Purchase Tickets

Click here to purchase your tickets to the Lincoln 2.0 Inaugural Ball.

Ticket Will Call. Tickets will be available for advance pick-up on Saturday, January 17th and Sunday, January 18th from 12 noon until 6 pm at the Will Call desk at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s 8th and G Streets entrance. Tickets may also be picked up the night of the Ball at the Museum. All attendees must be 21 years of age or older.  A government-issued ID (e.g., drivers license) should accompany all participants. Once purchased, tickets are non-refundable.

A portion of your ticket ($175 of the total purchase price) is tax deductible.

For Additional Information. Call the Lincoln 2.0 Inaugural Ball Hotline at (202) 237-0178.

President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural theme, "Restoring America's Promise," highlights the new administration's mission to restore opportunity and possibility for all Americans - much like his predecessor, also from the state of Illinois, President Abraham Lincoln.

In March 1865, Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Ball was held at one of Washington's "noblest" buildings, now the home of today's Smithsonian American Art Museum. Join us as we return to Victorian times and relive history, all the while looking toward America's bright and promising future.