# @nbcchicago on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZLgdbIDSjY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66310935-nbcchicago-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-04T21:55:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) — https://gondola.cc/nbcchicago

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NBC Chicago got a sneak peek Wednesday inside the sprawling Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, offering a first look at a venue that will feature a full-sized basketball court, a Chicago Public Library branch, acres of green space and a museum dedicated to Barack Obama’s years in the White House.⁠
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"It is a living, breathing legacy, because our hope is that people bring change back to their communities," Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett said in an interview with NBC News.⁠
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The campus, located at 6001 S. Stony Island Ave. on the South Side, officially opens to the public on Juneteenth, more than a decade after the former president chose his hometown of Chicago for the project. But tens of thousands of people — friends and family of museum staff, students and journalists — have already been offered a sneak peek at the nearly 20-acre campus as crews finish final art installations and landscaping.⁠
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Museum officials said the campus is expected to draw as many as one million visitors annually.⁠
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Tap the 🔗 in our bio to learn more.⁠
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#obama #barackobama #obamapresidentialcenter #jacksonpark #chicago

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