Patrick H
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- Mar 7, 2014
I'd like to add my question to these. I visited the American Civil War Museum in Richmond about three years ago, when it was located across the street from the White House of the Confederacy. Coincidentally, I am wearing a t-shirt that I bought there that day. I was particularly happy to see Gen. Sterling Price's presentation sword that day. I thought the collections were very well presented and the overall space was very well designed. Many of you know that the exhibits included a large space depicting civilian life during the war, and a few displays which I gathered were probably not very "modernized" since they were featured in the original museum. The whole experience struck me as very fairly presented and very interesting.So, have the artifacts, flags, manuscripts, paintings, etc. of the former Museum of the Confederacy been re-distributed among the various locations?
I was aware of the Tredegar Iron Works, but did not go there. I'm now aware that a newer museum has opened there. We have seen some photos of it on threads here on our forum.
Has the museum I saw been completely closed and moved? Or is it still open? IF so, are its collections still intact, or have they been redistributed, as @Dave D also wonders?