Washington, D.C.—The National Park Service (NPS) and the Ford’s Theatre Society announced Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, located at 511 10th Street, NW, and the Petersen House (the House where President Abraham Lincoln died) will close to the public for facility maintenance on September 22 and 23. The Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site and Petersen House will reopen to the public for timed entry visits on September 24.

During this closure, visitors may visit www.nps.gov/foth and www.fords.org in order to learn about and experience Ford’s Theatre.

As a reminder admission to Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site and the Petersen House is free; all visitors two years of age and older must present a timed entry ticket. Tickets can be reserved through Ticketmaster at (202) 397-SEAT or online at Ticketmaster.com. A limited number of same-day tickets are available at the Box Office beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Dependant upon schedule, a visit to Ford’s Theatre includes entry to the Museum followed by an interpretive or educational presentation by either the National Park Service or Ford’s Theatre Society on the stage, or a walk-through of the Theatre. Following a visit to the Theatre, visitors are encouraged to proceed across the street to the Petersen House, where an NPS ranger or volunteer interpreter greets and provides an interpretive talk about the events that took place in the home where the president died on April 15, 1865.