Civil War Museum of Philadelphia

Civil War Museum of Philadelphia
Established	1888
Website	http://civilwarmuseumphila.org

The Civil War Museum of Philadelphia (formerly the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia and previously the Civil War Library and Museum) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, claims to be the oldest chartered American Civil War institution in the United States. The museum was founded in 1888 by veteran officers of the Union Army, Navy and Marine Corps.

As of March 2016, the museum is closed to the public. While closed, its collection is being stored at the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center, where an exhibition of material from the collection was planned for 2013. Artifacts are also on exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia and the African American Museum in Philadelphia.^[1]

Location

On August 7, 2007, the museum announced that it would relocate from 1805 Pine Street near Rittenhouse Square to the former First Bank of the United States building, near Independence Hall. Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street presented the museum with a check for $1.2 million to assist in its relocation.^[2] On August 2, 2008, the Pine Street location permanently closed and the museum planned to reopen in its new location in 2011.^[3]^[4]

In 2009, Governor Ed Rendell canceled the state's portion of the funding needed to relocate the museum, prompting the National Park Service to withdraw its offer to use the First Bank building.^[5]

The museum announced plans to reopen in a new, unspecified location in 2014^[1] or 2015.^[6] However, the plans did not materialize and no updates have been announced as of March 2016.

Collection

The museum displayed the mounted head of "Old Baldy", the horse that was ridden by Union Major General George G. Meade during most of the Civil War. Old Baldy's head was mounted in 1882 and restored in 1991. In 2010, it was returned to its owner, the Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library in Philadelphia, which had loaned it to the Civil War Museum over 30 years before.^[6]

In addition to a large portrait and artifacts associated with General Meade, the museum's has personal items from other Union generals including Ulysses S. Grant, John F. Reynolds, and George B. McClellan.

The collection also includes a large number of military escutcheons, which were made in the United States from the end of the Civil War until about 1907. They resemble a coat of arms and depict the military record of a veteran. Usually commissioned by the veteran or his family to memorialize his service, they were produced by an artist using chromolithography.

The museum has items pertaining to Abraham Lincoln, including a cast of his hands, a lock of hair, and a death mask.

References

1 2 "Civil War Museum of Philadelphia; The Museum's Collection". Civilwarmuseumphila.org. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
↑ "Oldest Civil War museum gets a new home". MSNBC.com. August 7, 2007.
↑ "Phila. Civil War museum holds open house before closing". The Philadelphia Inquirer. August 1, 2008.
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↑ "Editorial: History without a home", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 24, 2009
1 2 Colimore, Edward (8 March 2010). "Old Baldy to return to Frankford Civil War museum". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

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