Collection Items on Loan
You can see Gilder Lehrman Collection materials on display at the following museums and historic sites.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Permanent Gallery Exhibit (On display through December 2028)
This permanent exhibit in the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum guides visitors through the events of the Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg, featuring numerous artifacts from the battlefield.
On display from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is the inkwell used by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee to sign the treaty of surrender at Appomattox, April 9, 1865.
Gettysburg National Military Park, 1195 Baltimore Park, Gettysburg, PA
United States Capitol Visitor Center
E Pluribus Unum, Out of Many, One (On display through 2027)
This exhibition is dedicated to telling the story of the US Congress and the creation of the US Capitol. The hall includes rarely seen historic documents from the National Archives and the Library of Congress, artifacts from around the country, and a ten-foot-tall model of the Capitol dome.
On display from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is a pin reading “You Fight & Die But Can’t Vote at 18.”
United States Capitol Visitor Center, First Street SE, Washington, DC 20004
Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619–1865 (On display until July 2027)
Bringing together artifacts and rich stories from across the Commonwealth, Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619–1865 tells the stories of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865, and it is one of the first museum exhibitions to cover the subject in depth.
On display from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is Dunmore’s Proclamation.
Virginia Museum of History and Culture, 428 N Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia 23220
Morgan Library & Museum
Unfinished Revolutions: Black Soldiers in the Continental Army (On display until January 2026)
Unfinished Revolutions centers on the thousands of often overlooked Black men—both free and enslaved—who fought for American independence, serving in integrated units, all-Black regiments, and even in place of their enslavers. These soldiers played a crucial role in shaping the revolutionary cause while facing profound contradictions, as in many wars fought by Black Americans, between the ideals of liberty and their own struggles for freedom.
Six items are on display from the Gilder Lehrman Collection.
The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016