| A National Historic Landmark and one of “Virginia’s Best Places to Visit” according to the Travel Channel, Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is a 422-acre campus offering high-tech museums and hands-on experiences. Called "the new crown jewel of Civil War History destinations in America" by Pulitzer Prize historian James McPherson, the Park has four world-class museums, three antebellum homes and costumed living history daily. The Park is also the site of the Breakthrough Battlefield of April 2, 1865, where Union forces broke through Petersburg's defense lines, and a new exhibit, Many Thousands Go: African Americans and the Civil War. Pamplin Historical Park is the vision of Robert B. Pamplin and his son, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., and is recognized as one of America's finest Civil War attractions. |