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"The water terrace. There's a low stone form here that fills until it can't hold any more and then spills over its own edge, and near it an upright ring that puts out a fine mist. The piece is called Seeing Through the Universe. The terrace is named for Ann Dunham — Obama's mother, and a considerably more interesting person than most people realize. She was an anthropologist."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Tour Stops
Follow the full The Obama Library Tour route.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Tower from Stony Island Avenue
- 3 John Lewis Plaza
- 4 The Southwest Corner — The Letters
- 5 The North Face — Wrapping the Pineapple
- 6 The Library Branch and the Reading Garden
- 7 Home Court
- 8 The Ann Dunham Water Terrace
- 9 The Women's Garden
- 10 The Great Lawn and the Road That Isn't There
- 11 The Statue of the Republic
- 12 The Reveal
Hear the full story at The Ann Dunham Water Terrace
This is just one of 12 stops on the The Obama Library Tour tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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