The Obama Presidential Center on June 3, 2026, ahead of its opening in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The great lawn and playground on the campus of the Obama Presidential Center, June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A statue of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama from the 2009 inauguration greets visitors on June 3, 2026, at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. displayed in a replica of the Oval Office at the Obama Presidential Center on June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center on June 3, 2026, ahead of its opening in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Exhibits on participating in democracy are displayed in the museum at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Green hills surround the Obama Presidential Center as the campus prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Barbecue grills and tables are available for the public on a rooftop at the Obama Presidential Center, June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Tissues are available in an exhibit gallery at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center, June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Some of first lady Michelle Obama’s dresses are displayed in the museum at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A worker climbs outside the building as preparations continue at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A wedding ring belonging to Jim Obergefell, a plaintiff in the landmark 2015 Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges that allowed marriage equality, is displayed at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Forum building on June 3, 2026, as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Elie Wiesel Auditorium in the Forum at the Obama Presidential Center, June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Julie Mehretu’s “Uprising of the Sun” on the north windows by the escalators in the museum at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A miniature model of Janelle Monet performing in the East Room of the White House is displayed at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Nick Cave and Marie Watt’s artwork “This Land, Shared Sky” next to a staircase in the lobby at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize is displayed at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Alfred Coleman brings his granddaughters, Peyton, 12, and Alyah, 4, to peek through the fence at the Obama Presidential Center on June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center is seen on June 3, 2026, before its opening in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center on June 3, 2026, ahead of its opening in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The John Lewis Courtyard is visible from the museum at the Obama Presidential Center, June 8, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Tafari’s Kitchen restaurant, named for the late White House chef Tafari Campbell, is prepared for its opening on June 3, 2026, at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center on June 3, 2026, ahead of its opening in Chicago’s Jackson Park. The almost 20-acre campus includes free park and garden spaces. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center on June 3, 2026, as it prepares for opening in Chicago’s Jackson Park. The almost 20-acre campus includes free park and garden spaces. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A visitor sits in the Sky Room as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A statue of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama from the 2009 inauguration greets visitors as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Workers replace a glass window panel as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Artwork by Mark Bradford fills a wall between the garden and entry levels of the museum at the Obama Presidential Center as it prepares for opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A replica of the Oval Office is on display as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A letter from President George W. Bush to President Barack Obama is displayed in the desk drawer inside a replica of the Oval Office as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Exhibits encourage political participation as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A stairway links the main floor with the garden level as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Visitors tour the Sky Room as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Campaign buttons from 2008 are displayed as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Some of Michelle Obama’s dresses are displayed as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Miniatures depict a Passover Seder in the White House from 2016 as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Exhibits are displayed as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Artwork fills the entry level as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Plants grow in the Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit and Vegetable Garden as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Exhibits from the 2008 campaign are displayed as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A sensory exhibit invites visitors to touch a reproduction of the Shephard Fairey campaign poster as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A sign is visible on a replica of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The President’s Reading Room is prepared on June 3, 2026, inside a branch of the Chicago Public Library to open at the Obama Presidential Center campus. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Exhibits in the museum feature the 2008 campaign as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A view from the Home Court shows the playground and the campus of the Obama Presidential Center as it prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Workers prepare a slide on the playground as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A statue by Richard Hunt sits in a courtyard outside a branch of the Chicago Public Library on the Obama Presidential Center campus on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Aidan Jacobs works in the Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit and Vegetable Garden as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Women’s Garden at the north end of the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A branch of the Chicago Public Library prepares to open at the Obama Presidential Center campus on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center prepares for opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Workers finish the parking garage entrance as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A view of the campus from the Sky Room on June 3, 2026, as the Obama Presidential Center prepares for opening, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center prepares for its opening on June 3, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center on May 6, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, May 6, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center on Feb. 25, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
The quote from President Barack Obama’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the marches from Selma to Montgomery is seen on the exterior of the Obama Presidential Center Museum building on Feb. 25, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Workers finish installing words from from President Barack Obama’s speech marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march, on the exterior of the Obama Presidential Center Museum building on Feb. 17, 2026, (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
People attend a program inside Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, March 7, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)
A woman wears a jean jacket adorned with an image of former President Barack Obama inside Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, March 7, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)
Work continues on the Obama Presidential Center on Jan. 13, 2026, in Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
View from the top floor of the Obama Presidential Library and Museum building on Oct. 24, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Workers finish installing words from from President Obama’s speech marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march, on the exterior of the Obama Presidential Center Museum building, Feb. 17, 2026, (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Work on the Hadiya Pendleton Atrium of the Forum Building on the Obama Presidential Center campus on Oct. 24, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Construction on the Elie Wiesel Auditorium on the Obama Presidential Center campus on Oct. 24, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Words from from President Obama’s speech marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march are being installed as work continues on the Obama Presidential Center Museum, Jan. 13, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Construction on Home Court, the 45,000-square-foot multipurpose space on the Obama Presidential Center campus, is seen on Oct. 24, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center under construction and the nearby Woodlawn neighborhood on Sept. 24, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
A view from the steps of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry shows the ongoing construction at the Obama Presidential Center, Sept. 8, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)
Construction continues on the Obama Presidential Center on June 2, 2025, in Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Granite panels are installed as construction continues on the tower at the Obama Presidential Center, June 2, 2025, in Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The tower rises behind athletic fields in Jackson Park as construction continues on the Obama Presidential Center, June 2, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Construction continues on the Obama Presidential Center, June 2, 2025, in Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Construction continues on the Obama Presidential Center near the University of Chicago campus and the Midway Plaisance, June 2, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center rises in Woodlawn on Sept. 4, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Former President Barack Obama talks with workers while visiting the site of the Obama Presidential Center to sign a metal beam as the concrete infrastructure of the museum building reaches its full height on June 10, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
Construction on the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on April 10, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Vehicle traffic moves past construction of the Obama Presidential Center in the 6000 block of South Stony Island Avenue, Aug. 8, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
The Obama Presidential Center emerges in Jackson Park, April 18, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans / baiduhai)
Set your alarm clocks, Chicago — the latest round of tickets to the museum at the Obama Presidential Center go on sale to the public on Wednesday morning, and officials expect that demand to snag a spot will be high.
The tickets will go live at 10 a.m., according to the Obama Foundation. Tickets will be available at obama.org.
The foundation said it expects high interest and that prospective ticketholders may experience a wait when they go to purchase, but assured that spots in line will be saved in a virtual queue.
People will be able to buy up to nine tickets, which are sold on a timed-entry basis and range in price from $15 to $30. The tickets will offer admission to the museum starting in the fall through Jan. 3, 2027.
The museum is currently sold out through September. The first round of tickets, through Nov. 30, went on sale in May and quickly sold out for the first few months of admission.
“The overwhelming interest we’ve seen since opening our doors is a powerful reminder of how much people are looking for spaces that bring us closer together,” Valerie Jarrett, CEO of the Obama Foundation, said in a statement late last month when the additional round of tickets was initially announced.
The Obama Center opened to the public on June 19, following a celebrity-packed ceremony on June 18, and the museum is the only part of the 19.3-acre campus requiring a ticket.
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The rest of the grounds in the Jackson Park neighborhood are free and open to the public, including the Home Court athletic center, the public artwork, a branch of the Chicago Public Library, and a café and restaurant. The grounds are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
The museum is open 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Tickets are nonrefundable and safeguarded against reselling.
Tribune’s Doug George contributed.
This story has been updated to note the Obama Foundation’s updated ticket release time of 10 a.m.