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Guests participate in Lenape social dances on the Museum plaza with representatives from the Delaware Tribe of Indians.
courtesy Alicia Rezendes

Indigenous Peoples Weekend 2024

October 12-14, 2024

Join us at the Museum to explore Native American history, culture, and their role in the American Revolution, as part of our annual Indigenous Peoples Weekend celebration.

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    Oct 06
    Image 092120 Orientation Film Lenfest Myer Theather

    Member Morning: People of the Standing Stone Film Screening

    October 6, 2024, at 9:30 a.m.
    Museum Members are invited to a special screening of People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War of Independence and the Making of America in Lenfest Myer Theater.
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    Oct 12
    Guests participate in Lenape social dances on the Museum plaza with representatives from the Delaware Tribe of Indians.
    courtesy Alicia Rezendes

    Indigenous Peoples Weekend 2024 at the Museum

    October 12-14, 2024
    Join us at the Museum to explore Native American history, culture, and their role in the American Revolution, as part of our annual Indigenous Peoples Weekend celebration.
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    Oct 16
    This image shows historian Lindsay Chervinsky to the right with a purple jacket and shoulder length brown hair with the cover of her book Making the Presidency featuring a portrait of John Adams to the left.

    Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Lindsay M. Chervinsky

    October 16, 2024, from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
    Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky will join the Museum to present the first event in the Museum’s 2024-2025 Read the Revolution Speaker Series with a discussion on her latest book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic.
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    Oct 24
    This rare eyewitness Revolutionary War sketch depicts pen and ink drawings of the Continental Army's North Carolina Brigade and female camp followers marching through Philadelphia in August 1777.

    EXCLUSIVE | Collections Society New Acquisitions Evening Tour & Reception

    October 24, 2024, from 6-8 p.m.
    Collections Society Members are invited to celebrate new acquisitions to the Museum’s unparalleled collection at this exclusive presentation, reception, and behind-the-scenes tour of the collections workroom.
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    Nov 03
    Occupied Philadelphia Event Credit Moar

    Member Morning: Behind the Scenes of Occupied Philadelphia

    November 3, 2024, at 9:30 a.m.
    Museum Members are invited to join Meg Bowersox, Manager of Gallery Interpretation, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at our flagship living history event, Occupied Philadelphia.
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    Nov 09
    British red coats march past the Museum up Third Street as part of Occupied Philadelphia.

    Occupied Philadelphia 2024

    November 9-10, 2024
    Join the Museum as we recreate the dark days of the British occupation of 1777-1778 with Occupied Philadelphia, our annual flagship living history event, in Old City.
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    Nov 10
    A Museum Member talks to two costumed living historians dressed as British redcoats at the member teatime at Occupied Philadelphia.

    Museum Member Teatime at 2024 Occupied Philadelphia

    November 10, 2024, from 1-2 p.m.
    Museum Members are invited to stop by the Museum’s third-floor Liberty Hall for a spot of tea on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 10, during Occupied Philadelphia, the Museum's flagship living history event.
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    Nov 20
    Four costumed living historians stand in front a brick wall in Independence National Historical Park.

    Countdown to the 250th: Costumed Interpretation and the History of Living History

    November 20, 2024, from 1-3 p.m.
    Revolution Society members are invited to an exclusive afternoon presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 20, about how living history, costumed interpretation, scholarly research, and theater inspires the Museum’s initiatives to engage new and diverse audiences
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    Nov 22
    General George Washington's Revolutionary War headquarters tent on display at the Museum

    AmRev Presents: National Treasure Night

    November 22, 2024, from 5:30-8 p.m.
    Join the Museum for an after-hours event on Friday, Nov. 22, with special exhibit access, a featured talk, and activities themed around the upcoming 250th anniversary of when the Declaration of Independence was signed (but not stolen!) in Philadelphia.
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    Nov 29
    A mother holding her young daughter view Washington's camp bed on display in the Witness to Revolution exhibit.

    Thanksgiving Weekend 2024 at the Museum

    November 29 - December 1, 2024
    Join us at the Museum over Thanksgiving weekend for the final weeks of our special exhibition and to learn about the diverse roles of Native Americans during American Revolution to close out Native American Heritage Month with talks and activities for the whole family.
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