Makers of Revolutionary Philadelphia Living History Day

Join several historical tradespeople at the Museum on Saturday, May 20, to do hands-on crafts and activities, see demonstrations of 18th-century skills and trades, and meet the people who made the Revolution in 1770s Philadelphia. 

In the Museum's special exhibition, Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, immerse yourself in a recreation of Forten's sail loft where costumed living historians will be patterning and sewing sailcloth. Throughout the Museum, other interpreters will demonstrate the work of contractors and soldiers in Benjamin Flower's Regiment of Artillery Artificers as they roll cartridges, mend uniforms, feed the army, and more.