Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day

09/26/2009 10:00am - 4:00pm

Present the Museum Day admission card to receive general admission at participating Museum Day locations. The admission card is available in the September 2009 issue of Smithsonian magazine or downloadable via Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day website.

  • 10am-3pm 'The life and times of General Pickett and his wife', display and discussion with Living Historian Billie Earnest
  • 11am Showing of recently produced Women in the Military documentary
  • 12pm-12:45pm 'Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front', presentation by Judith Giesberg on her newly published book
  • 12pm Showing of Smithsonian's Stories from the Vault
  • 1pm Showing of recently produced Women in the Military documentary
  • 12:45pm-1:45pm 'Abraham Lincoln in Historic Photographs' by Frank Goodyear, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
  • 2pm-3pm 'The Boys in Blue' by Pennsylvania Humanities Council Speaker, Richard Sauers
  • 2pm Showing of Smithsonian's Stories from the Vault
  • 1pm-3pm Book signing by Judith Giesberg on new book 'Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front'
The National Civil War Museum
One Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park
Harrisburg, PA 17103
(717) 260-1861
(717) 260-9599 fax
Regular Business Hours
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm
Sun 12pm-5pm