Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier will be open daily this summer, officials said. The summer hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, beginning this weekend and running at least through mid-August. Decisions on fall and winter hours will be made later, officials said in a news release. The 422-acre private historic site near Petersburg has been open Mondays through Fridays since March, and only by reservations on weekends, following a partial closing in January and February because of the poor economy and decreased funding. Officials at that time said a decision had yet to be made on summer hours.

Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier will be open daily this summer, officials said.

Pamplin Historical Park historians will commemorate the Petersburg Breakthrough with a pre-dawn tour on April 4, beginning at 5:30 a.m. The tour provides visitors with the same perspective experienced by Civil War soldiers on both sides who fought at the Petersburg Breakthrough. Unlike the soldiers in 1865, participants will enjoy a hot breakfast following the tour at the park’s Hardtack & Coffee Cafe.

After two months of opening by reservation only, Pamplin Historical Park will open to all visitors Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. effective March 2. The Civil War attraction will be open only by reservation on weekends. A. Wilson Greene, president and chief executive of Pamplin Historical Park, said park managers will decide on summer hours in mid-May.

Pamplin Historical Park, the Civil War attraction in Dinwiddie County, will no longer operate on a daily basis, starting Jan. 2. Instead, the privately owned park will open only by reservation with a minimum entry fee of $100.