Skip the Line: Gettysburg Heritage Center and Museum Admission Ticket
- 1–2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Instant confirmation
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
How did the Battle of Gettysburg affect the small bustling town, & the people who called it home? As you travel through the Heritage Center, discover what life was like before, during and after the battle. This story of courage & turmoil is told through engaging 3-D videos, interactive displays, text panels containing excerpts from letters & diaries, artifacts & memorabilia. The popular, "Cellar Experience," is included in the tour. Experience what it was like for the townspeople who were confined to their basements, listening as the battle was fought around them. The tour concludes with the Award-Winning movie, "Gettysburg: Animated Map," which was produced by the Civil War Trust. The movie, which covers the three days of fighting, is a good orientation & overview on the battle. Bordering the Gettysburg National Military Park battlefield, the Heritage Center is an educational & entertaining experience for families and groups of all ages. Allow 1-2 hours.
Inclusions
What's included
- Watch the award-winning orientation movie, Gettysburg Animated Map
- Self-Guided Tour of the Gettysburg Heritage Center and Museum
- Discover the visual and interactive experience from both the town and battle perspectives
What's not
- Transportation to/from attractions
Itinerary
The Gettysburg Heritage Center Museum offers a new and unique look at the Battle of Gettysburg. The two-part self guided tour provides a VISUAL & INTERACTIVE experience from both the town and battle perspectives. Utilizing artifacts, historical documents, interactive displays, and 3-D productions, visitors will gain a better understanding of the events that took place in Gettysburg before, during and after the battle. How would you react if you were found in this situation? What the people of the town do during this battle and invasion – freeze, flee or fight? Hear their stories! They were ordinary people doing extraordinary things in a time when their home was in turmoil. Located in the lobby of the Heritage Center is one of Gettysburg’s finest gift shops, offering an extensive selection of quality gifts: Books - Collectibles - Apparel - Souvenirs - Educational Materials - Replica Weapons - Art - Home Decor - Toys & Games
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 233 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Heritage Museum
Very informative lot of relics a lot of information and when your family has fought in the battle of Gettysburg, kind of makes it very real
5Gettysburg Tour - Well Worth it. Skip the bus.
Eric was amazing. His knowledge of the hour by hour details of each day of fighting really enhanced the experience. It made it real and filled in the blanks of history that has been told for decades.
5Great Experience !
This was a great little side trip for us. It’s not a big museum, but it is setup beautifully. As you walk through, it tells a story about the battle as it was viewed by the residents of Gettysburg. Also has a nice gift shop!
5Small but impactful
Great little museum. Didn’t take long to go through but still very interesting. The staff people were very pleasant and helpful. Worth it.
5A thought provoking experience
Lots of time and effort went into this Civil War experience. The cellar experience was truly a sobering moment.
53-hour Guided Tour, Amazing
So interesting. We took a guided 3-hour tour with Eric Linbaht. He's a wealth of sophisticated knowledge and a great communicator. Even more impressive, when we asked him to drill down on something (strategy, battlefield surgery, period clothing) he knocked each one out of the park.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Gettysburg Heritage Center
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Last entrance into the museum is 1 hour prior to closing
How it compares in Gettysburg
- Its from-price is 60% below the median of the 64 experiences we list in Gettysburg.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 11 of 64.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Gettysburg
Gettysburg is a small Pennsylvania town beside the battlefield where the Union army defeated Lee's army in July 1863, with museums, monuments and orchards.
Gettysburg is a small town in south-central Pennsylvania, surrounded by farmland and low ridges. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought here over three days in July 1863, the largest battle of the American Civil War, and the Union victory is seen as a turning point. The battlefield is now a national military park, covering miles of fields and ridges with hundreds of monuments, cannon and markers.
Top-ranked sights in Gettysburg: Gettysburg National Military Park, Little Round Top, Jennie Wade House.
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