A NOTE AS YOU PLAN YOUR VISIT: Experience a special "lights up" program of the Gettysburg Cyclorama as part of the Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience from Jan. 20-22. The traditional Cyclorama light & sound show included with the Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience resumes Jan. 23. Learn more.

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Plan Your Holiday Visit: Museum & Visitor Center Announces Seasonal Hours

Dec 10, 2025

As you plan a holiday trip to Gettysburg, the Gettysburg Foundation encourages visitors to take note of seasonal hours for the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center.

The Museum & Visitor Center will close at 1 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, and will be closed on Christmas Day, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, as well as New Year’s Day, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026.

The facility will reopen at 9 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, and again at 9 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, welcoming guests for the remainder of the holiday season and into the new year.

holly bush in front of Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center entrance

Visitors can find information on battlefield road access, conditions and winter programming by visiting Gettysburg National Military Park online and Eisenhower National Historic Site online.

Gettysburg visitors in the Film Cyclorama and Museum Exxperience

For information and reservations for experiences, tours, special events, programs, or Friends of Gettysburg memberships, contact the Gettysburg Foundation at 877-874-2478 or 717-334-2436, or visit GettysburgFoundation.org.

Sherfy house and white picket fence on Gettysburg battlefield

End of year donations to support the Gettysburg Foundation’s mission of preservation and education, in partnership with Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, are also welcome online.

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