
Watch Museum Programs
Watch Museum of the American Revolution programs from the comfort of your own home with our archived program recordings and additional video content, including recent Read the Revolution Speaker Series events, AmRev360 episodes, and more, that are now available to view any time.
Read the Revolution Speaker Series Programs
Bringing celebrated authors and historians to the Museum for lively, facilitated discussions of their work, the Read the Revolution Speaker Series explores compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked America’s ongoing experiment in liberty, equality and self-government.

Read the Revolution with Michael D. Hattem
January 2025
Read the Revolution with Lindsay M. Chervinsky
October 2024
Read the Revolution with John Gilbert McCurdy
June 2024
Read the Revolution with Stacy Schiff
January 2024
Read the Revolution with Tim McGrath
November 2023
Read the Revolution with Mary Beth Norton
June 2023
Read the Revolution with Julie Winch featuring Atwood "Kip" Forten Jacobs
April 2023
Read the Revolution with Ricardo Herrera
January 2023
Read the Revolution with William Hogeland
October 2022
Read the Revolution with Friederike Baer
May 2022
Read the Revolution with Kari Winter featuring Rhonda Brace
February 2022
Read the Revolution with Gordon Wood
October 2021
Read the Revolution with Holly Mayer
September 2021
Reach the Revolution with Linda Colley
May 2021
Read the Revolution with Cassandra Good
March 2021
Read the Revolution with Jessica Millward
January 2021
Read the Revolution with Seanegan Sculley
November 2020
Read the Revolution with Caitlin Fitz
June 2020
Read the Revolution with Vincent Brown
February 2020
Read the Revolution with Stephen Brumwell
January 2020
Read the Revolution with T.H. Breen
November 2019Additional Museum Programs

Curtains Up on "Cato" with Carpenters' Hall
April 2025The Museum partnered with Carpenters’ Hall to present a conversation on Revolutionary theater and connections between Rome and the Revolution.

2024 Carl M. Buchholz Memorial Lecture with Richard Haass
September 2024
What Does Washington's Tent Mean to You?
July 2024
Pension Project
November 2023
Black Founders Legacy of Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion
October 20232023 Carl M. Buchholz Memorial Lecture with Akhil Reed Amar
September 2023
Black Founders & the War at Sea with Author Eric Jay Dolin
June 2023
Black Founders Women & the Archives with Lela Sewell-Williams & Rebecca Shipman
June 2023
The Jeremy Winston Chorale's Black Founders-Inspired Musical Performance
May 2023
AmRev Presents: Dr. Kerri Greenidge, Author of The Grimkes
March 2023
A Celtic Concert with The Chivalrous Crickets Celebrating St. Andrew's Day
November 2022
An Evening with Historical Artist Don Troiani
June 2022
2022 Conference on Collecting the Revolutionary War
April 2022
Betsy Ross Beyond the Flag with American Repertory Theater
March 2022
Andrew Roberts on The Last King of America
February 2022
A Hessian Holiday Concert with Tempesta di Mare
December 2021In December 2021, a concert of ensemble members of Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare and a discussion hosted by the Museum explored the surprising German influence on early American music.

Founding Documents: Curating Constitutions with James F. Hrdlicka and Matthew Skic
July 2021
Deborah Sampson Unveiled: A Virtual Conversation
April 2021
"Remember the Ladies": A New Choral Work by Melissa Dunphy
March 2021
Discovering Black Voters in Early New Jersey
February 2021
We Shall Continue: Celebrating MLK Weekend with the Philadelphia Jazz Project
January 2021
World Affairs and the Enduring Revolution: Women’s Rights
October 2020
2020 Carl M. Buchholz Memorial Lecture: Annette Gordon-Reed
September 2020
Martin Myrone: From Gainsborough to Gothic Nightmares
March 2020
2019 International Conference on the American Revolution
October 2019
AmRev360 Series

First-Person Theatrical Performances
The Museum's original first-person theatrical performances bring to life the diverse lives, perspectives, and experiences of people from the Revolutionary era, including Elizabeth Freeman, Rebecca VanDike, Richard St. George, and Joseph Plumb Martin.

Browse Additional Video Content
The Museum is happy to regularly provide demonstrations, interviews, performances, and detailed dives into historical topics on our Youtube channel.