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Get the
Inside Story.

Step inside museums and visitor centers where exhibits, artifacts, and personal stories reveal the Shenandoah Valley’s Civil War history.

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One Valley. Many Stories.

Find your way into the story.

Stand inside a wartime courthouse. Get oriented to Winchester’s battlefields. Follow an army’s advance across preserved ground. Begin a Valley journey in a historic New Market home. Each location offers a different doorway into the Civil War history preserved here.

The columned entrance of the Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum

Winchester, Virginia

Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum

Inside Winchester’s 1840 Frederick County Courthouse, discover “One Story… A Thousand Voices,” original wartime graffiti, and the experiences of soldiers and civilians across four years of conflict.

  • Historic courthouse
  • Original graffiti
  • Valley-wide exhibits
Hours
Mon–Sat, 10am–5pm
Sun, 1–5pm
Admission
Adults $12
Members & ages 17 and under free
Address
20 N. Loudoun Street
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone
(540) 327-4277
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James R. Wilkins Winchester Battlefields Visitor Center

Winchester, Virginia

James R. Wilkins Winchester Battlefields Visitor Center

Start your Winchester visit here. Located at Third Winchester Battlefield Park, the center introduces the area’s battlefields and related Civil War sites through interpretive exhibits, orientation films, and visitor information.

  • Battlefield orientation
  • Interpretive exhibits
  • 6+ miles of park trails
Visitor Center Hours
Mar 1–Nov 30
Mon, Thu–Sat, 11am–4pm · Sun, 1–5pm
Limited hours in the off-season
Park Hours
Open daily from dawn to dusk
Address
541 Redbud Road
Winchester, VA 22603
Phone
(540) 327-4277
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New Market Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum

New Market, Virginia

New Market Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum

Explore the Battle of New Market from Manor’s Hill, view the wide-ranging John Bracken Collection, and walk the trail that follows the Confederate advance of May 15, 1864.

  • Battlefield access
  • John Bracken Collection
  • ½-mile walking trail
Hours
Mon–Sat, 10am–4pm
Admission
Adults $12
Members & ages 17 and under free
Address
9500 George Collins Parkway
New Market, VA 22844
Phone
(540) 630-7777
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The historic Strayer House on Congress Street in New Market, Virginia

At the Strayer House · New Market, Virginia

New Market Visitor Center

Start your Valley journey in an early-1800s home and mercantile visited by figures including Stonewall Jackson. The first floor offers an orientation center, visitor information, a gift shop, and Jackson’s Corner Café.

  • Valley orientation
  • Visitor information
  • Café & gift shop
Hours
Mon–Fri, 8am–4pm
Sat, 8am–3pm · Sun, 11am–3pm
At this stop
Orientation center, café, gift shop, and visitor desk
Address
9386 S. Congress Street
New Market, VA 22844
Built
Circa 1808
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Make a day of it

Follow the story south.

Begin in Winchester, then travel the historic Valley corridor to New Market. Your museum visit becomes a journey through the same landscape armies and civilians knew.

Plan your visit
  1. Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum Explore the historic courthouse and its remarkable wartime graffiti.
  2. James R. Wilkins Winchester Battlefields Visitor Center Get oriented to Winchester’s battlefields, then explore Third Winchester Battlefield Park.
  3. New Market Visitor Center Get oriented, gather visitor information, and pause at the café.
  4. New Market Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum Tour the museum, then follow the trail across the preserved ground.