Revolution at the Library

The Museum, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the Camden County Library System are excited to partner in 2024 on a free program at area libraries, Revolution at the Library! Aimed at elementary school students and their families, Revolution at the Library features fun and curiosity-provoking object-, document-, and story-based activities that bring the people and events of the American Revolution to life.

2024 Locations & Dates

See the dates and times of the programs that will be offered at the various Philadelphia and Camden County library branches the Museum will visit in 2024. Programs are free to attend.

2024 Revolution at the Library is supported by the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation.

William G. Rohrer Memorial Library

15 MacArthur Blvd, Haddon Township, NJ 08108

Date & Time - Program
June 26 at 3 p.m. - Spies

Sign with red posts on either side with a green background and white lettering of the library name and the word library in gold large in the middle set against red.

Gloucester Township Blackwood Rotary Library

15 S Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, NJ 08012

Date & Time - Program
July 8 at 2:30 p.m. - Under the Museum
July 26 at 2 p.m. - Spies
Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. - Thinking Like a Historian

Multi-tiered glass dome entrance to the M Allan Vogelson Library in Voorhees

M. Allan Vogelson Regional Library

203 Laurel Rd, Voorhees Township, NJ 08043

Date & Time - Program
July 9 at 2:30 p.m. - Under the Museum
July 13 at 10:30 a.m. - Thinking Like a Historian
July 22 at 2:30 p.m. - Life at Sea
July 29 at 2:30 p.m. - Spies
Aug. 3 at 10:30 a.m. - Life at Sea
Aug. 12 at 2:30 p.m. - Thinking Like a Historian
Aug. 17 at 10:30 a.m. - Spies
Aug. 20 at 2:30 p.m. - Under the Museum

Oak Lane Library

6614 N 12th St, Philadelphia, PA 19126

Date & Time - Program
July 11 at 1 p.m. - Under the Museum
July 23 at 3 p.m. - Spies

South County Regional Library

35 Cooper Folly Rd, Atco, NJ 08004

Date & Time - Program
July 15 at 11 a.m. - Spies
Aug. 7 at 11 a.m. - Under the Museum

The facade of the Greater Olney branch of the Philadelphia Free Library system.

Greater Olney Library

5501 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19120

Date & Time - Program
July 17 at 1 p.m. - Thinking Like a Historian
Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. - Under the Museum

The brick and stone facade of the Wyoming branch library in Philadelphia.

Wyoming Library

231 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120

Date & Time - Program
July 18 at 1 p.m. - Life at Sea
Sept. 18 at 3:30 p.m. - Thinking Like a Historian

Chestnut Hill Library

8711 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118

Date & Time - Program
July 22 at 5 p.m. - Life at Sea
July 29 at 5 p.m. - Spies

The brick and stone facade of the Holmesburg branch library in Philadelphia.

Northeast Times

Holmesburg Library

7810 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19136

Date & Time - Program
July 23 at 3 p.m. - Life at Sea
July 30 at 3 p.m. - Within These Walls

Northeast Regional Library

2228 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19149

Date & Time - Program
July 30 at 4 p.m. - Life at Sea
Aug. 6 at 4 p.m. - Within These Walls

Bright red-orange brick facade with Ferry Avenue Branch Library text in white surrounded by a rectangle of bright red brick.

Riletta L. Cream Ferry Avenue Library

852 Ferry Ave, Camden, NJ 08104

Date & Time - Program
Aug. 5 at 3 p.m. - Spies
Aug. 7 at 3 p.m. - Life at Sea

Sharp corner facade with gray-red brick of the Nilsa Cruz Perez Library in Camden New Jersey.

Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez Downtown Library

301 N 5th St, Camden, NJ 08102

Date & Time - Program
Aug. 9 at 10:30 a.m. - Under the Museum
Aug. 23 at 10:30 a.m. - Spies

2023 Locations

See which Free Library of Philadelphia branches the Museum visited in 2023!

2023 Revolution at the Library was supported by the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation.

Greater Olney

5501 N. 5th St., Philadelphia, PA 19120

Wyoming

231 E. Wyoming Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19120

Northeast Regional

2228 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19149

Northeast Times

Holmesburg

7810 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19136

Bustleton

11099 Bustleton Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19116

Oak Lane

6614 N. 12th St., Philadelphia, PA 19126

Tacony

6742 Torresdale Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19135

West Oak Lane

2000 E. Washington Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19138

Wadsworth

1500 Wadsworth Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19150

2022 Locations

See which Free Library of Philadelphia branches the Museum visited in 2022. Programs were free to attend and did not require advance registration. The Museum provided free transportation and gallery access for each branch's Museum visit.

2022 Revolution at the Library was supported by a generous grant from IMLS.