History Explorers Club
In our new History Explorers Club, we meet each month with Museum staff and special guests to play games, make art, hear stories, solve riddles, and explore the people, places, and events of the American Revolution. History Explorers Club is best enjoyed by students ages 7-11 but fun for all kids
Upcoming History Explorers Club Meetings
Join in the family fun at one of our upcoming History Explorers Club events!
Apr
17
History Explorers Club: It's Our Birthday!
April 17, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Join in our family-friendly virtual birthday party for the Museum as we celebrate our fourth birthday and learn about our most famous object, General George Washington’s Headquarters Tent.
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May
22
History Explorers Club: Meet the Makers
May 22, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Meet the tradespeople who made objects for the Continental Army and everyday citizens during the American Revolution as they share how they created and sold their goods in the 18th century.
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Jun
26
History Explorers Club: Flag Facts
June 26, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Join the Museum to learn about how flags come to represent countries or states and how they can communicate before creating your own at our family-friendly June History Explorers Club.
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Jul
24
History Explorers Club: Camp Life
July 24, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Find out more about the people you would find at a Continental Army camp and the critical roles they played at this family-friendly History Explorers Club.
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Aug
28
History Explorers Club: Ask a Historian
August 28, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Learn about what a historian does and ask a Museum historian all your burning questions about the Revolutionary Era at our family-friendly August History Explorers Club.
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Sep
25
History Explorers Club: Pets of the Revolution
September 25, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Learn about the pets of the American Revolutionary era, including Benjamin Franklin's pet squirrel, at our family-friendly September History Explorers Club.
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Oct
23
History Explorers Club: Behind the Scenes of Liberty Exhibit
October 23, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Go behind the scenes of our upcoming fall 2021 special exhibit, Liberty: Don Troiani's Paintings of the Revolutionary War, at our family-friendly October History Explorers Club.
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Nov
20
History Explorers Club: Evacuation Day
November 20, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Learn how people of Revolutionary America celebrated Evacuation Day every Nov. 25, the day that the British Army officially left New York City, at our family-friendly November History Explorers Club.
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Dec
18
History Explorers Club: Unboxing the Hessians
December 18, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Learn who the Hessians were and what role these German soldiers played in the Revolutionary War and during the 10 Crucial Days at our family-friendly December History Explorers Club.
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