Since we last posted an update in July about the progress of the Remembering Lincoln digital project, we’ve been busy! So, for the sake of other institutions interested in undertaking a similar digital public history project, and for those who like to be in the loop, here’s an update.

For the inauguration of our new Student Tour of the Ford’s Theatre Museum, Nadia Duncan, 17, tells us about her experience as a student docent leading a tour—in front of a camera.

Honorable Mention for the highest award in educational interactive videoconferencing has been presented to Ford’s Theatre Society for its Investigation: Detective McDevitt distance-learning program!

We’re pleased to announce that the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Ford’s Theatre a Landmarks of American History and Culture grant for a new week-long teacher workshop, to be offered in July 2015!

Our Remembering Lincoln digital project has now reached an important milestone: the Product Definition Document. The process of creating this document proved invaluable in teaching us about our audiences and their needs for what will become our Remembering Lincoln web platform in early 2015.

On February 8, the Ford’s Theatre Society facilitated an experimental Meet & Mingle event after a performance of the musical Violet. Here's what we learned.

Dr. Lorraine McConaghy, a historian from Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, shares lessons learned from a public history project, the Washington State Historical Society’s Civil War Read-In.

In this post, we explain the process for designing our Remembering Lincoln online project.

In 1865, as people around the country and around the world heard about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, they recorded their reactions in many forms—from written materials like letters to decorative items like ribbons. Soon the items from that time that have survived the ages, will be stored at RememberingLincoln.com!