General Info

The Casemate Museum is located within the walls of the largest masonry fort constructed in the United States. The museum chronicles hundreds of years of history of Point Comfort and Fort Monroe where many decisions were made that impact the foundation and future of the United States. Housed inside the original casemates where several of the fort’s large guns remain in place, exhibits and dioramas explain the construction of the fort, what daily life was like through the ages and tell the stories of the many famous, and infamous, people who were here. The museum is open to the public Wed-Sun 10am-4pm and requires a timed-entry ticket that MUST be picked up at the Visitor & Education Center, 30 Ingalls Road, Fort Monroe, VA.The Casemate Museum is located within the walls of the largest masonry fort constructed in the United States. The museum chronicles hundreds of years of history of Point Comfort and Fort Monroe where many decisions were made that impact the foundation and future of the United States. Housed inside the original casemates where several of the fort’s large guns remain in place, exhibits and dioramas explain the construction of the fort, what daily life was like through the ages and tell the stories of the many famous, and infamous, people who were here. The museum is open to the public Wed-Sun 10am-4pm and requires a timed-entry ticket that MUST be picked up at the Visitor & Education Center, 30 Ingalls Road, Fort Monroe, VA.