Maryland Civil War Exhibit: A Modern Experience at Historical Museum

The Maryland Historical Society Museum has opened a 5,000-square-foot Civil War exhibit that it calls “raw, real and intense.” The grand Civil War exhibit opened just days after the 150th anniversary of the first shots of the Civil War, when Confederate soldiers fired upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.
 
The MDHS exhibit will tell the Civil War story in three acts: the romantic war, the real war and the reunion; the last of which some people argue isn’t over.
 
Besides occupying more than a full city block's worth of space, this Civil War exhibit is also bringing the story to life with the latest 21st century technology. The experience is modernized via 3-D videos that will transport visitors back in time.
 
There are several interactive exhibits targeted for children and storyteller guides in period costumes will gladly answer any questions you may have. On Saturdays and Sundays, the Maryland Historical Society players will perform short vignettes of major events that took place in Maryland.
 
Visitors will learn specifically how the war impacted the people of Maryland; the theme of the exhibit is “Divided Voices: Maryland and the Civil War.” Being one of the four border states during the war, Maryland had presence on both sides, with more than 20,000 soldiers serving the Confederacy and more than 40,000 in the Union Army.

This exhibit is scheduled to run the next four years, with updates being added annually. Entrance to the museum is free on the first Thursday of every month.
 
HelloBaltimore Tip: Why not add to your Civil War history lesson with a visit to one of the seven Civil War battle sites in Maryland? The National Park Service provides information on battlefields as part of its American Battlefield Protection Program.

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