American Civil War Museum

Tredegar History Tour & Musket Firing Demonstration
2024-09-14 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Guided tour of the Historic Tredegar site at 11 am and 3 pm with Musket Firing Demonstration at 1 pm!

Greenback America Exhibit at ACWM-Appomattox
2024-09-14 10:00 - 17:00
A dynamic exhibit exploring the evolution of the nation’s monetary system after the Civil War. Open daily at ACWM-Appomattox

Tredegar History Tour & Musket Firing Demonstration! Saturday and Sunday
2024-09-07 10:00 - 17:00
Find yourself in history at the American Civil War Museum

Take a guided tour of the Historic Tredegar site and see a musket firing demonstration. Saturday and Sunday tours at 11am and 3pm with demonstrations at 1pm each day.

Greenback America Exhibit at ACWM-Appomattox
2024-09-02 10:00 - 17:00
Greenback America exhibit is now open at ACWM-Appomattox! Explore changes to the U.S. monetary system brought on by the Civil War. Open daily and included with museum admission.

Tredegar History Tour & Musket Firing Demonstration
2024-09-02 10:00 - 17:00
Guided Tredegar HIstory Tour at 11am and 3pm with living history Musket Firing Demonstration at 1pm! Find yourself in history this Labor Day!

Tredegar History Tour Every Saturday & Sunday at 11am and 3pm with Musket Firing Demonstration at 1pm! Included with museum admission.
2024-08-25 10:00 - 17:00

Virtual Book Talk: Never Such a Campaign
2024-08-22 18:30 - 19:30
Follow Generals Robert E. Lee and John Pope as they converge on ground bloodied just thirteen months earlier. Since then, the armies had grown in size and efficiency, and combat between them would dwarf that first battle. For the second summer in a row, forces would clash on the plains of Manassas, and the results would be far more terrible. Join us as historians Dan Welch and Kevin Pawlak explore the Battle of Second Manassas.

Greenback America Exhibit is Open daily at ACWM-Appomattox
2024-08-18 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-13 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-05 10:00 - 17:00
Visitors will explore how Americans assigned cultural meaning to money, and how doing so helped them interpret politics, patriotism, and race. This temporary exhibit tells the story of how the United States’ decision on how to pay off the Civil War transformed the relationship between the government, the economy, banks, and citizens.

ACWM-Appomattox

Wine Down Wednesday: Cocktails, Civil War Style
2024-07-31 17:30 - 19:00
This is an age 21+ event

Wine Down Wednesday is the best way to end your work day! Raise a glass to summertime fun with an 1862-style cocktail (or glass of wine)! Join us at ACWM Tredegar for a bit of mixology history with the first printed bartender’s manual, ‘How to Mix Drinks: Or, the Bon-Vivant’s companion.’ Learn a little about Jerry Thomas, the author and the great-great grandfather of modern American mixology, while sampling one of his recipes!

Tredegar History Tour Saturday & Sunday at 11am and 3pm with Musket Firing Demonstration at 1pm (included with museum admission)
2024-07-07 10:00 - 17:00

Tredegar History Tour at 11am & 3pm with musket firing demonstration at 1pm!
2024-07-06 10:00 - 17:00
Join us for a guided tour of the Historic Tredegar site and a musket firing demonstration! Included with museum admission.

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White House of the Confederacy Guided Tours Daily!
2024-07-05 11:00 - 16:00
Built in 1818, this National Historic Landmark served as the Confederate Executive Mansion during the war. Guided tours of the restored house–the elegant public rooms as well as the private living quarters–explore the lives of the people who lived and worked there. 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond VA 23219

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Greenback America Exhibit open in ACWM-Appomattox
2024-07-02 08:00 - 17:00 | American Civil War Museum – Appomattox, 159 Horseshoe Rd, Appomattox, Virginia, 24522, United States
Discover how Americans assigned cultural meaning to money and how doing so helped them interpret politics, patriotism, and race. This exhibit explains how the United States’ decision on how to pay off the Civil War transformed the relationship between the government, the economy, banks, and citizens.

American Civil War Museum–Appomattox

159 Horseshoe Rd.Appomattox, VA 24522

Tredegar History Tour at 11am and 3pm + Musket Firing Demonstration at 1pm - every Saturday & Sunday!
2024-07-02 08:00 - 17:00
Find yourself in history on a guided tour of the Historic Tredegar site and see a musket firing demonstration! All included with museum admission.

Daily Guided Tours - The White House of the Confederacy
2024-06-30 08:00 - 17:00 | 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219, Richmond, 23219
Find yourself in history on a guided tour of this National Historic Landmark as you learn about the people who lived and worked there during the Civil War. Consider the value visit by purchasing a multi-site pass to explore our Tredegar site, also in downtown RVA on the Tredegar Riverfront!

Tredegar History Tour every Saturday & Sunday at 11am and 3pm + musket firing demonstrations at 1pm! (included with museum admission).
2024-06-29 11:00 | The American Civil War Museum – Historic Tredegar, 480 Tredegar St., Richmond, Virginia, 23219, United States
Every weekend all summer! Included with museum admission.

Join a guided tour of the Historic Tredegar site and watch a musket firing demonstration!

Greenback America Now Open at ACWM-Appomattox!
2024-06-29 10:00 - 17:00 | American Civil War Museum – Appomattox, 159 Horseshoe Rd, Appomattox, Virginia, 24522, United States
Explore how Americans assigned cultural meaning to money and how doing so helped them interpret politics, patriotism, and race. Learn how the United States’ decision about how to pay off the Civil War transformed the relationship between the government, the economy, banks, and citizens.

Tredegar History Tour every Saturday & Sunday at 11am and 3pm with musket firing demonstration at 1pm!
2024-06-22 11:00 | The American Civil War Museum – Historic Tredegar, 480 Tredegar St., Richmond, Virginia, 23219, United States
Find yourself in history this summer at the American Civil War Museum!

Join a guided tour of the former Tredegar Iron Works site and see a musket firing demonstration by our historians! Both are included with museum admission. Every Saturday and Sunday this summer!

Thunder in the Harbor: Fort Sumter & the Civil War (virtual program)
2024-06-20 18:30 - 19:30
With Richard W. Hatcher III

This is an VIRTUAL PROGRAM

Fort Sumter. Charleston. April 1861. The bombardment and surrender of Sumter were only the beginning of the story. Both sides understood the military significance of the fort and the busy seaport, which played host to one of the longest, most complicated and fascinating campaigns of the entire Civil War. Join Richard Hatcher as he explores the fort from its origins through the war and up to the present.

About the speaker…

Richard W. Hatcher III is a native of Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1973 with a BA in History. His lifelong love of the subject began during the Civil War Centennial, and grew when he later worked as a seasonal employee at Richmond National Battlefield Park. Rick began working permanently with the National Park Service in 1976 and he retired as Historian from Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park in 2015. Rick is the author or co-author of numerous articles and books including the award-winning Wilson’s Creek, The Second Major Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (2001), and Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove and is a regular on the Civil War speaking circuit.

Southern Portrait Images through the Civil War Era - Saturday, June 15th at 11am and at 2pm
2024-06-15 11:00 - 12:00 | American Civil War Museum – Appomattox, 159 Horseshoe Road, Appomattox, Virginia, 24522
Photography was still a relatively new technology in 1861, but it helped to document the Civil War. What makes an image iconic? What are the best ways to care for photographs from the time? Join us for a showing of some of the best examples of the art from a private collection, and engage in discussion of these durable, yet delicate, objects of the past.

With Russel Hicks, ACWM-Appomattox Advisory Council Member

Tredegar History Tour every Saturday and Sunday at 11am & 3pm + Musket Firing Demonstrations at 1pm!
2024-06-15 11:00
weekday tours (no musket demonstration) daily at 11am

Join us for a guided tour of the Tredegar site at 11am or 3pm & a musket firing demonstration at 1pm every weekend this summer. Find yourself in history on a tour of Historic Tredegar!

'The Impending Crisis' guided tour every Friday in June at 11am!
2024-06-14 11:00 - 12:00
Guided tour of our new exhibit The Impending Crisis every Friday in June at 11am. Explore America on the verge of a civil war.

Tredegar History Tour every Saturday & Sunday this summer at 11am and 3pm. Musket firing demonstrations at 1pm each day!
2024-06-08 11:00 - 17:00

Guided tour of our new exhibit 'The Impending Crisis' every Friday in June at 11am!
2024-06-07 11:00 - 11:45
Don’t miss the opportunity for a guided tour of our latest exhibit!

Tredegar History Tour 11am & 3pm + Musket Firing Demonstrations at 1pm! Every Saturday & Sunday all summer!
2024-06-01 11:00 - 12:00
Find yourself in history on a guided tour of the former Tredegar Iron Works site & musket firing demonstrations by our historic interpretation team all included with museum admission! Plan your visit today!

“The Grand Old Man of the Army: General Winfield Scott’s Unionism and the Secession Crisis” with Dr. Barton A. Myers￼
2024-05-30 18:30 - 19:30 | ACWM – Historic Tredegar, 480 Tredegar St., Richmond, Virginia, 23219, United States
General Winfield Scott, the General in Chief of the U.S. Army, is an important but often overlooked figure of the late antebellum period. He played a crucial role in the American government for two decades before the Civil War. This raises questions about how his stance on slavery, abolition, and unionism influenced his decisions between 1860 and 1861. To explore his personal loyalty, we will analyze his relationships with notable figures like James Buchanan, John B. Floyd, Abraham Lincoln, and Robert E. Lee, among others, during the sectional crisis. Join us for a discussion with Dr. Barton A. Myers of Washington and Lee University.

Barton A. Myers is Professor of History at Washington and Lee University and the author of the awarding winning Executing Daniel Bright: Race, Loyalty, and Guerrilla Violence in a Coastal Carolina Community, 1861-1865 (LSU Press, 2009), Rebels Against the Confederacy: North Carolina’s Unionists (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2014), and co-editor with Brian D. McKnight of The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War (LSU Press, 2017). Dr. Myers is a recipient of prestigious grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Marine Corps Historical Center, the Filson Historical Society, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History. He speaks widely to Civil War groups and roundtables around the United States. Dr. Myers’ work has been featured in the national media, including Time, Los Angeles Times, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Smerconish.com, Sirius XM’s “The Michael Smerconish Program”, CSPAN’s “American History TV”, National Public Radio’s Virginia Insight, and the Civil War Monitor. He was featured in the acclaimed HISTORY Channel documentary series GRANT, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and historian Ron Chernow, as well as the HISTORY Channel miniseries event ABRAHAM LINCOLN, featuring President Barack Obama and produced by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Most recently, he served as an expert in the HISTORY series “DARK MARVELS” on the world history of diabolical military technology.

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Join us for our Spring Lecture Series as we delve into the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War, from abolition through Reconstruction, as part of our extensive initiative “The Civil War & Remaking America” and prepare to open our newest exhibition, The Impending Crisis in Spring 2024!

Tredegar site tour 11am & 3pm with musket firing demonstration at 1pm! Plan your Memorial Day visit!
2024-05-27 11:00 - 12:00
Find yourself in history on a guided tour of the former Tredegar Ironworks! Tours are at 11am and 3pm with musket firing demonstrations at 1pm.

Tredegar History Tour
2024-05-26 11:00 - 11:45 | ACWM – Historic Tredegar, 480 Tredegar St., Richmond, Virginia, 23219, United States
Find yourself in the fascinating history of the former Tredegar Iron Works with our “Tredegar History Tour”! Located in the heart of downtown Richmond, our museum is situated on the very site where the iron foundry once stood.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (Saturday, Sunday & Monday) at 11:00 AM or 3:00 PM to explore one of Richmond’s famous historical sites and learn about the cannon-making process in a special site tour. We’re also doing musket firing demonstrations at 1pm each day this weekend! (included with Museum admission). You don’t want to miss it!
