Abilene - Eisenhower Center
The Eisenhower Center in Abilene features 22 acres of landscaped grounds with five buildings, including the visitor center.
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Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 16:45 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 16:45 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November )
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November )
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Related Attractions
Eisenhower Home
This two-story wood-frame house in Abilene was home to the Eisenhower parents and their six boys. Furniture and other items were left in the house by Mrs Eisenhower upon her death in 1946.
Eisenhower Museum
The Eisenhower Museum in Abilene contains items relating to President Dwight D Eisenhower, from his boyhood to the post-presidential years.
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
200 Southeast Fourth Street
Abilene, KS 67410
United States
200 Southeast Fourth Street
Abilene, KS 67410
United States
Phone 1 (785) 263-6700
Fax 1 (785) 263-6715
Eisenhower Presidential Library
The Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene features books and papers used and written by Eisenhower. This includes everything from memos to the Westerns that he like to read in bed.
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
200 Southeast Fourth Street
Abilene, KS 67410
United States
200 Southeast Fourth Street
Abilene, KS 67410
United States
Phone 1 (785) 263-6700
Fax 1 (785) 263-6715
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November )
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November )
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Facilities
Gift shop
Place of Meditation
The Place of Meditation at the Eisenhower Center in Abilene is a chapel that was built in 1966, several years before Eisenhower's death. It is the final resting place for Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower and a son, Doud Dwight, who died in childhood.
