Ford's Theatre National Historic Site

Ford's Theatre, located in Washington, D.C., first opened its doors in August 1863. It is notable for being the location of United States President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865. In 1932, the building was converted into a museum, and in 1968, it was refurbished and reopened as a theater. A connected Center for Education and Leadership museum opened next to Petersen House on February 12, 2012.

The Oldroyd Collection of Lincolniana is housed in the Ford's Theatre Museum, which is located under the theater. The Museum is managed in collaboration with the National Park Service and the private non-profit Ford's Theatre Society and was recently refurbished for a July 2009 reopening. Several artifacts linked to the assassination are included in the collection, including the Derringer pistol used in the shooting, Booth's diary, and the actual door of Lincoln's theatrical box. A number of Lincoln's personal belongings, his coat, various Lincoln monuments, and numerous huge pictures of the President are also on show inside the museum. The Ford's Theatre Museum has the President's blood-stained pillow from his deathbed.

The newly rebuilt museum covers Lincoln's entry into Washington, his presidential cabinet, White House family life, and his position as orator and emancipator, in addition to the assassination conspiracy. The museum also has displays regarding Civil War milestones and generals, as well as the history of the structure as a theater. The rocking chair in which Lincoln sat is currently on exhibit in Dearborn, Michigan's Henry Ford Museum.