The National Civil War Museum — Attraction in Susquehanna Township

I admittedly never been to this museum, however after watching an episode of “Strange inheritance” on Fox Nation, I have lost complete respect for any leadership that this museum has. On the episode you learn that a con artist managed to swindle the great great grandson of General Picket to sell the Generals personal belongings to him for approximately $87,000 & then turns around and sells it to the museum for 10 times that amount. Now I know that that alone doesn’t seem like a big deal, until you realize that the reason the Genrals grandson trusted this con artist was due to a letter of endorsement from the mayor of Harrisburg who said that he was working to broker the deal on the behalf of the museum. So, with an endorsement like that the Generals grandson fully trusted him. In the end the con artist went to jail but next to nothing has been done to fit this issue. The Generals grandson has asked the museum to return the teams which they were in part responsible for the loss of & the only response they will give this man is “Mr. Pricket can rest in the fact that his grandfathers teams are being taken care of. This is a shame that the museum seems to be run by as big of crooks as the one whom they endorsed to get the i teams for them. I could never in good conscience give this place any of my money until they take responsibility for something that they are at least somewhat...

The National Civil War was absolutely phenomenal! I will be honest and say that i'm not a fan of war nor slavery But!!!!! As soon as I started walking through the museum I was captivated. I found myself reading the the placks and looking at all of the displays. I would have normally walked through a place like this. Not really caring. But with all the information that was given I literally spent like 4 hrs reading and watching the short but informative videos. You can honestly feel the way the men woman and children's feelings. When I looked into the jail cells I could feel the African American men's emotions as they were in there. The anger and hatred for the white man as they waited in the cell before they were sold to the slave owners. In the next display it was the auction block. They had an auctioneer and a African American woman and young son in each other's arms being sold. The tears running down their faces and the fear in their eyes. You can honestly feel and see how scared the young son and mother felt. I can honestly say that I was impressed with the museum's capabilities of showing the public the unfortunate facts of the Civil War. I could right a...

I was pleasantly surprised by this place. I visited with some friends, who in turn were visiting me from abroad. They wanted to see the museum so we all went along.

The signage could be a little better. We approached from route 322 from the north and at first the signs were good, but seemed to suddenly disappear when we needed them most. Thankfully Google Maps guided us for the last mile or so.

The grounds are impressive, and there was plenty of parking. The parking is a short walk from the museum and I believe there are a few spaces for disabled visitors to use so they don't need to walk.

The price to enter was reasonable (if I recall it was $11 when I visited) and the range of exhibits is impressive. It looks at the issues leading to the war, shows how they split between states' rights and slavery, and also covers many aspects of the war from uniforms to weapons to battle tactics.

It's always a good sign to have to leave a museum due to running out of time, and wishing you could stay longer to see the exhibits in more detail. This is a place I...