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Start your Gettysburg journey at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center—your gateway to history. 

Discover special exhibits, tours, programs and events that bring history to life—on the battlefield, in the museum and beyond.

Include our special events on your itinerary and enhance your experience for a more memorable visit to Gettysburg.

Visit our YouTube channel to view videos of select programming hosted by the National Park Service at Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Foundation.

The Gettysburg Foundation is the official non-profit partner of the National Parks at Gettysburg. Every visit, ticket and purchase supports Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site.

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Your gateway to history when you explore Gettysburg

Begin your Gettysburg visit with the Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience. Tour the battlefield  with a Licensed Battlefield Guide. Purchase tickets to explore Gettysburg's historic sites and experiences—all through the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center. 

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An Evening with the Painting

Museum & Visitor Center
Ford Education Center | Gettysburg Cyclorama Platform
Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 | 4-6 p.m. & 5-7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 | 4-6 p.m.

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 360-degree illusion comes to life. Read more about this extraordinary program.

Friends of Gettysburg members receive special member rate. The 2026 program schedule will be announced later this fall.

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Remembrance Day Activities

Children of Gettysburg 1863®
451 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025 | Noon - 5 p.m.
Event activities are free and open to the public

Commemorate Remembrance Day with an immersive history experience at Gettysburg's only children's history museum. Step back in time as living historians with Civil War Impressions bring Union and Confederate camps to life in the side yard. (Please note: Camps will close during the Remembrance Day Parade as soldiers join the march.)

Event Highlights:
  • Noon–5 p.m. | Explore the interactive children's history museum with living historians inside and on the porch.
  • Noon–1 p.m. | Meet author Stephen Evangelista for a signing of The Gettysburg Gun on the porch.
  • 1–3 p.m. & 3:30–5 p.m. | Meet President Abraham Lincoln, appearing inside the museum (included with admission).

Bring the family and experience the stories, people and spirit of Gettysburg brought to life this Remembrance Day weekend.

Tickets are required to experience the children's history museum adventure indoors, open Noon to 5 p.m.

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Remembrance Day Illumination

Gettysburg National Cemetery
97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025
5:30-9:30 p.m. | Free and open to the public

Join us for the 23rd Annual Remembrance Day Illumination to commemorate the 1863 Gettysburg National Cemetery dedication. 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.

Volunteers are needed to help set up, read the names of the Civil War soldiers and clean up at the end of the event. Volunteer opportunities are limited and will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Contact Erin Pearce at epearce@gettysburgfoundation.org to inquire about volunteer assignments.

Entry is at both the Baltimore Street and Taneytown Road entrances to the Cemetery. The event is dependent on favorable weather conditions.

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Dedication Day

Commemorating the 162nd Anniversary of the Gettysburg National Cemetery Dedication and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 | 10:15 a.m.
Free and open to the public

Join us for the annual Dedication Day ceremony in Gettysburg National Cemetery. The program will feature:

  • Wreath-laying Ceremony
  • U.S. Naturalization and Citizenship Ceremony
  • Keynote Speech by Dr. Jonathan White, Christopher Newport University
  • Recitation of the Gettysburg Address by Dr. Michelle Krowl, Library of Congress

Sponsored by the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania in partnership with the National Park Service, the Gettysburg Foundation and Gettysburg College, the ceremony begins at the cemetery’s rostrum. Location is dependent on favorable weather conditions.

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Encounters with History

Gettysburg & Civil War Embroidery

Presented by Danza Antiqua
Museum & Visitor Center| Ford Education Center
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Lunch and materials included

Discover the art and history of 19th-century embroidery in this hands-on, all-day program. Learn traditional stitches, explore historical tools and patterns, and create your own replica of a historic tent fragment.

Lunch and materials are included. Reservations are required.

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