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When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776-1807
October 2, 2020 to April 25, 2021In our new special exhibition When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776 – 1807, the Museum explores the little-known history of the nation’s first women voters and examine the political conflicts that led to their voting rights being stripped away.
Current Exhibits

When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story
October 2, 2020 - April 25, 2021In the highly anticipated exhibition When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776 – 1807, the Museum explores the little-known history of the nation’s first women voters and examine the political conflicts that led to their voting rights being stripped away.
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Revolution Place
Temporarily ClosedThe Museum’s family-friendly discovery center, Revolution Place, 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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The Road to Independence
Core ExhibitionHow did people become Revolutionaries? Discover how the American Colonists – most of them content and even proud British subjects – became Revolutionaries as the roots of rebellion took hold.
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The Darkest Hour
Core ExhibitionHow did the Revolution survive its darkest hour? Explore how America would soon learn that it was one thing to declare independence, and quite another to secure it.
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A Revolutionary War
Core ExhibitionHow Revolutionary was the war? Explore the final years of the American War for Independence from the perspectives of the diverse people who lived through it.
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A New Nation
Core ExhibitionWhat kind of nation did the Revolution create? The Revolutionaries succeeded in gaining independence, but then came the immense task of creating a nation founded on the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Museum Films
Daily ShowingsExplore the origins, experiences, and ongoing legacy of the American Revolution through three engaging films.
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Upcoming Exhibits

Liberty or Death: Don Troiani’s Paintings of the Revolutionary War
October 16, 2021 - September 5, 2022What did the Revolutionary War truly look like? Nationally renowned historical artist Don Troiani aims to answer this question, drawing from painstaking research to create paintings that capture the drama and reality of life on the march, in camp, and in battle. Over 40 of Troiani’s original paintings and dozens of artifacts from his personal collection—most on display for the first time in public—will plunge visitors into some of the most pivotal moments of America’s fight for independence, from the Battles of Lexington and Concord to the Siege of Yorktown.
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Flags and Founding Documents, 1776-Today
June 12, 2021 - September 6, 2021The Museum's upcoming summer 2021 exhibit will showcase dozens of rare American flags alongside historic early state constitutions and the first printing of the proposed U.S. Constitution of 1787 to shed light on the triumphs and tensions that the United States faced as new states joined the union.
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Past Exhibits

Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier
September 28, 2019 - March 17, 2020Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier followed the untold story of Irish soldier and artist Richard St. George, whose personal trauma and untimely death provide a window into the entangled histories of the American Revolution of 1776 and the Irish Revolution of 1798.
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A New Constellation: A Collection of Historic 13-Star Flags
June 14 - July 21, 2019Learn more about the limited-run exhibit that featured a display of 40 rare, historic 13-star flags.
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Hamilton Was Here: Rising Up in Revolutionary Philadelphia
October 27, 2018 - March 17, 2019Hamilton Was Here was a hands-on exhibit revealing the connections between Philadelphia and Alexander Hamilton’s contributions to the nation’s founding.
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George Washington's Headquarters Flag
June 14-17, 2018General George Washington's headquarters flag was displayed in Philadelphia for the first time since the Revolutionary War.
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Among His Troops: Washington's War Tent in a Newly Discovered Watercolor
January 13 - February 19, 2018Learn more about the Museum's 2018 special exhibit, Among His Troops, highlighted by the only known wartime depiction of George Washington's headquarters tent.
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Diamond Eagle of the Society of the Cincinnati
December 6, 2017 - March 4, 2018The Museum displayed a priceless Diamond Eagle of the Society of the Cincinnati worn by George Washington in Philadelphia for the first time.
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