National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is one of America’s outstanding Civil War museums. A winner of national and international awards for excellence, the 25,000-square-foot museum is home to the exhibit ”Duty Called Me Here, The Civil War Store, The Pamplin Board Room, and the Remembrance Wall.
This seven-gallery exhibit brings visitors face-to-face with the nearly three million Americans who became soldiers during the Civil War. Using an Orpheo digital device and guided by a personal “soldier comrade,” visitors follow the experiences of Civil War soldiers using interactive computers, videos, life-sized dioramas, more than 1,000 original objects, and the multi-sensory battlefield simulation, “Trial By Fire.” A national travel guide has described “Duty Called Me Here” as “simply one of the best museums in Virginia.”
Pamplin Park
Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is a 424-acre historical campus that features world-class museums, antebellum homes, a National Historic Landmark Civil War battlefield, a slave life exhibit, educational programs, and special events. It has been called “the new crown jewel of Civil War sites in America.
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