Smithsonian Affiliate Museum
500 Tredegar Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 780-1865
The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar Website »
In The Cause of Liberty explores the Civil War - its causes, course, and legacies - on a national scale and is housed in the war's greatest artifact- the 1861 Tredegar Gun Foundry. Located along the James River in downtown Richmond, the Center is situated on an 8.3-acre National Historic Landmark, home to the Confederacy's largest foundry.
The 10,000-square-foot signature exhibit includes films, timelines, maps, and artifacts. It explains the total story of the war from three perspectives: Union, Confederate and African American.
Participation in Museum Day is open to any tax-exempt or governmental museum or cultural venue on a voluntary basis. Smithsonian magazine encourages museum visitation, but is not responsible for and does not endorse the content of the participating museums and cultural venues, and does not subsidize museums that participate.
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