CHICAGO (AP) — The Obama Presidential Center will open June 19, more than a decade after the former president chose his hometown of Chicago for the project. The museum displays campaign memorabilia and presidential artifacts, while its campus showcases a new community basketball court, public library and playground.
Here's a look at the numbers behind the former President Barack Obama's presidential museum.
$850 million
The approximate cost to build the 225-foot-tall (70-meter-tall) museum tower and nearly 20-acre (8-hectare) campus, which the Obama Foundation is paying for with private donations. The cost ballooned from the initial estimates of $350 million.
The number of projected annual visitors to the admission-based museum. As many as 1 million people are expected to visit the free amenities on the campus each year.
