Museum Exhibitions

Museum Exhibitions

Museum Exhibitions

You can see Gilder Lehrman Collection materials on display at the following museums.

Gettysburg National Military Park

Permanent Gallery Exhibit (On display through December 2028)

This permanent exhibit in the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum walks visitors through the events of the Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg, featuring a number of artifacts from the battlefield.

On display from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is the inkwell used by General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee to sign the treaty of surrender at Appomattox, April 9, 1865.

Gettysburg National Military Park, 1195 Baltimore Park, Gettysburg, PA


United States Capitol Visitor Center

E Pluribus Unum, Out of Many, One (On display through 2027)

This exhibition is dedicated to telling the story of the US Congress and the making of the US Capitol. The hall includes rarely seen historic documents from the National Archives and the Library of Congress, artifacts from around the country, and a ten-foot-tall model of the Capitol dome. On display from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is a pin reading “You Fight & Die But Can’t Vote at 18.”

United States Capitol Visitor CenterFirst Street SE, Washington, DC 20004