2024 News

The Gettysburg Foundation is pleased to announce a special opening of Children of Gettysburg 1863^® on Presidents Day. The children’s history museum will be open Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, from noon until 5 p.m. in honor of Presidents Day. Throughout the day, special Presidents Day activities will be available for visitors to enjoy during their visit.

The interactive children’s history museum tells the engaging stories of children, teens and young adults who lived in the town of Gettysburg and the surrounding area during and after the Battle of Gettysburg. During a visit to Children of Gettysburg 1863^®, families can experience engaging first-hand accounts from a number of young residents from 1863, including William Bayly, Albertus McCreary, Sadie Bushman and Tillie Pierce. Visitors are introduced to Gettysburg and its significance as they touch, listen and learn their way through an engaging journey back to 1863 through interactive exhibits and meaningful activities throughout the museum adventure.

Admission tickets are currently free for children/youth ages 12 and younger when accompanied by a ticketed adult. Tickets are available by phone, 717-334-2436, online at GettysburgFoundation.org/Children-of-Gettysburg-1863, at the Ticket Counter inside the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center and on-site at Children of Gettysburg 1863^® located at 451 Baltimore Street in downtown Gettysburg.

Regular winter hours of Thursday through Sunday, noon until 5 p.m. will resume Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, at Children of Gettysburg 1863^®.