ALERT: The Taneytown Road Entrance to the Museum & Visitor Center is currently closed for rehabilitation. Detour information is available for entering the complex at the Baltimore Pike Entrance. Learn more.
ALERT: Little Round Top is now closed to all visitation for rehabilitation. Learn more.
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NEW Temporary Exhibit in the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center
A Rough Coarse Life: The World of the Civil War Soldier
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Special events, unique opportunities and enlightening experiences await you at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center, the Gettysburg battlefield and our historic sites and experiences.
Additional Special Events
Begin your Gettysburg visit with the Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience, schedule your battlefield tour with a Licensed Battlefield Guide and explore more of Gettysburg's historic sites.
Special Exhibit: A Rough Coarse Life
Artifacts, documents and works of art from the collections of Gettysburg National Military Park and the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia, offer a window into the lives, experiences and memories of those who struggled, suffered and survived a century and a half ago.
The new exhibit includes some artifacts never-before-seen on display.
Join us on the Cyclorama platform for an exclusive after-hours, close-up look at the iconic Gettysburg Cyclorama painting. Enjoy additional time on the viewing platform to observe in full light the remarkable, close-up details and distant battle scenes of the painting. Journey under the diorama to see how the illusion comes to life. There will be time for a question and answer session.
Learn more and view the complete 2023 program schedule.
Join some of the best Rangers, historians and authors from across the country. The popular series of one-hour talks examines a wide array of subjects related to the American Civil War and Gettysburg history, including archeology at Little Round Top, the early life of Robert E. Lee, the fighting on Culp’s Hill and compelling research on Lincoln at Gettysburg. The lectures illuminate the different events and personalities of this pivotal chapter in American history.
Free tickets required and available the day of each presentation at the Ticket Counter inside the Museum & Visitor Center.
Tickets/seating first-come, first served | No program Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023
The Superheroes of History theme features a new children's book each weekend, focusing on such famous people as Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Jane Goodall, Neil Armstrong and others. Each week's book reading will also include either an indoor or outdoor family-led adventure related to the book.
Designed for children ages 4-10 and their families.
Photo credit: NPS
There is so much to see, do and explore at Children of Gettysburg 1863®. Winter is the perfect time to experience the adventure in Gettysburg’s most family-friendly children’s history museum. Visit us on select holidays in February and March and enjoy adventurous family programming and activities, in addition to the interactive museum exhibits.
The events and activities are free with your ticket to the museum adventure. Admission tickets are currently free for children/youth (ages 12 and younger) with a ticketed adult.
Enjoy a unique opportunity to see the Gettysburg Cyclorama painting in a different light, with a special presentation on the Cyclorama platform as part of the Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience.
Featuring an introductory talk while in full light of the historic painting, you will gain an understanding of the history and scenes depicted in the painting.
The traditional Cyclorama show included with the Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience will be available again beginning Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.
Civil War Dance Foundation returns to the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center with their flags and artifacts displays.
Throughout the day, Dr. Lawrence Keener-Farley, retired Director of Education at the National Civil War Museum and a Gettysburg National Military Park volunteer historian, will present brief talks on the flags.
The display features reproductions of the most common flags of the Union Army infantry, cavalry, and artillery unit and the flags designating corps, division and brigade commanders.
Gettysburg National Military Park and the Gettysburg Foundation invite Adams County Residents to enjoy free admission and Adams County highlights and treasures on Presidents Day, Feb. 20.
The Adams County Day offer includes the scene-setting film, A New Birth of Freedom, the sound and light show of the iconic Gettysburg Cyclorama and the 12-gallery Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War.
Adams County resident adult ticket holders will receive an Adams County Artifact Gallery Guide and the opportunity to enter and win a two-hour Licensed Battlefield Guide Car Tour.
Adams County residents, present your proof of residency (driver's license) at the Ticket Counter to obtain free admission tickets.
Time Travelers will read and discuss The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody by Matthew Landis. Landis' book tells the story of 12-year-old Oliver, who is obsessed with studying the Civil War. Partnered with Ella, who is not as interested in studying, for a class history project, they undertake research of a soldier who served in the Civil War.
Designed for children ages 10-14 and their families.
Sensational views and spectacular scenery await you on your afternoon battlefield tour aboard a double decker bus.
Limited to one tour on select Saturdays and some Sundays, the Double Decker Bus Tour departs the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center.
Double Decker Bus Tours* operate on select Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are now available for April and May dates.
*Available to be combined with the Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience in the Value Package.
Friends of Gettysburg Events
Join us for Friends of Gettysburg events* throughout 2023:
The heart of the Gettysburg Foundation, our Friends' volunteer efforts and donations support the Foundation, in partnership with the National Park Service at Gettysburg in maintaining our mission of preservation and education. Learn more about becoming a member of the Friends of Gettysburg. Help our mission, become part of history and enjoy exclusive invitations, program rates and discounts.
*Select events are open to the public.
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