Ford's Theatre, National Historic Site; the Lincoln Museum; and the Petersen House, The House Where Lincoln Died - Washington Museum

  • Address: 511 10th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004
  • Phone: +1 202 426 6925
  • Email:
  • Website:www.fordstheatre.org
Average Rating
5.0
50+ reviews
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4.5
16+ reviews
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5.0
34+ reviews

Estimated Price: From $25

Ford's Theatre, National Historic Site; the Lincoln Museum; and the Petersen House, The House Where Lincoln Died
511 10th Street
NW, Washington, DC 20004

Ford's Theatre, National Historic Site; the Lincoln Museum; and the Petersen House, The House Where Lincoln Died Details

Full Amenity List

  • Wheelchair Accessible

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Ford's Theatre is a live, working theatre located in downtown ... more on Museum Stuff
  • The theater in which Abraham ... more on tripadvisor.com
  • The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln here on April 14, 1865, overshadowed this theater for ... more on Wcities
  • Ford's Theatre is no musty, historic relic, but rather a live, working theatre located in downtown DC. Lincoln loved ... more on gocitykids.com
  • Plays are still presented at this site of Lincoln's assassination. The ... more on weather.com

Reviews From Across The Web read all

3.0
Famouse Site, Not Much Interpretation

The theater itself, a historic place, wasn't much on historical ... jbusco, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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4.0
Very interesting!

We arrived at Ford's Theater around 10:40 and noticed that they were going to be doing a short talk about the assassination of Pres. Lincoln ... lvallana, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

3.0
Erin G. 's review

this is another one of those places you go and suddenly it hits you that the history ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

4.0
Feel like you were there

The inside of Fords Theatre was a very unique experience. It was nothing like I imagined. I was thinking of a big theatre that could hold alot of people, but it is a very small quaint theatre. President ... smokejgr20, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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4.0
When to see Ford's Theater

We just returned from a Spring Break trip with our 2 sons, ages 8 and 10. I would very much recommend this to families with kids this age or older. The museum isn't particularly glitzy, ... miznina, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

Directions

From Washington, DC - Head north on 14th St NW/US-1 toward Madison Dr NW Continue to follow 14th St NW, Turn right at F St NW, Turn right at 10th St NW.

Hours

9a-5p M-Su (Performance times vary)

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: Museum free; Productions vary
  • Childrens Programs: Every Sunday we gather with our children to worship, wonder and ponder what it means to be a people of God. Children preschool through elementary rotate each week through a variety of workshops. A story from the bible is chosen for each month and each wee
  • Educational Program: http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/Education/Exhibits/DC_Schools/DCSchools_Intro.html
  • Events: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/
  • Exhibits: http://www.lonesailor.org/ed_exhibits.php

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