American Civil War Museum’s popular evening tour making a return

In March the American Civil War Museum offered a special interactive evening tour of the White House of the Confederacy, entitled “Overheard: Conversations About Hope, Yearning, and Loss”.

The evening tour was offered during March and was well received by those who attended. “We received many good comments and good questions from our audiences,” says Stephanie Arduini, Director of Education and Programs. “Because of the positive responses we decided to add additional tours during the summer.”

During these tours you’ll meet and hear conversations among free and enslaved people from the Civil War era. Through their voices, you’ll discover that life in the house is often a smaller reflection of life outside its walls, with diverse relationships, points of view, values, and motivations.

The next tour will be on Thursday, July 6. The tour will be offered at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Space is limited, and reservations are encouraged. You can register for any tour online at www.acwm.org/overheard. Cost is $10 for adults ($8 for Museum members), $5 for youth ages 6-17 ($4 for youth members).

The American Civil War shaped and continues to shape our world today in profound ways. The American Civil War Museum tells the stories of our nation’s bloodiest conflict, through the perspectives of those who lived through it: soldiers and civilians, men, women and children, black and white, enslaved and free. It does so at three sites: Historic Tredegar and the White House and Museum of the Confederacy, in downtown Richmond, and the Museum of the Confederacy – Appomattox. Information can be found online at ACWM.org.