Come explore the Museum of the Confederacy!

You'll find three floors of galleries containing the world's most comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts, and photographs from the Confederate States of America. Be transported back in time as you wander past "Stonewall" Jackson's forage cap, J.E.B. Stuart's LeMat pistol, and Robert E. Lee's field tent. Learn about lesser-known topics like the daily lives of common soldiers, the Confederate Navy, and art from the period.

The centerpiece of the museum complex is a separate structure a few yards north of the museum building, across a shady, peaceful garden. The White House of the Confederacy was where Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family lived from 1861-1865. Visitors today can tour 11 restored rooms in this early 19th-century mansion, one of the most richly appointed and historically accurate sites remaining from this dramatic period in American history.

Servant Life in the Confederate White House

Thursdays in August at 11:30 a.m.

On Thursday, August 5, the Museum and White House of the Confederacy will begin its series of themed tours with "Servant Life in the Confederate White House." The tour will introduce visitors to the Davis's household staff, which was a diverse group of enslaved African-Americans, free blacks, Irish immigrants and a German florist. As the servants' multifaceted relationships with the Davises are explored, visitors will learn about enslaved African Americans who made daring escapes and others who chose to remain "loyal." Join us as we ponder the answer to questions such as "Did Mary Elizabeth Bowser really work as a spy in the Confederate White House? And what prompted Catherine, the Irish nursemaid, to leave so suddenly?"

The Servant Life in the Confederate White House" tour will be held every Thursday in August at 11:30 am. The cost of the tour is the same as that of the regular White House tour ($9 for adults, $8 for seniors over 62, $5 for youth aged 7 to 13; children under 7 are free).