Explore Our Past Exhibitions
The Civil War Museum has hosted a wide range of exhibitions exploring the people, places, and events that shaped America before, during, and after the Civil War. From stories of soldiers and civilians to the art and artifacts that bring history to life, these past exhibitions reflect our ongoing mission to connect visitors with the human experiences of the Civil War era.
2024
G.I. Joe: America’s First Action Hero
August 31, 2024 – March 9, 2025
Printmaking: Pop Culture of the Civil War
June 15, 2024 – August 18, 2024
2023
Faith in the Fight: Religion and the Civil War
September 2, 2023 – June 2, 2024
I Am A Man: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement in the American South
June 16, 2023 – August 18, 2023
2022
Ohio: Loyal to the Union
June 11, 2022 – June 4, 2023
Sacred Scars, Shadowed Ground: Images of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania County Civil War Battlefields
January 29, 2022 – May 29, 2022
Previous Years
2015
- Hollywood Presents: The Civil War and Post Civil War Western Expansion
- Civil War Journey: Maps and Sketches of Pvt Robert Sneden
- Life and Limb
2014
- On The Way To War
- House Divided: Illinois & the Civil War
2013
- Campaigns of ’63: Gettysburg & Vicksburg
- Lincoln In The Movies
- Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War
2012
- Capturing the Past: The Civil War Art of Keith Rocco
- Confederates (and Yankees) In Their Attics
2011
- Stephen A. Douglas: From The Shadow of Lincoln
- Bodices, Bonnets, & Weeds: Civil war & Mid-Victorian Fashions
2010
- It’s A Grand Old Flag
2009
- I Had My Likeness Taken: Portrait Photographs of the Civil War
- Lee & Grant
2008
- Hearts Touched With Fire
- Maple Leaf
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