Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center & Cyclorama
Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center
The starting point for battlefield tours, with the film A New Birth of Freedom, a 360-degree cyclorama painting, and a Civil War museum.
The first stop for touring the battlefield. The combined ticket includes the film A New Birth of Freedom, the cyclorama The Battle of Gettysburg painted in 1883 by French artist Paul Philippoteaux (about 115 m long, with a sound-and-light show), and a museum with a large collection of weapons, uniforms and letters. The visitor centre is free to enter, and there you can pick up a driving map, book a Licensed Battlefield Guide, or catch the shuttle to the Eisenhower National Historic Site. The adult combined ticket costs about $20. Allow 2-3 hours.
Opening hours
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (extended in summer)
Nearby sights
- Soldiers' National Cemetery
- High Water Mark & The Angle (Pickett's Charge)
- Pennsylvania State Memorial
- Culp's Hill
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Jennie Wade House
- Dobbin House Tavern
- Farnsworth House Inn & Ghost Tours