Tour the Eisenhower home throughout the spring, summer and fall seasons. The seasonal schedule of home tours and driving directions are available at nps.gov/eise. In winter, take a self-guided tour of the grounds of this historic property.

Step into President Dwight D. and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower's weekend retreat and property in retirement. Explore the grounds during your self-guided tour of the property.

Enjoy a self-guided tour of the grounds on the property during the wintertime.

Visitors may drive directly to the historic site where on-site parking is available. Shuttles departing the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center are required for groups of 20 or more visitors.

Best known as the house where President Abraham Lincoln stayed prior to delivering the Gettysburg Address, the home of attorney David Wills also served as a center for compassion and inspiration in the days and months following the Battle of Gettysburg. With historic rooms restored to their 1863 appearance, today’s David Wills House features a seven-gallery interactive museum relating the story of Wills, Lincoln’s visit and the Gettysburg Address.

Located at 8 Lincoln Square in downtown Gettysburg, the National Park Service museum offers free admission.

Currently closed for the season | Family Day at Spangler: Saturday, May 25, 2024
Summer Season Opening Weekend: June 7-9, 2024 | Open Friday - Sunday, June 7 - Aug. 11, 2024

Access is via timed shuttles departing the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center

Walk the grounds, hear the stories and feel the emotions of life–and death–at this family farm suddenly transformed into a field hospital in July 1863. Interact with living historians and docents as they provide insight and authentic accounts of experiences during the Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War era medicine and encampments. The George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital is the best preserved field hospital from the American Civil War.

Established just months following the Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Cemetery marks the “final resting place for those who here gave their lives.” At the cemetery’s dedication, President Lincoln delivered his immortal Gettysburg Address, Nov. 19, 1863. The Lincoln Address Memorial inside the cemetery commemorates the speech. At the cemetery center, the towering Soldiers' National Monument features the figure of Liberty on the pedestal surrounded on the base by War, Clio, (the Muse of History), Plenty and Peace. In addition to the more than 3,500 Union soldiers buried here, the cemetery contains the remains of American soldiers and dependents from the Civil War to Vietnam.

Take the path from the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center or the short drive to the cemetery park lot to visit and pay respect to the fallen solders in their final resting place.

Join the Gettysburg Foundation’s Chris Brenneman, Licensed Battlefield Guide and author/historian, on the platform for an exclusive "after-hours," behind-the-scenes program of the Gettysburg Cyclorama painting.

Learn more about the Gettysburg Cyclorama.

 

Interactive Children's History Museum Adventure

Explore Gettysburg's most family-friendly adventure. Experience Gettysburg through the stories of children, teens and young adults who lived here during and after the 1863 battle.

Admission tickets are issued for children and youth ages 12 and younger with a ticketed adult.

All aboard!

Step inside the Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station™ where U.S. history was made, for a journey back to 1863 in an immersive virtual reality experience.