Fort Monroe's Casemate Museum

The museum is free and open to the public for self-guided tours.

Guided tours and School programs are available for groups of 10 or more at a rate of $3/person. Groups of 10 or more (guided or self-guided) should call in advance to ensure availability.

The Casemate Museum opened on June 1, 1951, to display the cell where Jefferson Davis was imprisoned after the Civil War. Since then, the museum has expanded to depict the history of Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, and the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps. The museum highlights the Contraband Decision, which took place in the early days of the Civil War and had far-reaching influence on the unraveling of slavery in the United States and earned Fort Monroe the nickname "Freedom's Fortress."