• Interior Water Color of Ford's Theatre

    Ford's Theatre

    National Historic Site District of Columbia

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  • Ford's Theatre will be closed on the following dates.

    The Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Museum, Theatre, Petersen House and Center for Education and Leadership, will be closed on the following dates: June 2, 2013; and June 5, 2013. Only the Petersen House will be open May 28 through June 1, 2013.

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Superintendent, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site

511 10th Street NW
Washington DC 20004

Phone:
202-426-6924

Fax:
202-426-1845

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Fords Theatre National Historic Site

Did You Know?

John Wilkes Booth

Young, talented, handsome, and charismatic, Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was a popular attraction at theaters throughout the country.  John Wilkes was the son of Junius Brutus Booth and the brother of Edwin Booth, both famous Shakespearean actors.