American Civil War Center
In the video at left, see the American Civil War Center, the results of a nine-year effort to create a new kind of Civil War museum: one that tells Union, Confederate and black stories in one place. The center shares the grounds of Tredegar with the Richmond National Battlefield Parks Civil War Visitor Center.
IF YOU GO
• Getting there: From downtown, go south on Fifth Street to the river, then right on Tredegar Street. The center is across the street from Brown’s Island.
• Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
• Cost: Adults, $8; students and seniors with ID, $6; ages 7-12, $2; and children under 6, free.
• Details: 788-6480 or http://www.tredegar.org
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Richmond Times-Dispatch Archives
Published: September 8, 2008
Check our photosof The American Civil War Center. [2006]
The American Civil War Center, 490 Tredegar Street. The results of a nine-year effort to create a new kind of Civil War museum: one that tells Union, Confederate and black stories in one place. A central mission of the center is to bring not only a new understanding of the war, but to foster and promote racial healing. The center is at the Tredegar Iron Works, the 8.3-acre National Historic Landmark along the north bank of the James River and across the street from Brown’s Island. Tredegar resonates with its own Civil War history, because it once was the industrial heart of the Confederacy. Richmond, of course, was the capital of the Confederacy. The center shares the grounds of Tredegar with the Richmond National Battlefield Parks Civil War Visitor Center.
Info: Costs: adults, $8; students and seniors with ID, $6; ages 7-12, $2; and children under 6, free. Call: 788-6480 or http://www.tredegar.org
Getting there: From downtown, go south on Fifth Street to the river, then right on Tredegar Street to a parking lot next to the Federal Reserve building.
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