Obama presidential library
Logo of the Obama Foundation, the non-profit organization that is overseeing the construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center
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| Location | Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°46′57″N 87°35′08″W / 41.78250°N 87.58556°WCoordinates: 41°46′57″N 87°35′08″W / 41.78250°N 87.58556°W |
| Construction start | late 2018 |
| Completion date | 2021 |
| Named for | Barack Obama |
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Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, and Interactive Design Architects: Landscape architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Site Design Group, and Living Habitats |
| Cost | $500 million (estimated) |
| Management | David Simas, CEO |
| Website | www |
The Barack Obama Presidential Center is the planned presidential library of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. The center will be located in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago, near the campus of the University of Chicago. The university provides planning, support, engagement and programming. Included within the center's plan is a new branch for the Chicago Public Library. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in a "new model" is partnering with the Obama Foundation to digitize the Obama presidency records, so the center itself will not be run by NARA. The nonprofit Obama Foundation oversees the creation of the Center and the construction of its campus.
The Obama Foundation board includes Chairman Marty Nesbitt, a close friend from Chicago; J. Kevin Poorman, president and CEO of PSP Capital Partners; David Plouffe; Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng; venture capital financier, John Doerr; Studio Museum in Harlem Director and Chief Curator, Thelma Golden; fundraiser and former White House staffer, Juliana Smoot; investment managers John Rogers, and Michael Sacks, and former Governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick. Barack Obama has a home in Hyde Park. The foundation was formally established in January 2014.
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