Presidential center....never been....
I will go to Obama's center during these years of Fascist rule.
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Love from Kenya. Can’t wait to visit!
So many congratulations!
Our former CIC gets mementos to cherish; our current CIC gets checks for favors...
@YONAHDADpathetic slop
@KHTextilesSo sad to see how Obama's Oval Office has been desecrated by the orange buffoon who is currently squatting there.
@liamfinch4129Very inspirational and very impressive.Seems they put a lot of thought into this project.I’m sure visitors will love it and make use of it in a memorable way,They should feel very proud of their accomplishments.They deserve it.
@Marie-w6c4qAnyone going to trumps ballroom😅??
@EazysetLove Obama
@gbbybunnyWhy build such a monstrosity in an Olmsted legacy park, show some restraint and build traditionally beautiful things that fit the landscape.
@hg-yg4xhThis is an American. Anybody got a problem with this man, ain't that.
@dudermcdudeface3674Not a monument to himself, but a space for people to use and enjoy. Class, just like the Obamas.
@TravellingTechiePobre TACO TRAITOR tRUMP can not even stand.
@LNCastanonVery classy
@VinakaSetAs a firmer architecture student, I find the Obama Presidential Center an amazing architectural phenomenon, so courageous in its originality, just the way Obama was by running for president after three terms as a senator of Illinois.
@ernestheau9146Obama was the first president I ever voted for (his second term).
@NimN0msThe man that started it all. The man that destroyed America.
@HevaNaisdeyWhen he speaks everyone listens.
@JuanChavez-um3rfYes he deported a lot...but he was actually deporting criminals. Obama
@JuanChavez-um3rfOur president
@JuanChavez-um3rfThe legend
@JuanChavez-um3rfUnbelievable 🎉🎉🎉 powerful legacy
@SamanthaHAgastinPlease take care of this. It looks extremely nice
@peen4971God I miss President Obama.
@GreenDay_Trading❤
@wedoish3350the true american traitor. obama
@retroluxuryGreat stuff, beautiful center and very inspiring, definitely high on my To Visit list — thank you, President Obama and teams!!!
@jmw7417not proud of all the Arabs you bombed? wheres that exhibit?
@finn6492A replica of the oval office? I can already tell where film production will be scouting.
@giodotmp4If i ever get a chance to visit Chicago, i would so like to visit this place :-)
@ItRichWhere’s the drone strike or bail out Wall Street exhibit?
@kunalpatel1147For got to include all them approved air strikes and how many civilians casualties during his administration.
@Platano0311Truly magnificent.
@jean-mariedikunduakila5481So how much does it cost to visit? That’s the main question
@TrapochrishonchoThnx for posting this video... i am presently in the PHILIPPINES... there is a possibility that i may be in the USA in 2 yrs time, but at 70 y.o., everything is in HIS hands... so, this is as near as going there now...
@perlatolentino6287glad it has the essentials.. bball court
@chungaoutdoorshe's a man
@samuelusmc