
As you are planning your road trip or staycation in Fredericksburg, VA, we want to make sure that you have the latest up-to-date info for the region’s battlefields, museums, tours and visitor centers.
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Park schedule through March 2022
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Current Hours of Operation
Park grounds and trails are open, sunrise to sunset.
Masks are optional inside park buildings.
For additional info, view Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park website.
Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center
Open daily, 9am-5pm
Features a 22-minute orientation film offered every half hour (fee) and free exhibits.
Saturdays and Sundays, April 9 –May 22 – Ranger Programs at 10:30am and 2pm.
Fredericksburg Gift Shop/Bookstore open daily, 9am – 5pm.
Restroom facilities available during open hours.
Chatham Manor
The grounds around Chatham are open sunrise to sunset. Historic home and grounds which served as a field hospital and a Union headquarters during the Civil War.
Saturdays and Sundays – Building open 9am to 5pm.
Restroom facilities available during open hours.
Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center
Open daily, 9am-5pm
Features a 22-minute orientation film offered on the hour and half hour (fee) and exhibits (free).
Saturdays and Sundays, April 9 –May 22 – Ranger Programs at 10:30am and 2pm.
Restroom facilities available during open hours.
Ellwood
Buildings open Saturdays and Sundays, 9am-5pm.
Grounds around Ellwood are open sunrise to sunset, even when the house is closed. To access the grounds, park at the Ellwood Manor gate, leaving the gate clear, and walk .4 miles to the grounds.
Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield
An open-air exhibit shelter.
Open sunrise to sunset.
“Stonewall” Jackson Death Site
Historic building where General Jackson died.
Grounds are open sunrise to sunset. Building closed for the season.
Old Salem Church
Historic church which served as a battlefield landmark and field hospital during the Chancellorsville Campaign.
Building closed.
Wilderness Exhibit Shelter
An open-air exhibit shelter.
Open sunrise to sunset.
Museums
😷 Please note that museums may require masks for tours. Timeless and Day Passes are available for purchase. Learn more about the Timeless and Day Pass Tickets here.
Ferry Farm – George Washington’s Boyhood Home
Monday – Saturday | 10am – 5pm
Sunday | 12pm-5pm
Fredericksburg Area Museum
Open every day EXCEPT Wednesdays | 10am – 5pm
Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont
Open Daily | 10am – 4pm
Historic Kenmore
Monday – Saturday | 10am – 5pm
Sunday | 12pm-5pm
Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop
Open Monday – Saturday | 10am to 4pm, Closed Tuesday
Open Sunday | 12pm to 4pm
James Monroe Museum
Open Monday – Saturday | 10am to 4pm
Open Sunday | 1pm to 4pm
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Open Daily 9am-5pm
Mary Washington House
Open Monday – Saturday | 10am to 4pm, Closed Tuesday
Open Sunday | 12pm to 4pm.
Rappahannock Railroad Museum
Closed for the season.
Rising Sun Tavern
Open Monday – Saturday | 10am to 4pm, Closed Tuesday
Open Sunday | 12pm to 4pm
Shannon Air Museum
Tues – Sat | 10am-4pm
Closed Sunday and Mondays
Last tour at 2pm
Spotsylvania County Museum at Lick Run
Open daily | 9am to 5pm
St James House
Spring House Opening | April 25th – April 30th, 2022 | 1pm – 4pm
Visitor Centers
Fredericksburg Visitor Center
706 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 373-1776
Open Daily – 10am to 4pm
——Spotsylvania Visitor Center
4704 Southpoint Parkway
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
(540) 507-7090
Monday – Friday: 9 am to 4:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 5 pm
Stafford County Information Center at Belmont
224 Washington Street
Falmouth, VA 22405
(540) 654-1015
Open Daily – 10am to 5pm
Tours
- Fredericksburg Tours | Civil War – Private battlefield tours.
- Fredericksburg Hauntings Tours – Closed for the season. Will return in June 2022.
- Hallowed Ground Tours – Available for area battlefield tours and Fredericksburg City’s architecture and history tours.
- Olde Towne Carriage Tours – Book Spring Carriage Tours online.
- Trolley Tours of Fredericksburg – Friday – Monday – 11am and 1pm. No tours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Purchase Trolley Tour tickets online
Looking to venture out on your own? View our list of self-guided tours.
⚠️ View the latest Covid information for Fredericksburg, VA.