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Saratoga National Historical ParkJohn Neilson Farmhouse: this small, red, one-room building is the only structure on the battlefield from the time of the battles.
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View of the Visitor Center.
Saratoga National Historical Park
View of the Visitor Center, showing two faceted building sections in the background with three cannons in the foreground.
 

VISITOR CENTER

Our Visitor Center offers a 20-minute orientation film, a Revolutionary War timeline display, a fiber-optic light map showing troop movements on the battlefield, and artifact displays. We also have a book and gift shop, operated by our cooperating agency, Eastern National.

The Visitor Center boasts a fantastic scenic overlook of the battlefield. Visitors wanting to picnic while enjoying a natural and historic landscape can use the picnic tables and covered patio behind the building.

 
View of park book and gift shop, operated by Eastern National, our cooperating agency.
Saratoga National Historical Park
View of our book and gift shop, operated by Eastern National, our cooperating agency.
The Eastern National Bookstore carries a number of publications on the American Revolution and Colonial America, as well as many educationally-based toys and gifts.
 
Section of Revolutionary War Timeline Exhibit. Pictured here are several muskets, soldiers' implements, and artillery rounds and tools.
Saratoga National Historical Park
Detail of American Revolution Timeline Exhibit.
A Revolutionary War Timeline Exhibit, installed in the Spring of 2006, incorporates key points of interest for each year of the Revolution.  These informational elements are embodied, explained, and illuminated by use of historic images and of artifacts.
 
Panoramic view of Visitor Center museum area, including Revolutionary War Timeline Exhibit and Fiber-Optic Map Exhibit.
Saratoga National Historical Park
Visitor Center Museum Area.
The Revolutionary War Timeline Exhibit shares museum space with our Fiber-Optic Light Map, also installed in the Spring of 2006.  The map uses over 6000 fiber-optic lights to show troop movements on the battlefield during the Battles of Saratoga.
 
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Did You Know?
Believe it or not, German soldiers fighting for the British during the American Revolution were actually professional soldiers who were "rented" from their provincial rulers by King George III of England. They were not "mercenaries" (soldiers for hire), but regular soldiers.

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Last Updated: October 18, 2006 at 15:05 EST