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Portrait Exhibition at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

The following information was received from the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial:

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is hosting the special portfolio version of the National Portrait Gallery exhibition, "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln."

Drawn from the Portrait Gallery’s unrivaled collection of Lincoln portraits, it charts Lincoln’s passage from a fresh-faced Illinois congressman to a troubled visage as he led the fight for the Union, culminating in his grizzled isolation as president. The exhibition shows how Lincoln used the new art of photography to convey his image to Americans, letting them see in him what they most desired. These graphically compelling full-color portfolios (13” x 19” each) will be on display in the Memorial Visitor Center throughout the year.

The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial preserves the Indiana farm where Abraham Lincoln lived for 14 years -- from 1816 to 1830, and the site where his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, is buried. The Memorial is located eight miles south of Interstate 64 on Indiana Highway 162, adjacent to Lincoln State Park.

For more information, please contact the park office at 812-937-4541.

Click here to visit the park website.

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