The Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum boasts 20,000 square feet of interactive galleries and educational programming. The museum touches on three main topics: the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, care given to wounded soldiers at Schmucker Hall, and moral questions from the Civil War era.

An outdoor feature called the trails program is popular among visitors. The main outdoor trail circles the Lutheran Theological Seminary Campus and includes informative markers that describe Seminary Ridge's role in the Civil War. Museum visitors can take a self-guided tour of this area or take a tour with one of the museum's tour guides.

Address: Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum, 111 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, PA, 17325, 717-339-1300

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