the red , worn chair will be removed from its enclosure at dearborn 's henry ford museum and displayed in an open plaza on april 15 .
it will be removed from its encasing to be displayed for the 150th anniversary of the assassination .
abraham lincoln -lrb- left -rrb- was shot in ford 's theatre in washington d.c. on april 14 , 1865 by pro-confederacy actor , john wilkes booth -lrb- right -rrb- .