Special Events

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Exhibits, Tours & Events / Special Events

Exhibits.
Encounters.
Illuminations.

Students stare in wonder at the Gettysburg Cyclorama

Special events, unique opportunities and enlightening experiences await you at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center.

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Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience

Audience watching the film A New Birth of Freedowm at the Gettyburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center

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.

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Veterans Appreciation Day

Nov. 12, 2020

Gettysburg National Military Park and the Gettysburg Foundation continue a long tradition of honoring our nation's veterans with Veterans Appreciation Day, Thursday, Nov. 12.

Veterans are invited to enjoy complimentary admission to the Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience and have the unique opportunity to see the Gettysburg Cyclorama painting with the “lights up” and illuminated in its full brilliance. As always, active military enjoy free admission.

Gettysburg Gift Certificates

Share Gettysburg with your history enthusiast.

Give the experience. Give the history. Give the Gift of Gettysburg.

Gettysburg Foundation Gift Certificates are the perfect way to share the Gettysburg experience with your friends and family.

Available in any amount, certificates can be redeemed online, by phone or on site.

Buy Gift Certificates

An Evening with the Painting

Nov. 20 SOLD OUT | Nov. 21 SOLD OUT

NEW: Dec. 12, 4:45 p.m.

Join Licensed Battlefield Guide, author and historian Sue Boardman on the Cyclorama platform for an exclusive after-hours, close-up look at the 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.

Buy Dec. 12 Tickets

Remembrance Day Illumination

Nov. 21, 2020, 5:30 - 9 p.m.

Held in commemoration of the Gettysburg Soldiers' National Cemetery dedication in Nov. 1863, this solemn event features a luminary candle on all of the 3,512 Civil War soldiers' graves. Names of the fallen soldiers are read throughout the evening.

Remembrance Day Illumination is free and open to the public.

(Event subject to weather)

Sponsor a Candle/Make a Donation

Civil War Dance Foundation

Nov. 27, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The Civil War Dance Foundation presents Christmas in the 1860s, Friday, Nov. 27, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum & Visitor Center. The Victorian Dance Ensemble will perform Civil War era dances at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the Group Lobby.

The group will also present a dance-inspired display featuring dance cards, hand fans, Victorian jewelry, photographs and a table-top Christmas tree.

The dance performances and exhibits are free of charge to visitors with tickets to the Museum & Visitor Center attractions.

Be safe: This is an indoor event. Visitors and participants must adhere to event-specific and on-going Museum & Visitor Center health and safety protocols.

Encounters With History

Dec. 5 SOLD OUT | March 20, 2021

These monthly Encounters bring you closer to the stories, the people and the events surrounding the battle and its aftermath. From battlefield strategy to civilian life to early preservation efforts, Licensed Battlefield Guides will help you uncover the often hidden history inside Gettysburg.

March 20, 2021

In Their Own Words
with Licensed Battlefield Guide Darryl Roberts
Using diaries and other primary sources, join us in tracing the lives of soldiers prior to their arrival in Gettysburg and their participation in the Battle of Gettysburg.

Heritage Trail Hike

May 1 & 2, 2021

Follow the Billy Yank and Johnny Reb trails on this vigorous, two-day,15-mile hike through the battlefield.
The hike departs at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday from the Museum and Visitor Center and returns around 5 p.m. on Saturday and around 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Museum Bookstore Events

Canceled for the remainder of 2020.
Check back for the 2021 schedule.

Your favorite Civil War authors sign copies of their classic books and latest works at the Museum & Visitor Center Bookstore.

Book signing events occur throughout the year and are free and open to the public.