Since opening in 2005, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has become the most visited presidential library and museum in the United States.
The museum combines scholarship and showmanship, including 3-D holography to make the history of the nation's 16th president a visceral experience for visitors.
If you are traveling to Springfield to see the Illini play at the Prairie Capital Convention Center — the team's first official game there is Friday night against North Florida — you can't go wrong by arriving a few hours early to pay a visit to the museum.
It's open from 9 a.