The Eisenhower Presidential Center, officially known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum or Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, includes the Eisenhower presidential library, President Dwight David Eisenhower's boyhood home, Museum, and gravesite. The center is located in Abilene, Kansas, home of President Eisenhower.
Admission to the Visitor Center, boyhood home, Place of Meditation (gravesite), and the archives is free. Admission to the museum is $10 for adults. The complex is open every day except New Year's Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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