Spring Break 2025 at the Museum

Wave hello to spring at the Museum of the American Revolution during Spring Break, April 12–27, 2025, with a new special exhibition, family-friendly crafts, in-gallery talks, and more.

Special Exhibition: Banners of Liberty: An Exhibition of Original Revolutionary War Flags
Onsite (Patriots Gallery) | Daily, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Museum will mark the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the creation of the United States Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Marine Corps) with a new special exhibition, Banners of Liberty: An Exhibition of Original Revolutionary War Flags, opening April 19, 2025. The exhibition, which will be displayed in the Museum's first-floor Patriots Gallery, will feature the largest gathering of rare and significant Revolutionary War flags in more than two centuries.

Walking & Guided Tours
Onsite & Old City Neighborhood | Weekend Options Available (additional ticket required)
Explore the Revolutionary era with an expert! Join a Museum educator to explore our Revolutionary neighborhood and imagine what life was like in the 1700s on a 1.5-hour walking tour that covers about a mile and stops outside iconic sites (offered daily). Also available are 60-minute guided highlights tours of the core exhibit galleries highlighting objects and hearing about how the diverse groups of people living in North America experienced the American Revolution

Revolution Place
Onsite | Daily from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Museum’s hands-on family discovery center, Revolution Place, is now conveniently located on the Museum’s first floor. During Spring Break, the Museum will offer extended hours and associated programming in Revolution Place for visitors of all ages to enjoy. Access to Revolution Place is included in regular Museum admission.

Design Your Own Flag Craft

Onsite (Rotunda) | Daily from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. 

On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the flag of the United States, agreeing that “the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” Though the number of stars and the pattern of that constellation have been altered through the years, their meaning has not changed. Visitors can create their own flag and explore what the symbols in their own “banner of liberty” might represent. 

On Display: True Colours Flag Project

Onsite (Rotunda) | Daily from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 

The Museum’s handsewn, replica “suit of colours” is back on display in the Museum Rotunda for Flag Day. Learn more about the process of recreating — and the history behind — these huge flags flown by 18th-century ships at sea during the Revolutionary War. Sponsorship for the project was provided by The Color Guard of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution. 

10 Minute Talk: My Favorite Object

Onsite (Core galleries) | Daily from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. 

Find a Museum educator to learn about and discuss some of their favorite objects on display in the core galleries. 

Discovery Cart: Rebecca Flower Young

Onsite (Rotunda) | Daily from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.  

Flagmaker Rebecca Flower Young advertised “all kinds of colours” for the Revolutionary cause from her shop here in Philadelphia. Meet a Museum educator to view replica objects and learn more about Young’s work as a military contractor making flags and drum cases for the Continental Army.