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Abilene is a great town. It wins all kinds of awards for being one of the Best Small Towns in America, The Best Towns in the West, etc. The Eisenhower Presidential Museum and Library is top-notch and is worth the trip alone. They have a recreated Western town, a carousel and steam train that serves dinner. The downtown is nice and has many mom and pop shops and restaurants. They could use more lodging options and a brewery.

The town of Abiline was great. I would highly reccomend it to you. The Eisenhower museum is first rate. There are many great places to eat. There are many historic mansions that you can see while you are there. I would reccomend the Seely Mansion on particular.

I really enjoyed the tour of the Seelye Mansion, although the house does not have central air conditioning and it was VERY hot! However, the house has been well maintained, and the tour guide was knowledgeable and flexible with the amount of people that ended up being in our tour group. I was disappointed in the Presidential Memorial Library and Museum. First of all, because of the pandemic, the federal employees that usually run these sites were not working. I was able to obtain a ticket into the museum from the Abilene Visitor's Center, but the on-site visitor's center, the Library and President Eisenhower's childhood home (also on the property) were not open. I love museums so was very satisfied with that experience, but my sole reason for visiting Abilene was to view the Eisenhower Presidential Memorial site and its buildings, so I was very disappointed overall at not being able to see everything. I took time to drive around Abilene and see (in passing) many of the original homes/mansions that were built and are still being lived in. It is a pretty little town, and the local people are friendly. I recommend it to lovers of our country's history!