The Jennie Wade House

The Jennie Wade House Visit Gettysburg's Oldest Museum and learn the tragic the story of the only civilian killed during the battle and of civilian life during the 1860's.
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Authentically furnished from cellar to attic, the Jennie Wade House is a shrine to Jennie and to life during the American Civil War. Just 20 years old at the time of the Battle, Jennie was kneading dough in the kitchen when a rifle bullet pierced two doors and claimed her life. The Jennie Wade House features Guides in period attire that are well-versed in the history of the home. For years, theyโ€™v

e enthralled visitors with passionate retellings of the tragedy that befell young Jennie and her family. Artifacts from that fatal day in 1863 are on display as well, including the artillery shell that punctured the roof of the house and a floorboard with Jennieโ€™s blood still on it. You can help to keep the memory of Jennie alive: unique Jennie Wade souvenirs and collectibles are available in the Jennie Wade Gift Shop next door. Adults: $11.50; Children (ages 6-12) $8.50; 5 and under free. Prices subject to change without notice. NOTE: Self-Guided Tours will be conducted daily through April 30, 2022.

๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿ  Rainy day in Gettysburg? This is a perfect indoor activity that still feels like a deep dive into the townโ€™s past. G...
05/22/2026

๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿ  Rainy day in Gettysburg? This is a perfect indoor activity that still feels like a deep dive into the townโ€™s past. Guided tours make the experience structured, engaging, and easy to follow.



๐Ÿ“ž 717-334-4100

May Hours
5/1 - 5/22
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Memorial Day Weekend
Sat.: 9am - 7pm
Sun.: 9am - 5pm
Mon.: 9am - 1pm

5/26 - 5/31
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Happy Birthday Miss Jennie! 183 never looked better!
05/21/2026

Happy Birthday Miss Jennie! 183 never looked better!

๐Ÿš—โœ… Visiting Gettysburg and want an easy stop with big impact? The Jennie Wade House offers free parking adjacent to the ...
05/20/2026

๐Ÿš—โœ… Visiting Gettysburg and want an easy stop with big impact? The Jennie Wade House offers free parking adjacent to the museum, making it simple to add to your day. Come for the tour, stay for the history.



๐Ÿ“ž 717-334-4100

May Hours
5/1 - 5/22
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Memorial Day Weekend
Sat.: 9am - 7pm
Sun.: 9am - 5pm
Mon.: 9am - 1pm

5/26 - 5/31
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Join us this Saturday, May 23rd from 2pm-5pm for a book signing with author Bernadette Loeffel-Atkins, author of Widow's...
05/18/2026

Join us this Saturday, May 23rd from 2pm-5pm for a book signing with author Bernadette Loeffel-Atkins, author of Widow's Weeds and Weeping Veils: Mourning Rituals in 19th Century America.

๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 19๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต 19๐˜ต๐˜ฉ-๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ'๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ-๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด.

A rare leather postcard featuring the Jennie Wade House and her monument in Evergreen Cemetery, mailed in 1908, exemplif...
05/15/2026

A rare leather postcard featuring the Jennie Wade House and her monument in Evergreen Cemetery, mailed in 1908, exemplifies the postcard craze prevalent during the early 1900s. The Jennie Wade design, popular from 1906 to 1913, was found on postcards during this period. It is a unique piece of Gettysburg ephemera.

๐Ÿ โฌ†๏ธ Visitor heads-up: this is a historic home with multiple sets of stairs, and it is not handicap or stroller accessibl...
05/15/2026

๐Ÿ โฌ†๏ธ Visitor heads-up: this is a historic home with multiple sets of stairs, and it is not handicap or stroller accessible. The authenticity is part of what makes it specialโ€”just plan accordingly before you arrive.

https://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/jennie-wade-house/



May Hours
5/1 - 5/22
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Memorial Day Weekend
Sat.: 9am - 7pm
Sun.: 9am - 5pm
Mon.: 9am - 1pm

5/26 - 5/31
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

๐Ÿš—โœ… Visiting Gettysburg and want an easy stop with big impact? The Jennie Wade House offers free parking adjacent to the ...
05/13/2026

๐Ÿš—โœ… Visiting Gettysburg and want an easy stop with big impact? The Jennie Wade House offers free parking adjacent to the museum, making it simple to add to your day. Come for the tour, stay for the history.

https://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/jennie-wade-house/



May Hours
5/1 - 5/22
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Memorial Day Weekend
Sat.: 9am - 7pm
Sun.: 9am - 5pm
Mon.: 9am - 1pm

5/26 - 5/31
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ  See artifacts connected to that fatal day in 1863, including an artillery shell that punctured the roof and a floorb...
05/11/2026

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ  See artifacts connected to that fatal day in 1863, including an artillery shell that punctured the roof and a floorboard with Jennieโ€™s blood still visible. Itโ€™s sobering, real, and unforgettable.

Plan your visit to the Jennie Wade House Museum in Gettysburg.
https://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/jennie-wade-house/



May Hours
5/1 - 5/22
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Memorial Day Weekend
Sat.: 9am - 7pm
Sun.: 9am - 5pm
Mon.: 9am - 1pm

5/26 - 5/31
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

05/08/2026

Stop by and see our friendly staff at The Jennie Wade House this weekend! Immerse yourself in a historic house tour or browse our unique gift shop! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
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๐Ÿงฑโš”๏ธ Gettysburg isnโ€™t only a battlefield storyโ€”itโ€™s a civilian story, too. The Jennie Wade House gives you a powerful per...
05/08/2026

๐Ÿงฑโš”๏ธ Gettysburg isnโ€™t only a battlefield storyโ€”itโ€™s a civilian story, too. The Jennie Wade House gives you a powerful perspective on what it meant to be a resident when the fighting came to town.

๐Ÿ“ž Call ahead to confirm tour times and availability. 877-680-8687
https://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/jennie-wade-house/



May Hours
5/1 - 5/22
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Memorial Day Weekend
Sat.: 9am - 7pm
Sun.: 9am - 5pm
Mon.: 9am - 1pm

5/26 - 5/31
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ From cellar to attic, the Jennie Wade House is authentically furnished to reflect life during the American Civil War...
05/06/2026

๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ From cellar to attic, the Jennie Wade House is authentically furnished to reflect life during the American Civil War. Youโ€™ll walk through the rooms where a family lived, worked, worried, and endured the chaos of battle just outside.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Entry is exclusively through a guided tour. https://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/jennie-wade-house/



May Hours
5/1 - 5/22
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Memorial Day Weekend
Sat.: 9am - 7pm
Sun.: 9am - 5pm
Mon.: 9am - 1pm

5/26 - 5/31
Sun. - Thurs.: 9am - 5pm
Fri. - Sat.: 9am - 6pm

Address

548 Baltimore Street
Gettysburg, PA
17325

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(717) 334-4100

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