Located on Manor’s Hill on the New Market Battlefield, the visitor center features information and exhibits on the Battle of New Market and how to tour the battlefield today. The New Market Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum showcases the John Bracken Collection including artifacts from the French and Indian War to Vietnam with an extensive focus on the Civil War. Within the museum is the Wellford Gallery of original Confederate Art. Shop at the museum store which offers books, relics, souvenirs, and visitor information on New Market and battlefields throughout the region. A trail system begins on site that follows the Confederate advance as they drove the Union army from the town during the May 15, 1864, battle.

9500 George Collins Parkway

New Market, VA 22844

540-630-7777

Open Monday - Saturday 10AM to 4PM

Admission:

Members - FREE

Adults - $12

Children 17 and under - FREE

The New Market Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum is located on Manor’s Hill which was the site of fighting the night before and during the Battle of New Market. The property features part of the Historic River Road, a prominent battlefield feature where Union soldiers were positioned on the morning of May 15, 1864. After Confederates pushed the Federals north, they used the River Road as a staging ground for their next advance and made adjustments to their lines with Confederate Gen. Gabriel Wharton shifting his men further west into Indian Hollow, the depression behind where the museum sits today, to help protect them from Union artillery fire. Today you can walk the trail that follows the advance of the 51st Virginia Infantry and the 26th Virginia Battalion. Along the trail you will find interpretive markers and the Virginia monument. The trail runs one-way approximately 1/2 a mile north. A small parking lot is located north of the museum along George Collins Pkwy where you can pick up the trail in the middle.