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Black Founders Exhibit Opens Feb. 11

The Museum of the American Revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked America’s ongoing experiment in liberty, equality, and self-government.

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Plan your visit to rediscover the Revolution in historic Philadelphia.

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Purchase Museum tickets, enhance your visit with guided tours, and plan your Museum experience with information on directions, parking, shopping, dining, and more.

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October 2018 Educator Open House in the Galleries

Walking & Guided Tours

Explore the Museum with an expert with the Museum's robust lineup of tours, including early access tours, in-gallery highlights tours, audio tours, outdoor neighborhood walking tours, tactile tours, and more.

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Book Your Group Visit

The Museum offers in-person and virtual experiences and tours for student, youth, or adult groups to explore the remarkable story of America’s founding.

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Exhibits

Revolution Place

Saturdays & Sundays, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The Museum’s family-friendly discovery center, open Saturdays and Sundays, brings to life the Museum’s lively, diverse Old City neighborhood during the 1700s and invites visitors to learn through hands-on exploration.

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Rhonda Brace (left), a descendent of Jeffrey Brace, who was enslaved during the Revolutionary era, found freedom, and wrote a memoir in 1810, which was republished in 2004 by Kari Winter (right).

Upcoming Museum Events

Browse all upcoming events and programs for all ages, including tours, lectures, demonstrations, performances, and holiday weekends, hosted by the Museum.

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Host Your Event at the Museum

The Museum is the perfect setting for your next corporate meeting, gala, event, fundraiser, or wedding with innovative menus crafted by our exclusive caterer, Brûlée Catering.

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Learn & Explore

Whether you're learning from the classroom or the comfort of your home, experience the Museum from anywhere at any time with our digital resources.

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A watercolor depicts Deborah and Harry, with their backs to the viewer, aboard a ship setting sail for Nova Scotia. They look out on men and women in the streets fighting for their freedom, as the Americans won the war. Many people were fighting for a place on the ships that were evacuating Loyalists.

Interactive Features

Dig into the compelling stories and complex events of the American Revolution with out interactive online learning experiences, including Season of Independence, Picturing Washington's Army, and the award-winning Finding Freedom.

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360-Degree Virtual Tours

Explore our 360-degree virtual tours, including our Virtual Museum Tour, Virtual Tour of Washington's Field Headquarters, and Liberty Exhibit Virtual Tour, which feature panoramic images, supplemental audio and video, and more.

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Online Exhibits

Explore the Museum's online exhibits, including When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story as well as Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier.

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General George Washington's Revolutionary War headquarters tent on display at the Museum

Washington's War Tents

Explore the cornerstone of the Museum's collection, General George Washington's Revolutionary War Tent, and the handsewn, full-scale replica of his field headquarters.

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Watch AmRev360 Episodes

Watch lively conversations on the American Revolution from all angles, hosted by Museum President & CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson and featuring a broad slate of dynamic guests.

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200th Edition Museum Staff Picks Reading List includes A People’s History of the American Revolution by Ray Raphael; John Adams by David McCullough; Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar; American Revolutions: A Continental History 1750-1804 by Alan Taylor; The Shoemaker and the Tea Party by Alfred F. Young; and Spies in the Continental Capital by John A. Nagy. The books are stacked on top of one another on a wooden bench outside on a sunny day. The books and the bench are in clear view while the background is blurred.

Read the Revolution

Browse a curated collection of excerpts from more than 200 thought-provoking books about the American Revolution, sponsored by The Haverford Trust Company.

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Join & Support

Your support helps us continue to uncover and share compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked America’s ongoing experiment in liberty, equality, and self-government.

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Become a Member

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Ways to Give

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Corporate Partnerships

Learn about Corporate Partnership opportunities with the Museum, including corporate membership, EITC, and more.

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What Our Visitors Are Saying

By far the most interesting museum in the USA. Would definitely recommend to anyone visiting Philly!

Brad, from Western Australia

Can I give this six stars? This comprehensive, deeply insightful museum brought the revolution to me in such a captivating way that I was so uplifted by the end of the visit.

Bonnie G., via Yelp

Brilliant! Impressed by thematic references throughout the role of slavery, Native Americans and women and the impact the Revolution had on them.

Mike C., via comment card

I had an absolute blast in the museum. The artifacts and exhibits are out of this world.

W. Hunt, via TripAdvisor

Wow, I never thought I'd live to see a museum like this.

Gary, 89 years old