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Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site

A white arched gate with open doors reads Fort Ward and 1865, surrounded by trees and sunlight, leading to a path inside a park-like area.
A yellow two-story house with a balcony sits in a grassy yard surrounded by large green trees under a partly cloudy blue sky. A small shed is visible to the left of the house.
Several historic cannons are lined up behind white wooden barriers on an earthwork fort under a blue sky with scattered clouds and surrounding green trees.
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Fort Ward is the best preserved of the extensive network of Union forts and batteries known as the Civil War Defenses of Washington.

The museum, patterned after a Union headquarters building, houses a fine Civil War collection and exhibits. The Fort’s Northwest Bastion has been completely restored. Museum open Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m.; park open daily 9 a.m.-sunset.