Museum Open Daily, 9:00am-5:00pm

Most events are FREE, but donations are appreciated.

More details (and additional programs!) to come.

*Schedule subject to change.*

Monday, June 30, 2025

3:30pm – Title TBD (Real-Time Battlefield Program by Richard Heisler, Civil War Seattle)
FREE. Approximately 60 minutes. Meeting place TBD.

6:00pm – “On the Eve of Battle” Dinner (Catered by Northern Redneck BBQ, and featuring Special Guest Presentation and Book Launch by Barbara Franco, SRMEC Founding Executive Director and author of Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy in the Civil War’s Deadliest Battle)
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE.

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

9:30am – “Buford and Reynolds: Command and Communication on Seminary Ridge” (Real-Time Battlefield Program by Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Interpretation, and Kaleb Kusmierczyk, SRMEC Director of Museum Operations)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Covers roughly 1/4 mile.

10:30am-2:30pm – “Build the Barricade” (Volunteer Project and Real-Time Battlefield Programs)
FREE. Come and go as you please over the course of 4 hours as we complete a volunteer service project rebuilding the Seminary barricade, 162 years to the day after U.S. soldiers constructed the original. Meet behind Seminary Refectory, 148 Seminary Ridge. Work gloves and appropriate footwear strongly encouraged.

3:30pm – Title TBD (Real-Time Battlefield Program by Richard Heisler, Civil War Seattle)
FREE. Approximately 60 minutes. Meeting place TBD.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

9:30am – Title TBD (Battlefield Program by Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Interpretation)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes. Meeting place TBD.

10:30am – “Gettysburg’s Oldest General: Extra Billy Smith” (Presentation by Scott Mingus, Author and Historian)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A and book signing. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Chair recommended.

11:30am – “The Nameless and the Faceless of the Civil War” (Presentation by Lisa Samia, Author and Poet)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A and book signing. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Chair recommended.

1:30pm – “The President’s Signalman: Wires to Lincoln” (Presentation by Kaleb Kusmierczyk, SRMEC Director of Museum Operations)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Chair recommended.

2:30pm – “Comrades in Combat: The Night Fight on East Cemetery Hill, July 2, 1863” (Presentation by Carolyn Ivanoff, Author and Historian)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A and book signing. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Chair recommended.

3:30pm – “The Wildcat Chaplain: Rev. J.C. Truesdale’s Gettysburg Sermon” (Presentation by Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Interpretation)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Chair recommended.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

9:30am – “Archaeology on Seminary Ridge” (Battlefield Walking Tour by Kaleb Kusmierczyk, SRMEC Director of Museum Operations)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Covers roughly 1/2 mile.

10:30am – “Did Robert E. Lee Use the Seminary Cupola?” (Presentation by Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Interpretation)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Chair recommended.

11:30am – “A Different Kind of Battlefield: Civil War Prisons and Prisoners” (Presentation by Karlene Bloom, Independent Researcher)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Chair recommended.

1:30pm – “The Seminary in the Battle” (Battlefield Walking Tour by SRMEC Visitor Services Staff)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Covers roughly 1/2 mile.

2:30pm – Title TBD (Presentation by Judy Morley, SRMEC Executive Director)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Chair recommended.

3:30pm – “From Seminary to Cemetery: The Dead of Seminary Ridge” (Presentation by Kaleb Kusmierczyk, SRMEC Director of Museum Operations)
FREE. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Activities Tent near Luther Statue. Chair recommended.

Friday, July 4, 2025

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.

8:30pm to 10:00pm – Fireworks from the Cupola
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. Space is limited to 10 visitors.