The White House Historical Association exhibition Life in the Lincoln White House focused on the space where
President Abraham Lincoln spent the majority of his time as president: his White House office.
President Abraham Lincoln spent the majority of his time as president: his White House office.
The exhibition recreated the office as depicted in Francis Bicknell Carpenter's 1864 painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln, and referenced the original design elements of the actual office space. It also included furnishings, ceramics, and literature used in the Lincoln White House. Illustrating the White House as a home, a stage for ceremony, and office, visitors experienced
the White House just as President Lincoln did, through objects he lived with and spacess he occupied, from 1861 until his assassination
in 1865. The exhibition even included President Lincoln himself, holding office hours on Saturdays.
the White House just as President Lincoln did, through objects he lived with and spacess he occupied, from 1861 until his assassination
in 1865. The exhibition even included President Lincoln himself, holding office hours on Saturdays.
