Name: Gettysburg Museum of History
Rating: 4.7 (2454 reviews)

Side view of an original black SS helmet showing the insignia decal on a dark steel shell

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Original German Allgemeine SS Early Black Helmet Hitler’s Personal Body Guards

World War I, World War II, Viet Nam

Rated 5 Stars As Both Tourist Destination & Seller!!

Gettysburg Museum of History is rated 4.7 out of 5 based on 2,454 reviews from around the Web.

2026-10-28

Fantastic place to spend some time looking at interesting artifacts. The staff was very friendly and helpful. And it's free!

Empty G.
2026-10-22

Just came into the museum, was awesome place. The 2 Burnett workers were Hilarus and very friendly.

Jeffrey P.
2026-07-29

One of the best museums in Gettysburg..

Evan P.
2026-07-02

Great museum and collectibles looking to start my own little museum someday

Cool G.
2026-05-25

Very interesting history place a lot of unique artifacts from history.

Curtis L.
2026-04-28

Very interesting!

Angela B.
2026-03-30

Interesting place.

Jesse P.
2025-10-31

This is an outstanding museum. You may want to visit this museum before you visit the battlefield. The details of the battle will make more sense if you do....

Katie D.
2025-10-19

Take your time, so much to see

Scott G.
2025-09-08

Very nice. The walk ways are a Little narrow Ave is hard to pass people but it's a nice place with nice people!

Michelle G.
2025-08-07

It was full of cool things to look at and had story notes that explained was you are looking at and I believe it was free to get in

Louis H.
2025-07-17

Wonderful place of history, videos, artifacts etc

Karen M.
2025-07-11

A must see if in Gettysburg

Jeff W.
2025-06-18

Very packed with history.

Roger S.
2025-06-04

Wonderful, inside museum and outside auto tour are incredible. Should be a must do for everyone

Kat
2025-05-22

A must visit! Its small but absolutely packed with items from all of American History. I found out about this place from the YouTube Channel "The History...

A.J. K.
2025-04-05

Found this museum via @thehistoryunderground YouTube channel (highly recommend for anyone who enjoys history) and I couldn’t wait to see it in person. It’s a...

Vanessa H.
2024-10-17

Has everything and more. A full day to tour everything inside and out. Cafe inside, gift shop and the cyclorama.

Charlene H.
2024-10-08

Muy detallados los sucesos que acontecieron

Nelson B.
2024-07-09

What an awesome experience. Wish we had more time thier

Mike H.
2024-06-09

Free museum that is outstanding. So many items/artifacts crammed into such a small place. This is a must see for everyone.

Lee C.
2024-03-23

Great museum for everyone. Real artifacts with true history. I would recommend this over any other museum. You won't find another museum with this much...

Joe C.
2024-03-21

Fast and quality shipping. What they do is so important, and I thank them for that

Scott W.
2024-02-15

Excellent place to visit and see history

Dave N.
2023-11-18

MIND BLOWING PLACE. Got an autographed book by Jared and Erik!

Vincent C.
2023-09-24

Love history.

Luis T.
2023-08-12

Legit dealer to get Third Reich collectibles

Michael T.
2023-07-19

Staff was alsome

Joseph A.
2023-07-13

Great actual artifacts.. so much to see and learm about there...and the employee there was very friendly..definite have to go see...

Rose E.
2023-06-29

nice worth going to

Matt W.
2023-06-14

Awesome stuff, authentic, great collection.

Lisa B.
2023-06-13

Some unbelievable artifacts here and admission is totally free!

Sammy J.
2023-05-28

Really enjoyed this campground! The petting farm was really cool and the staff was nice. but good vibes here :-)

Ashley P.
2023-04-12

Place was awesome some many amazing things in one place.

Roger M.
2023-03-27

Amazing museum!

Joland B.
2023-02-21

Looks great if you love history as much as me.

Erich R.
2022-12-01

Well worth the time to go an explore this museum!

Jim O.
2022-09-17

Awesome museum

Judy K.
2022-06-07

Incredible private collection of historical items. Well worth a visit.

Josh N.
2021-11-13

Nice collection of some things an ol' Austrian painter had

Kool K.
2021-10-19

Lots and lots to see. Some of which is for sale. Stop in and check it out.

Dylan B.
2021-09-01

Impressive amount of detail from many historical periods. Great learning experience!

Christine N.
2021-08-26

Awesome museum with so many cool historical items! A LOT bigger than it looks on the outside

Nunya B.
2021-08-09

This place is awesome. There is so many great things to see and Erik is such a great host and gladly answered all my questions.

Dennis U.
2021-07-30

They have awesome stuff. Would go back again

M A I A- Maia Always in A.
2021-07-01

Highly recommend stopping by when in Gettysburg.

F Jean Stouffer M.
2021-06-07

Very nice, would go again. Great selection at gift store.

Candice B.
2021-05-23

The people were nice and enjoys answering questions.

Nancy L.
2021-05-01

But worth the stop

Ted K.
2021-04-26

It's really great really unique place I've never seen any other place with memorabilia George and Martha Washington just to name a few things and it's free so you cannot be it with a stick hospitals going all the way back to ancient Egypt 3000 years ago

Mike H.

Hitler's Body Guards

Original German Allgemeine SS Early Black Helmet Hitler’s Personal Body Guards

Original German Allgemeine SS Early Black Helmet Hitler’s Personal Body Guards