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Obama Presidential Center museum director aims for history, context
Louise Bernard, director of the Obama Presidential Center museum, with a mock-up of the presidential center at the Barack Obama Foundation's headquarters. - Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS

Obama Presidential Center museum director aims for history, context

CHICAGO -- The tower of the Obama Presidential Center is getting a lot of attention as it rises in Jackson Park on the South Side. Meanwhile, Louise Bernard is trying to build the centerpiece museum’s interior: balancing former President Barack Obama’s philosophy and his namesake foundation’s mission with historical accuracy in a time of corrosive partisanship. While plans for the center’s outer shell have been known (and litigated over) for years, its insides — and the narrative Obama’s team plans to present over four floors of distinct exhibits — have largely been unknown. The woman leading ...

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