More Images From the Undercroft

Ed Epstein

Washington, D.C.

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Tireless Washington photographer Bruce Guthrie, a great friend of the Lincoln Group, visited the new Lincoln Memorial Undercroft Museum on its recent opening day and produced images we want to share with you.

Some of the workers' tools left underground after construction ended more than a century ago.

The 15,000-square-foot museum run by the National Park Service is well worth a visit to see the massive concrete pillars pounded deep into Washington's marshy soil, down to solid rock, and to learn about the history of the memorial above, which opened in 1922. The museum also relates how the Memorial, originally dedicated to Lincoln as the savior of the Union, came to symbolize the struggle for civil rights in America.

Every visitor is offered a souvenir, a nifty park ranger's badge.

Delving into the new museum's exhibits.

Tickets are required to enter the undercroft museum. They're free, with a $1 service charge. To obtain them, visit Recreation.gov .

Search for "Lincoln undercroft." Visitors are admitted by park rangers at 15-minute intervals. Be prepared -- you'll have to go through airport-like security, with similar bans on what can be brought in.

The Lincoln Group thanks Bruce Guthrie for his tireless and artistic work.