The site of the April 14, 1865, assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre is a working theatre, historical monument, world-class museum …
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Mar 15, 2025
When visiting Washington, Ford’s Theatre offers a great tour to learn about the history of the theatre and museum. If in town during the holidays, a must see show at the theatre is seeing “A Christma…Full review by Jason H
Mar 6, 2025
Preserved historical theatre . It is as if president Lincoln is about to arrive and sit in his box to watch a play. Park ranger tells us all about the tragedy that happened on that fateful night. …Full review by Ronald C
Mar 1, 2025
I cannot believe I never bothered until now. It is free and tells much about Abraham Lincoln, leading up to and after hisassassination. I wouldn’t think kids under 10 would get much out of it. It is…Full review by knowsnyc
Online checkout for tickets says by clicking I agree to abide by covid protocol, including a negative test or proof of vaccination. Anyone been there recently to know whether they're requiring a negative test or proof of vaccination??
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No more COVID protocol. They just probably haven’t updated their website yet.
How much time should we budget for our visit (September 2021)? We have a historic site ticket for both the museum and the theater walk through.
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It's a great place to visit, but I can't see spending 2 hours here. We saw about half of the museum, climbed to the theatre box, went to the gift shop and were out in under an hour.
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