Jennie Wade House Museum : info and guided tour

About Jennie Wade House Museum

Jennie Wade House Museum is located at 548 Baltimore Street in Gettysburg, in a historic house now preserved as a memorial site and museum. The site is best known for its connection to the civilian history of the Battle of Gettysburg, through the domestic setting and the story associated with Jennie Wade.

The visit highlights the interior of a period home, with spaces presented to evoke everyday life in Gettysburg in the 19th century. The museum is part of the city’s historic fabric and shows how an ordinary house came to hold a special place in local memory.

The site combines a museum function with a souvenir shop, making it a tourist attraction integrated into Gettysburg’s historic trail. Its appeal lies as much in the domestic architecture as in the interpretation of the local context, in the heart of an area rich in battle-related sites.

Jennie Wade House Museum is part of Gettysburg’s history and local history museums. It attracts visitors who want to understand a human episode of the Civil War through a preserved building, its original urban setting, and the way the town continues to tell its past.

Discover Gettysburg with a private guide

A private guide can help place Jennie Wade House Museum in the history of Gettysburg, explain the house’s role in the urban landscape, and better read the objects, rooms, and memorial markers associated with the site. The guided experience also sheds light on the local context without limiting the visit to the rooms alone.