Washington, D.C.—The National Park Service (NPS) and the Ford’s Theatre Society (FTS) announce Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site (NHS) comprising the Theatre, Museum, and the Petersen House (the house where President Abraham Lincoln died) will close to the public for routine maintenance.

The Museum will close on September 15 and reopen to the public on September 16. The Petersen House will close on September 16 and reopen to the public on September 17. The Theatre will close both days, September 15 and 16 and reopen to the public on September 17.

While the site is closed for routine maintenance, visitors may visit www.nps.gov/foth and www.fords.org to learn more about and experience Ford’s Theatre NHS.

Admission to Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site 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.

Depending upon the schedule, a visit to Ford’s Theatre NHS includes entry to the museum followed by an interpretive or educational presentation by either the NPS or FTS on the stage, or a walk-through of the theatre. Following a visit to the theatre and/or museum, 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.

National Park Service and Ford’s Theatre Society Partnership
Since the Ford's Theatre reopening in 1968, more than 100 years after the April 14, 1865, assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, it has been one of the most visited sites in the nation’s capital. Operated through a partnership with the NPS and FTS, Ford’s Theatre has enthralled visitors because of its unique place in United States history, and its mission to celebrate the legacy of Abraham Lincoln and explore the American experience through theatre and education. The NPS and FTS work together to present the Theatre’s nearly one million annual visitors with a high quality historical and cultural experience.