City of Petersburg, Virginia Tourism Department BACK . As a visitor or a resident, begin your adventure of Petersburg at the Petersburg Visitors Center. Located in the McIlwaine House in Old Towne Petersburg, travel counselors are available daily to plan your tour itinerary.
Information is available on all points of interest that are in Virginia.
Here travel counselors assist visitors in planning their visit to the area. Maps, attraction brochures and information on hotel accommodations are available. The Siege of Petersburg greatly affected the lives of its residents. Lavish lifestyles in the years just prior to the Civil War gave way to a bitter struggle for survival. The story of how the people of Petersburg lived before, during and immediately after the Civil War is eloquently told in the Siege Museum, located in the Exchange Building, which was built in 1839 as a commodities market.