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: membership@fordstheatre.org
- Website:www.fordstheatre.org
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5.0
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50+ reviews from 2 sources |
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| Yelp | 4.5 |
16+ reviews |
| Yahoo! Travel | 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 StreetNW, 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
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3.0
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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
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3.0
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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
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4.0
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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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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
Other Web Resources
- Read more about Ford's Theatre, National Historic Site; the Lincoln Museum; and the Petersen House, The House Where Lincoln Died on Yahoo! Travel
- www.fordstheatre.org
- http://www.virginia.org
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