The new Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership features a 34-foot tower of books about Abraham Lincoln, symbolizing that the last word about this great man will never be written.Fast Facts:
• The books in our tower are made from fireproof bent aluminum. Our exhibit designers printed the cover art directly onto the metal book “jackets.”
• The tower features 205 real titles, most of which are currently in print. The titles repeat throughout the tower, and the tower totals approximately 6,800 books.
• The design for the tower was completed in late 2010, so only books published before 2011 were included.
• Construction of the book tower took two weeks, and the designers glued each book in place by hand.
Watch a time-lapse video of the installation.
