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Historic costume maker Jana Violante joins Museum Gallery Interpretation Manager Tyler Putman to discuss her work as a seamstress.

Watch as the Museum's Dr. Elizabeth Grant, Director of Learning & Engagement, reads aloud What Can a Citizen Do?, written by Dave Eggers and illustrated by Shawn Harris, with permission from Chronicle Book.

Download instructions on how to create your own "scherenschnitte," a German word for “scissor cuts."

Watch as the Museum's Rebecca Franco, Family Programs Manager, reads aloud Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, written and illustrated by Gene Barretta, with permission from Square Fish/Henry Holt & Company.

What kind of Revolutionary War adventure will you choose? In this game inspired by the Museum's galleries, you'll face the decisions of a Continental soldier.

Watch Tyler Putman, Gallery Interpretation Manager at the Museum, demonstrate how to make hard bread from flour, water, and salt.

Download and print our wampum belt craft to learn wampum vocabulary while coloring in your own symbols and messages.

Joiner Brian McDonald joins Museum Gallery Interpretation Manager Tyler Putman to discuss his carpentry work.

Challenge a friend to a game of Fox and Geese, a game similar to checkers and easy to play anywhere.

Shaun Pekar joins Museum Gallery Interpretation Manager Tyler Putman to discuss his work as a shoemaker using historical techniques.