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Explore the unassuming boarding house rooms where Clara Barton lived and worked during the Civil War.

These rooms were Barton's home base first as she braved the battlefield, then as she searched for 63,000 + missing soldiers.

10/09/2026

The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia presents: Cornelia Hancock's Civil War on October 14 from 5:30PM-8PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum.

🎟Reservations are required: clarabartonmuseum.org/event/the-civil-war-round-table-of-the-district-of-columbia-presents-cornelia-hancocks-civil-war/

Members of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine receive discounted tickets for this event!

📍To book your next event at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum, email [email protected]!

10/08/2026

Join us on Saturday, October 24 at 10AM for Civil War Nurses at Arlington: Women Who Healed a Nation.

This unique, Members-only tour of Arlington National Cemetery will visit the final resting place of the courageous women who served as Civil War Army nurses, hearing their stories of sacrifice, service, and a decades-long fight for recognition.

🎟To reserve a ticket or become a Member: clarabartonmuseum.org/event/civil-war-nurses-at-arlington-women-who-healed-a-nation/

10/08/2026

What are we working on now? Our Members will be finding out on October 24! 🪦

Explore the link in our bio to learn more about becoming a Member, or to sign up for Civil War Nurses at Arlington: Women Who Healed a Nation!

10/07/2026

The Missing Soldiers Office identified 22,000 missing people following the Civil War.

Who were they before the war?
How did they go missing?
And how did their families find closure in the aftermath?

Explore one story in our latest Missing Soldier Spotlight: Pvt. Nathan Gilman:
clarabartonmuseum.org/missing-soldier-spotlight-pvt-nathan-gilman/

10/02/2026

Our October Book of the Month is Weirding the War: Stories from the Civil War’s Ragged Edges!

Visit our museum shop Thursday-Saturday 11AM-5PM, or buy it online at ClaraBartonMuseum.org! 📚

09/26/2026

Our Site Manager, Madeleine, loved speaking at the incredible George Spangler Farm and Field Hospital in Gettysburg last night! Thank you to all who came and to the Gettysburg Foundation for being a wonderful host!

09/26/2026

Join us TOMORROW, September 27, at 1PM for a conversation on how we are preserving Clara Barton's legacy in celebration of We Want More History!

This event is FREE, but reservations are required: clarabartonmuseum.org/event/we-want-more-history/

Can't make it? RSVP anyway for the recording and more ways to get involved.

09/25/2026

LAST WALKING TOUR OF THE SEASON - TOMORROW at 1PM!

Explore Clara Barton's Washington as we trace her neighborhood through rapidly changing Civil War-era D.C.

🎟️ Tickets are $15: civilwarmed.donorshops.com/product/Clara-Barton-Washington-Walking-Tour-2026/clara-bartons-washington-walking-tour-2026-general-public-tickets

🎟FREE for Members: civilwarmed.donorshops.com/product/Clara-Barton-Washington-Walking-Tour-2026-Mem/clara-bartons-washington-walking-tour-2026-member-registration

Address

437 7th Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20004

Opening Hours

Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	11am - 5pm

Telephone

(202) 824-0613

Website

http://www.clarabartonmuseum.org/, https://linktr.ee/clarabartonmso

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