Hiring a Licensed Battlefield Guide

Licensed Guides are available at the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center on Baltimore Street on a first-come, first-served basis. The Visitor Center is open daily from 8am to 6 pm during the main visitation season and 8am to 5 pm at off peak times.  It is closed only three days each year - Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years day.  Guides are occasionally also located at the Association Headquarters - 241Steinwehr Avenue, the Gettysburg History Center. This will also be the home of the popular Gettysburg Diorama in early 2010! (Formerly located at the Artillery Ridge campground.)
 
Individual guided tours in your own vehicle are extremely popular and one of the most economical touring options.  The Licensed Battlefield Guides have specialized in such tours since 1915!!!. During busy times of the year it is not uncommon to have all available guides committed early in the day. If you wish to obtain guide services it is best to arrive at the Visitor Center as early in the day as possible. The building opens its doors at 8am and guide services can be scheduled immediately. Generally, by 10am there will be a wait. By 2pm it may be impossible to schedule a guide for later in the day as all available times are booked. If you desire a specialized custom tour of the town or the battlefield please contact the ALBG directly for best service at 717-337-1709.

Current Promotional Brochure	1950's LBG Brochure

Our guides are perhaps the most versatile in the world in the wide variety of tours offered. On any given day Licensed Battlefield Guides can be found giving specialized walking tours on some aspect of the battle, conducting a tour for a family on bicycles, accompanying a commercial tour on horseback or moped.  Of course you are most likely to encounter a guide conducting a private family tour in the family's own vehicle or acting as an on-board guide on a variety of bus tours including those sponsored by the local Gettysburg Tour Center.

As far back as the 1940's when Licensed Battlefield Guides could be located at a dozen sites in and around town, the visitor entering Gettysburg encountered the promotional slogan: