The Museum of the Confederacy maintains the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of military, political and domestic artifacts and art associated with the period of the Confederacy, 1861-1865. The Museum complex consists of a modern museum building and the restored historic White House of the Confederacy.
The Museum building includes permanent and changing exhibit galleries. The artifacts in the collection number over 15,000 with strengths in uniforms, flags and the personal effects of many Confederate generals including Robert E. Lee's sword, the bible that Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson carried, and personal effects of J.E.B. Stuart.
Permanent exhibitions include:
The White House of the Confederacy was the Civil War residence of Jefferson Davis. Eleven period rooms have been restored to their Civil War appearance. The White House's period rooms display over 1,000 objects, including paintings, sculpture, furniture and decorative objects. A majority have a Davis family provenance.
For more information on current event schedules, staff information and exhibits visit the complete Museum of the White House of the Confederacy site at www.moc.org.
