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Planned Education Programming Google Cultural Institute Exhibitions and Museum View Launching Spring 2015 Ford’s Theatre is honored to partner with Google Cultural Institute to share interactive online exhibitions about the Lincoln assassination, Ford’s Theatre and Petersen House history, and Lincoln’s legacy. Additionally, explore Ford’s Theatre on Google Cultural Institute via Google Museum View, which allows you to virtually walk through the Theatre, Petersen House and museum exhibitions as if you are here on site. Silent Witnesses School Visit Guide Share elements of the special exhibition Silent Witnesses: Artifacts of the Lincoln Assassination with your students with a printed museum guide designed to transport you back to 1865. Download from the Education or Museum pages of our website, or arrange in advance through our education department. Virtual Field Trip: Ford’s Theatre and the Petersen House LIVE Thursday, March 26, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m. EST Explore the history of Ford’s Theatre—LIVE!—with Discovery Education, National Park Service rangers and some of the historical figures who were in the Theatre on the night of the assassination. Virtual Field Trip Hangout LIVE Tuesday, April 14, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. EST If you miss it live on March 26, the Ford’s Theatre Virtual Field Trip will be available for viewing on www.fords.org by April 13. Join the Education team on April 14 for a live, online Q and A session. Online Author Visit with Historian James L. Swanson To find out more about these and other education programs, visit www.bitly.com/Fords150, or contact [email protected]. 14 | Ford’s 150: Remembering the Lincoln Assassination Spring 2015 This 45-minute virtual, interactive author visit is a chance for students around the country to hear from the author of the widely read young-adult version of the best-selling book Manhunt, Chasing Lincoln's Killer. Summer Teacher Workshops: The Seat of War and Peace July 5-11 and July 26-August 2, 2015 Join us for one of two week-long National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks workshops for teachers. We will bring renowned scholars and teachers together to explore the Lincoln assassination and its continuing resonance in American history through place-based learning, digital learning resources and cutting-edge scholarship. These workshops are made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Background photo © Maxwell McKenzie.