Security is tightening up near the Obama Presidential Center ahead of this week's grand opening ceremony​ on Thursday.

Franklin Roosevelt helped launch the modern system of presidential libraries in the late 1930s. A network of museums and research facilities has since grown nationwide. Historian Douglas

The 44th commander in chief is hoping to break the mold of presidential libraries — and burnish his legacy — with his hulking Chicago center, which opens Thursday.

Former President Barack Obama is getting a little help from his friends in celebrating the opening of his presidential museum in Chicago

Almost a decade out of office, Obama puts his presidency in the narrative of the nation's journey for equality. Also, he added a basketball court.

President Obama’s Presidential Center opens tomorrow in Chicago. At a preview event, Michelle Obama wore a custom skirt honoring her late mother, Mary Ann Robinson.

I found it impossible not to keep thinking about an old Roz Chast cartoon and an even older joke about a Paris skyscraper when I reached the top of the new Obama Presidential Center, which is not a presidential library but a gigantic,

Thursday's (June 18) all-star livestream event will also feature Jennifer Hudson, John Legend and Marc Anthony.