• Volunteer Open Houses

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    We offer fun volunteer opportunities to help preserve history, and promote education! As President John F. Kennedy said, “Every person can make a difference, and every person should try.” Park... Read more »

  • Volunteer Open Houses

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    We offer fun volunteer opportunities to help preserve history, and promote education! As President John F. Kennedy said, “Every person can make a difference, and every person should try.” Park... Read more »

  • Volunteer Open Houses

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    We offer fun volunteer opportunities to help preserve history, and promote education! As President John F. Kennedy said, “Every person can make a difference, and every person should try.” Park... Read more »

  • Breakthrough Walking Tour

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    *Due to ongoing concerns about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is cancelling or postponing all events and programs until... Read more »

  • Voices from the Shadows

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Costumed guides portraying “agents of death” will lead participants by candlelight on a spine-chilling tour through the historic park and Breakthrough Battlefield. At various stops, guests will encounter escapees on the... Read more »

  • Breakthrough Anniversary Walking Tour

    Park historians will lead a tour through the Breakthrough Battle of April 2nd, 1865 while bringing the conflict and personalities alive for this special experience on the actual battlefield. The... Read more »

  • Breakthrough Battle Anniversary

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Join us as we remember the 156th Anniversary of the Breakthrough Battle which ended the Petersburg Campaign and forced the Confederate withdrawal from Richmond. The Park hosts a schedule of... Read more »

  • Symposium 2021 Special Tour

    Join Pamplin Historical Park’s Executive Director, Jerry “Dez” Desmond, and park historian, Tim Talbott, as we explore events in June of 1862 when 105,000 Union soldiers prepared to lay siege... Read more »

  • Voices From the Shadows

    Based on true accounts, these Virginia stories will lead you through a cemetery walk. You will meet spirits of the past, brought to life for one night to tell their... Read more »