Special Events

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While we are taking extra precautions to help keep you safe, exposure to COVID-19 is an inherent risk in any public location where people are present. We cannot guarantee you will not be exposed during your visit.

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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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Exhibits & Tours

A Photographic Journey: Gettysburg Cyclorama

An Evening with the Painting Series Special

Feb. 20, 2021  |  4 p.m.

Join Sue Boardman, Licensed Battlefield Guide, author and historian for a special “after-hours” journey to explore the history of the Gettysburg Cyclorama painting and to see how the illusion comes to life. Gain exclusive access to view original and historic photographs of the Cyclorama and the battlefield in the 1880s.

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Encounters With History

March 20, 2021 SOLD OUT

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.

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.

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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 on any occasion the Gettysburg experience with your friends and family.

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

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Museum Bookstore Events

The 2021 schedule to be announced.

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.