Public Programs & Events

Our calendar of events is below. Don't forget to look ahead to the coming months and see what we will have to offer! We add events to the calendar as soon as they are confirmed.

Get the Richmond Civil War Pass!

Finally, visitors to Richmond can experience the Civil War full circle for one low price as the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar, the Museum of the Confederacy, and the National Park Service offer a joint ticket to visit all three sites. Available NOW, visitors can purchase the Richmond Civil War Pass joint ticket for $18, a savings of four dollars. Purchase at any of the noted locations. For more information, click here (PDF news release).

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29 Fire! Rifle Musket Program Fire! Rifle Musket Program 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Historic Tredegar Join a costumed historical interpreter for a discussion and demonstration of the primary infantry weapon of the American Civil War. Learn how a Civil War soldier trained and fought with the rifle musket. Program includes a blank, black powder firing.	30	1	2	3	4	5 Angels on the Battlefield Angels on the Battlefield 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Historic Tredegar Families are invited to join a costumed interpreter for this interactive gallery tour and examine the accomplishments of women in nursing and medicine during the American Civil War. The war saw nursing go from an all male profession to one populated by ladies determined to show their patriotism and aid the thousands of wounded soldiers.
6 Men of Iron Men of Iron 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Historic Tredegar Before, during and after the Civil War, the Tredegar Iron Works was an important industrial complex. In peacetime, it supplied the vast expansion of the railroad industry; in war it produced the largest number of cannon in the Confederacy. Guests are treated to a tour of the grounds learning about the manufacturing of iron, the people who worked here, the historic buildings on site and Tredegar owner Joseph Reid Anderson.	7	8	9	10	11	12 Fateful Lightning: Religion and the Civil War Fateful Lightning: Religion and the Civil War 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Historic Tredegar Join museum educator Sean Kane for a gallery tour focusing on the role religion played in the American Civil War. From the bible’s use to justify and condemn slavery to the religious revivals that swept up soldiers in camp, this tour will highlight artifacts that tell the fascinating story of a war in which “both {sides} read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other.”
13 Fire! Rifle Musket Program Fire! Rifle Musket Program 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Historic Tredegar Join a costumed historical interpreter for a discussion and demonstration of the primary infantry weapon of the American Civil War. Learn how a Civil War soldier trained and fought with the rifle musket. Program includes a blank, black powder firing.	14	15	16	17	18	19 Fire! Rifle Musket Program Fire! Rifle Musket Program 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Historic Tredegar Join a costumed historical interpreter for a discussion and demonstration of the primary infantry weapon of the American Civil War. Learn how a Civil War soldier trained and fought with the rifle musket. Program includes a blank, black powder firing.
20 Men of Iron Men of Iron 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Historic Tredegar Before, during and after the Civil War, the Tredegar Iron Works was an important industrial complex. In peacetime, it supplied the vast expansion of the railroad industry; in war it produced the largest number of cannon in the Confederacy. Guests are treated to a tour of the grounds learning about the manufacturing of iron, the people who worked here, the historic buildings on site and Tredegar owner Joseph Reid Anderson.	21	22	23	24	25	26 Meet the Curator, Meet the Artifact! Meet the Curator, Meet the Artifact! 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Historic Tredegar Throughout the year, artifacts in our In the Cause of Liberty exhibition change to showcase remarkable pieces that have been shared with us from private collections and renowned museums around the country. Join Randy Klemm, Curator for the American Civil War Center as he shares these remarkable pieces with you!
27 Fire! Rifle Musket Program Fire! Rifle Musket Program 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Historic Tredegar Join a costumed historical interpreter for a discussion and demonstration of the primary infantry weapon of the American Civil War. Learn how a Civil War soldier trained and fought with the rifle musket. Program includes a blank, black powder firing.	28	29	30	31	1	2
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