Museum Open Daily, 9:00am-5:00pm
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Most events are FREE, but donations are appreciated
*Schedule subject to change*
Friday, June 28, 2024
10:00am to 3:00pm – Visit Lee’s Headquarters (Open House)
FREE. Meet at 401 Buford Ave. (Route 30), 0.2 miles north of Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center. Courtesy of American Battlefield Trust.
6:00pm – “On the Eve of Battle” Dinner (Catered by Ragged Edge, inspired by authentic Civil War recipes, and featuring Special Guest Lecture by Dr. Jennifer Murray)
SOLD OUT. Meet indoors at Seminary Refectory, 148 Seminary Ridge.
Saturday, June 29, 2024
9:00am to 5:00pm – Blue & Gray Hospital Association Living History Demonstrations
Included with Museum Admission. Located in Museum exhibit galleries.
RESCHEDULED (see below) – Outdoor Screening of the Movie Gettysburg (1993)
FREE. Presented in collaboration with the Gettysburg Film Commission and Addressing Gettysburg. Runtime: 4 hours, 31 minutes. Meet at Hill-Unger Performance Pavilion, near intersection of Springs Avenue and Seminary Ridge. Chair recommended. UPDATE: DUE TO THE WEATHER FORECAST, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 30 AT 8:00pm.
Sunday, June 30, 2024
9:00am to 5:00pm – Community Free Day
FREE Museum Admission for residents of Adams County, PA, with ID. Courtesy of The Robert C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust.
11:30am – “Life in a Cavalry Camp” (Interactive Children’s Program)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes. Recommended most for grades 5-12. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
1:30pm – “Civil War Signal Corps” (Interactive Children’s Program)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes. Recommended most for grades 5-12. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
3:30pm – “Mending the Wounded” (Interactive Children’s Program)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes. Recommended most for grades 5-12. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
6:30pm – “The Eve of Battle: June 30, 1863” (Real-Time Battlefield Walking Tour)
FREE. Approximately 60 minutes. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel.
8:00pm (rescheduled from 6/29) – Outdoor Screening of the Movie Gettysburg (1993)
FREE. Presented in collaboration with the Gettysburg Film Commission and Addressing Gettysburg. Runtime: 4 hours, 31 minutes. Meet at Hill-Unger Performance Pavilion, near intersection of Springs Avenue and Seminary Ridge. Chair recommended.
Monday, July 1, 2024
9:00am to 5:00pm – Information Table
Located on west side of Museum.
9:15am – “Buford and Reynolds: Command and Communication on Seminary Ridge” (Real-Time Battlefield Walking Tour by Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Museum Operations)
FREE. Approximately 60 minutes. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel.
10:30am – “‘A Precautionary Measure’: The Construction and Use of the Seminary Barricade” (Real-Time Battlefield Program by Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Museum Operations)
FREE. Approximately 30 minutes. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel.
11:30am – “A Few Minutes of Hell: The July 1 Brickyard Stand of Charles Coster’s Brigade in History and Memory” (Guest Presentation by Rich Condon, Public Historian)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
1:30pm – “‘Duty Totally Uncongenial to the Strict Requirements of a Soldier’: The 36th Pennsylvania Emergency Militia and the Aftermath of Gettysburg” (Presentation by Pete Miele, SRMEC Executive Director)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
2:30pm – “The Life of Major Robert Bell” (Guest Presentation by Britt Isenberg, Author and Historian)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A and book signing. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
4:00pm – “The Final Attack: July 1, 1863” (Real-Time Battlefield Walking Tour by Pete Miele, SRMEC Executive Director)
FREE. Approximately 60 minutes. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel.
6:30pm – “The Confederate Occupation of Hanover” (Guest Presentation by Hometown History’s Jamie Noerpel, Dominish Miller, and Jim McClure)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
9:00am to 5:00pm – Information Table
Located on west side of Museum.
9:15am – “Lee Prepares for Battle” (Real-Time Battlefield Program by Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Museum Operations)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes. Meet at Lee’s Headquarters, 401 Buford Ave. (Route 30), 0.2 miles north of Seminary Ridge Museum. Courtesy of American Battlefield Trust.
10:30am – “Civil War CDV’s: Clues in the Cartes de Visite” (Guest Presentation by Matthew Borders and Joseph Stahl, Authors and Historians)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A and book signing. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
11:30am – “The Mason-Dixon Line” (Presentation by Brian Malkin, SRMEC Visitor Services Assistant)
FREE. Approximately 30 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
1:30pm – “Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home to Fight as Confederate Soldiers” (Guest Presentation by Tom McMillan, Author and Historian)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A and book signing. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
2:30pm – “Cornelia Hancock: A Nurse at Gettysburg” (Guest Presentation by Carolyn Ivanoff, Author and Historian)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A and book signing. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
3:30pm – “‘Gone to the Seat of War’: Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region Responds to Confederate Invasion” (Guest Presentation by Jake Wynn, Public Historian and Tourism Professional)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
9:00am to 5:00pm – Information Table
Located on west side of Museum.
9:15am – “Seminary Ridge: Confederate Nerve Center” (Battlefield Walking Tour)
FREE. Approximately 60 minutes. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel.
10:30am – “‘Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here’: Prisoners in the Civil War” (Presentation by Teressa Selders, SRMEC Visitor Services Assistant)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
11:30am – “Railroads in the Gettysburg Campaign” (Guest Presentation by Scott Mingus, Author and Historian)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A and book signing. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
1:30pm – “‘It is All My Fault’: Robert E. Lee’s Gettysburg Legacy” (Presentation by Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Museum Operations)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
2:30pm – “Chancellorsville: ‘From the place of blood and wrath his soul changed’” (Guest Presentation by Sarah Kay Bierle, Author and American Battlefield Trust Education Associate)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A and book signing. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel. Chair recommended.
4:00pm – “Reunions, Monuments, and Memory on Seminary Ridge” (Battlefield Walking Tour by Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Museum Operations)
FREE. Approximately 60 minutes. Meet at Activities Tent between Museum and Chapel.
Thursday, July 4, 2024
8:30pm to 10:00pm – Fireworks from the Cupola
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. Space is limited to 10 visitors.
Friday, July 5, 2024
6:30pm – An Evening with Dr. Allen C. Guelzo, Author of Voices from Gettysburg
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. Meet indoors at Valentine Hall Auditorium, 61 Seminary Ridge.
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