Labor Day Weekend 2025 at the Museum

Over Labor Day weekend, join the Museum to explore our galleries, participate in family-friendly activities and crafts, and more as we wrap up A Revolutionary Summer. Children 12 years old and younger will receive free Museum admission throughout the holiday weekend (available for in-Museum purchase only).

Revolution Place
Onsite (first floor) | Daily
The Museum’s family-friendly discovery center, Revolution Place, will be open daily to explore the Museum’s lively, diverse Old City neighborhood during the 1700s through hands-on exploration in three key recreated historical environments, including a military encampment, a tavern, and an 18th-century home.

In-Gallery Talk: The Promise of Equality
Onsite | Daily, 11:30 a.m.
Join a Museum educator in the Declaration of Independence gallery to discuss the promises of the Declaration and how different people, like Elizabeth Freeman and William Findley, seized the opportunity to advocate for equal rights in 1776 and afterwards. Plus, learn more about the connections between these Revolutionary-era events and figures to later movements advocating for equal rights in America. 

Unpack a Sea Chest
Onsite | Daily, 2:30 p.m.
All hands on deck on the Museum’s replica sloop! 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.

Meet the Revolution: Daniel Sieh
Onsite | Aug. 30
Living historian Daniel Sieh will join the Museum to help explore the lives of Asians in the United States in the 18th century. Through documents, activities, and objects, Daniel will unpack how global trade connected the lives of Asian sailors, soldiers, traders, and enslaved people as they navigated American society as strangers from a distant land.

First-Person Performance: Meet Joseph Plumb Martin
Onsite (Alan B. Miller Theater) | Aug. 30-31, 1:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.
Watch a 30-minute first-person theatrical performance portraying Continental Army soldier Joseph Plumb Martin, one of the thousands of teenaged soldiers in General George Washington's army. The performance stars Chris Roche as Joseph Plumb Martin and was written by Ryan Schwartz.

First-Person Performance: Meet Elizabeth Freeman
Onsite (Alan B. Miller Theater) | Sept. 1, 1:15 and 3:15 p.m.
Watch a 30-minute first-person theatrical performance portraying the life and experiences of Elizabeth Freeman, also known as Mumbet, a Massachusetts woman who sued for her freedom from enslavement and won. The performance stars Katelyn E. Appiah-Kubi as Elizabeth Freeman and was written by Teresa Miller.