Daily Programs

Join a Museum educator in The Declaration's Journey to learn more about the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and examine an advance copy of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

Join a Museum educator to learn about their favorite ceramic object in the Museum's galleries, as well as what that ceramic meant to people living in the 18th century and how they would have used it.

Join a Museum educator to learn more about how clothing was used to differentiate military officers and soldiers of different ranks and explore what civilians and children of different classes, backgrounds, and regions wore during the late 18th century.

Join a Museum educator for stories about what life was like at sea during the Revolutionary War for the Continental Navy, privateers, and prisoners of war, and learn about the different roles needed to operate a Revolutionary-era ships.

Join a Museum educator at a discovery cart to learn more about printing in the 18th century with replica objects and reproduction documents.

Join a Museum educator to view replica artifacts and learn more about how soldiers, civilians, and camp followers experienced the Revolutionary War.

Begin your visit with our orientation film, "Revolution." This sweeping film explores the origins, experiences, and ongoing legacy of the American Revolution — setting the stage for your exploration of our core exhibition.

Cap your exploration of the Museum and the story of the American Revolution in the moving and immersive film, "Washington's War Tent." Follow the remarkable journey of General George Washington's headquarters tent, the cornerstone of the Museum's collection, from the Revolutionary War to the present.

"People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War of Independence and the Making of America" explores the crucial but little known history of the extraordinary contributions of one Native American people who chose to commit themselves to the Patriot cause when nearly all other tribes fought on the side of the British during America’s War for Independence.