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Obama Inauguration Events: Tours
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Obama-Related Tours

Explore the places and sites where the Obamas spent their time while living and working in Chicago:

 

Chicago Neighborhood Tours: Hyde Park & Kenwood
Visitors are entreated to sights throughout the Obama's old neighborhood.

 

Chicago Neighborhood Tours: South Shore
This specialty tour encompasses such Obama landmarks as: the South Shore Cultural Center, where the Obamas held their wedding reception, and the University of Chicago's main campus.


Gray Line's South Shore Tour

Travels take visitors through Chicago's South Side from the museum campus to the Kenwood-Hyde Park area.

Chicago Greeter Tours

A free service for visitors, Chicago Greeter matches tourists with city-wise locals who conduct personalized and private tours of all types.

President Obama Trail/ Illinois Bureau of Tourism

Three day Illinois get-away concentrates on such Obama-related sites as: the Illinois State Capitol, Museum of Science & Industry and US Cellular Field.

 

Obama's Chicago/ My Kind of Town Touring Company
Highlights of the Obama's Hyde Park/Kenwood neighborhood tour include: the South Shore Cultural Center, site of the Obama's wedding reception, and Grant Park's Hutchinson Field, site of the 2008 Election Night Rally.

Tracing Obama's Chicago Roots

This Obama-centric tour includes: the family’s former home, the couple’s first apartment, the park where the President played basketball and the spot of his first kiss with wife, Michelle.

Time Out Chicago’s Barack & Stroll
This hour-long DIY-walking tour covers such ground as: Obama’s former barber shop, his favorite casual eateries and his apartment while teaching at the University of Chicago’s Law School.

Obama Chicago America's First City
This guided tour of Obama’s Chicago includes: sites around the first family’s Hyde Park/Kenwood neighborhood, as well as a trip to historic Bronzeville, once an urban Mecca for African-American business, culture, literature and politics.

Dates:
Jan 15, 2009 - Dec 31, 2009
Hours:

Hours vary, please check individual event for more information.

Location:
Various Locations
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
Accessibility:

Accessibility varies, please check individual event for more information.

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Obama-Related Tours
Various Locations
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago IL 60602

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