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  • April 2020

  • Thu 9
    April 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Sinking of the Black Diamond – A Forgotten Tragedy

    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    Learn about the legacy of the Black Diamond maritime disaster from Museum Director Karen Stone a few weeks before its anniversary.

  • Sat 25
    April 25, 2020 - April 26, 2020

    Commemoration of the Sinking of the Black Diamond

    St. Clements Island Museum 38370 Point Breeze Road, Coltons Point, MD, United States

    Head to St. Clement’s Island Museum for a weekend of activities commemorating a forgotten tragedy of the American Civil War, the Black Diamond Disaster.

  • September 2020

  • Thu 24
    September 24, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    “Your name will be handed down”: Clara Barton at the Library of Congress

    Michelle Krowl, from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress, will highlight notable documents available online at the LOC about Barton's work.

  • September 2022

  • Sat 24
    Book cover of the forthcoming "Between Home and the Front," and a letter from Clara Barton to the Walters Family from the collection of the National Postal Museum
    September 24, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Between Home and the Front: Civil War Letters of the Walters Family

    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    Hear the war-time story of the Walters family and how Clara Barton and the Missing Soldiers Office helped them find closure.

  • April 2023

  • Sat 8
    April 8, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Clara Barton and the Pratt Street Riots

    Join Education Specialist Michael Mahr as he presents the story of Clara Barton and the Pratt Street Riots.

  • Sat 15
    April 15, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Clara Barton Book Reception: Meet the Authors

    Clara Barton's book release

  • Sat 29
    April 29, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Clara Barton’s Civil War and the Creation of the Missing Soldiers Office

    Carolyn Ivanhoff presents a first-person look at the life and work of Clara Barton

  • June 2023

  • Sat 3
    June 3, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Clara Barton’s Civil War Washington Walking Tour

    Clara Barton's Civil War Washington Walking Tour

  • Sat 17
    June 17, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons

    Jill Newmark discusses her new book on the lives of Black Civil War surgeons

  • July 2023

  • Sat 8
    July 8, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Clara Barton Book Panel Discussion

    Clara Barton Book Panel Discussion with the authors

  • August 2023

  • Sat 12
    August 12, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Clara Barton Book Panel Discussion

    Clara Barton Book Panel Discussion with the authors

  • May 2024

  • Fri 10
    May 10, 2024

    Private Event – Museum Closed

    The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum will be closed Friday, May 10 for a private event.

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The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum is open on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 11 AM – 5 PM for walk-ins. Guided tours are available on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 12 PM and 3 PM. Click here to reserve a spot on a tour.

All other times, the Museum will be open only to groups of 10+. Click here to reserve a group tour.

Opens at 11:00 AM
Last Admission at 4:30 PM

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(202) 824-0613

LOCATION:
437 7th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
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The preserved rooms are accessible by both stairs and elevator.

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December 25

The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum will be closed Thursday, December 25 – Thursday, January 1. We will reopen on Friday, January 2, 2026.

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Reflections of Clara...

[She] toiled as few men could have done, stanching wounds which might otherwise have proved fatal, administering cordials to the fainting soldier, cheering those destined to undergo amputation, moistening lips parched with thirst [and closing the eyes of the dead].
An eyewitness account of Clara Barton at Antietam
The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.
Clara Barton
I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man’s work for less than a man’s pay.
Clara Barton
I don’t know how long it has been since my ear has been free from the roll of a drum. It is the music I sleep by and I love it.
Clara BartonIn a letter to her father, March 19, 1861
I ask neither pay or praise, simply a soldier’s fare and the sanction of your Excellency to go and do with my might, whatever my hands can find to do.
Clara BartonLetter to Massachusetts Governor Andrew, seeking permission to go to the front, March 20, 1862
Though it is little that one woman can do, still I crave the privilege of doing it.
Clara BartonLetter to I.W. Denney, seeking permission to go to the front, March 30, 1862
I only wish I could work to some purpose. I have no right to these easy comfortable days and our poor men suffering and dying thirsting … My lot is too easy and I am sorry for it.
Clara BartonIn a letter to Mary Norton, July 4, 1862
It was a miserable night. There was a sense of impending doom. We knew, everyone knew, that two great armies of 80,000 men were lying there face to face, only waiting for dawn to begin the battle.
Clara BartonWriting about the night before the battle of Antietam
When I reached [home], and looked in the mirror, my face was still the color of gunpowder, a deep blue. Oh yes, I went to the front!
Clara BartonUpon returning from the battle of Antietam
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