Museum of the Confederacy
Museum of the Confederacy (left) and the White House of the Confederacy (right)
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| Former name | Confederate Museum Museum of the Confederacy |
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| Established | May 3, 1866 |
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Richmond, Virginia Appomattox, Virginia |
| Type | History museum |
| Key holdings | uniform and sword of Robert E. Lee |
| Collections | Confederate documents, battle flags |
| Visitors | 51,000 |
| Director | Eric App |
| President | S. Waite Rawls III, Christy Coleman |
| Curator | Robert Hancock Cathy Wright Randy Klemm |
| Website | acwm |
The American Civil War Museum is a multi-site museum in the Greater Richmond Region of central Virginia, dedicated to the history of the Confederate States of America and the American Civil War. The museum operates three sites: The Museum and White House of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, and the Museum of the Confederacy–Appomattox. It maintains a comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts, Confederate imprints (books and pamphlets), and photographs.
In November 2013, the Museum of the Confederacy was merged with the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar. Its current name was announced in January 2014.
Houses two separate buildings at 1201 E. Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia.
The museum was founded 25 years after Lee's surrender in Appomattox in the historic home that served as the White House of the Confederacy when the Ladies Hollywood Memorial Association saved the home from destruction two blocks north of the Virginia State Capitol. Opened as the Confederate Museum on February 22, 1896. The historic home was named a National Historic Landmark in 1963 and Virginia Historic Landmark 1966. The growing collection was moved to a new building in October 1976 adjacent next door and a 12-year restoration of the historic home began. Today the museum's location in Richmond maintains a collection of flags, weapons, documents and personal effects over 3 floors and operates tours of the home restored to its wartime appearance. The museum and home are surrounded by the VCU Medical Center and shares parking with the hospital. In 2006, museum officials announced that neither the museum nor the home would be moved.
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