Faces of Civil War Nurses: A Photo Exhibit

In partnership with Military Images magazine, the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum is the inaugural host for a new photo exhibit, “Faces of Civil War Nurses.” The exhibit, featuring life-sized portraits and the personal stories of women who served as nurses d......More

In partnership with Military Images magazine, the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum is the inaugural host for a new photo exhibit, “Faces of Civil War Nurses.” The exhibit, featuring life-sized portraits and the personal stories of women who served as nurses during the Civil War, debuted at a special opening event on May 24, 2025, during National Nurses Month. Located in the heart of Washington, D.C., the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum is the restored boarding house Barton lived in, used to store supplies for soldiers during the Civil War, and operated as an office to assist families in locating missing soldiers after the war. At the outset of the Civil War, females were forbidden to serve in “indelicate” medical settings, but women quickly broke down such social conventions, risking both disease and the brutal realities of war to care for the sick and wounded. More than 20,000 women served as nurses during the conflict, providing invaluable aid, including changing bandages, cooking food, comforting the dying, and innumerable other tasks. The exhibit will be on display at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum through September 1st. The site is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.     Thank you to our sponsors!      

Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum, 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20004, United States