Night Museum

Experience the National Prisoner of War Museum and the historic prison site after dark in our new Night Museum Program. From 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., the National Prisoner of War Museum will be open for a rare nighttime opportunity to view the museum exhibits and experience the prison site. The main entrance gate will re-open at 5:45 p.m., and the museum will open at 6:00 p.m. At the National Prisoner of War Museum, the exhibits, museum and bookstore will be open. At 7:00 p.m. a special program will occur in the museum theater. From the courtyard at the rear of the museum, the path to the prison site will be illuminated by candle lanterns, allowing access to the reconstructed northeast corner of the prison site. Among the replica shelters will be living history volunteers, portraying the often-overlooked winter period of the prison in 1864-65. During this nighttime event, the prison site tour road and the Andersonville National Cemetery will be closed.